
The Synapse (Memorial Hospital MaineHealth)
The Synapse is a Critical Care and Emergency Medicine podcast breaking down topics and case studies into simple easy-to-digest segments to help build paramedic, nurse, and other pre-hospital and hospital clinicians into more robust providers. This podcast is tailored to the staff of the Mount Washington Valley EMS Program and the Memorial Hospital, but is open to any and all Emergency Medicine and Critical Care healthcare providers both in and out-of-hospital. Leave your technician hat outside, put on your clinician hat, and join us!
The Synapse (Memorial Hospital MaineHealth)
The Synapse Season 2 Episode 28 - AVAPS...The Future of Smart NiPPV?
If you have been paying attention to mechanical ventilation in the past few years, you know there have been significant changes and improvements to the reliability and options, proprietary modes, etc. Some have been reliable, some not so much. While AI and machine-driven ventilation poses some great advancements in healthcare, it is also something to use cautiously. Today I bring you AVAPS, or for the Hamilton users out there, VS. Join me as we explore these modes and how they potentially impact our delivered respiratory healthcare.