Clinical Management of Intubated and Ventilated Patients Course

Clinical Management of Intubated and Ventilated Patients Course is organized by NurseCe4less.

Statement of Learning Need:
The important skills of managing the intubated patient for health clinicians to master include ensuring patient comfort and prevention of complications. Some of the essential aspects of patient care include patient positioning, appropriate sedation and analgesia, prevention of ventilator-induced lung injury, lung infection, and patient communication. Because there are so many potential complications that can occur in the intubated patient, monitoring of the patient’s clinical status and appropriate ventilator changes are key clinical competencies.

Course Purpose:
To provide health clinicians with knowledge of the basic management of comfort measures and monitoring of the intubated and ventilated patient.

Course Summary:
When a patient is unable to breathe due to illness, injury, or physical impairment, intubation may provide a lifesaving measure. However, the intubation process can be painful and carries its own risks. Appropriate clinical management of the intubated patient is necessary to minimize pain and side effects. Clinicians who manage intubated patients should monitor vital signs and, if possible, communicate with the patient to gain critical information that may decrease the risk of patient morbidity and mortality.