Provided by the Neonatal-Pediatric Specialty Section.
This presentation will help guide the clinician in having better success transitioning chronic babies who have tracheostomies and require home ventilation from an ICU ventilator to a home ventilator. The tips and tricks provided in the presentation have allowed this Children’s Hospital to consistently transition babies successfully, and will offer the audience troubleshooting techniques to help overcome challenges and barriers when it comes to transitioning. The presenter will also discuss the importance of determining optimal peep on these patients and how it can enhance triggering and ventilator synchrony.
Successful completion of this course requires a score of 70% on the post-test.
Original broadcast date: May 14, 2024
To provide tips and tricks for the respiratory therapist to consider when having issues transitioning to the home ventilator
To understand why determining optimal peep enhances triggering and patient ventilator synchrony
To better understand key features of a home ventilator when transitioning babies from an ICU ventilator to a home ventilator
Speakers
Transitioning from the Critical Care Ventilator to the Home Ventilator in the NICU/PICU


Speaker Information
- Presenter: Jennifer Erkinger MS, RRT-NPS, AE-C, C-NPT
- Moderator: Emilee Lamorena, MSc, RRT, RRT-NPS