Welcome to the IU Science of Mechanical Ventilation Course!

This course is designed as part of a flipped classroom. Modules will cover basic "core" topics such as gas physics, embryology and lung development, basic respiratory physiology. This will be followed by the basics of mechanical ventilation, and an introduction to more advanced "supplemental" topics such as patient-ventilator interactions, along with a framework for interpreting ventilator scalars and loops.

ATTENTION: Ideally you will go through this coursework prior to attending any in-person sessions that will be held.

To begin the course

Read the syllabus - located in the left navigation menu.
Complete the suggested modules for each in-person session. I will email the suggested module list before in-person sessions
Go through supplemental materials at your leisure.

The standardized nomenclature employed here is used to provide "generic" names of modes, and help learners understand ventilator behavior regardless of which ventilator they interact with. This nomenclature is being utilized by the American Association of Respiratory Care, and is (slowly) making it's way into medical literature.

Syllabus

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Modules

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Meet your instructor

Course Director:

Ibrahim Sammour, MD FAAP CHSE

Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics - Indiana University School of Medicine

Email: isammour@iu.edu is my preferred email. Please allow 48 hours during business days for a reply. In case of emergency, I may be reached via Diagnotes

Co-Educators:

Pediatric ARDS: Samer Abu-Sultaneh, MD
- Associate Professor of Clinical Pediatrics
- Associate Director, Pediatric Critical Care Fellowship Program
- Email: sultaneh@iu.edu

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