CEUs Now Available!
The inaugural lecture is offered by Sherry Courtney, MD, from Stony Brook University Medical Center and is titled "An Introduction to High-Frequency Jet Ventilation." Dr.
Courtney's lecture includes the fundamentals of HFJV, the differences between HFJV and HFOV, when to consider HFJV, the basics of HFJV and CMV settings, and the 6 fundamentals of using the Life Pulse.Remember to dedicate an uninterrupted hour to view Dr. Courtney's lecture. You will be required to register for a user name and password to login to the CEU site. Also, remember to print out the certificate of completion at the end of the module to have for your records.
We are excited to make available to you these educational opportunities and we offer our gratitude and appreciation to Dr. Courtney and the many other speakers who enhance our CEU pages. Click here to visit the CEU page.
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A Snowbird Conference Highlight
Professor Jane Pillow, from the Centre for Neonatal Research and Education in Perth, Western Australia, presented one of the most compelling lectures at the 2012 Snowbird Conference on High-Frequency Ventilation.
The lecture was titled "It’s Hi-Time to understand I-time: Relevance to Mechanical Ventilation across the Frequency Spectrum." The objectives of the lecture were to outline the relevance of time constants to tidal volume, and to
offer a basic understanding of time constants, compliance and resistance that would help individualize ventilation treatment across a broad range of frequencies.
Professor Pillow included a discussion of the relevance of inspiratory time during HFJV. She shed some light on the clinical possibilities of longer I-times at lower HFJV rates for specific patients. We recorded Professor Pillow's lecture and we are preparing it for our next web-based CEU lecture. Stay tuned!
