Description:
This webinar reviews practical, evidence-informed strategies to preserve respiratory mechanics and optimize pulmonary function for critically ill patients on mechanical ventilation. Topics include timely, evidence-based progression toward ventilator and ICU liberation utilizing patient and evidence-based sedation avoidance and/or titration (RASS), ventilator modes that facilitate spontaneous breathing and mobility, airway clearance strategies diaphragm protection, and positioning strategies such as proning, verticalization, supine-to-sit that support oxygenation and recovery. Attendees will learn how to integrate early mobility, compression therapy, and ventilation adjustments to safely accelerate liberation from the ventilator and improve respiratory outcomes.


Learning Objectives  

1. Describe three positioning and mobility interventions and how each improves lung mechanics and oxygenation in mechanically ventilated patients.

2. Identify ventilator mode adjustments, sedation strategies (targeting RASS), and spontaneous breathing practices  

3. Demonstrate an evidence-based care pathway combining airway clearance techniques, ventilator management, and early mobility principles to safely advance a mechanically ventilated patient toward mobilization and ventilator liberation.