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Original ARDSNet Mechanical Ventilation Protocol

Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Network (ARDSNet)

NIH NHLBI ARDS Clinical Network 

#Management #CriticalCare
ARDSNet Mechanical Ventilation ... Clinical Network ... #Management # ... #Ventilator #Mechanical ... #Ventilation #Protocol
Prone Ventilation in Critical Care - Procedure Instructions
Step 1 – Staffing 
Step 2 – Positioning
Step 3
Prone Ventilation ... in Critical Care ... ICS_updates #Prone #Ventilation ... #Instructions #CriticalCare ... #Management
Approach to ARDS - PseudoARDS

A diagnostic/therapeutic strategy for ARDS is suggested, based on the PROSEVA trial
Initial management ... stabilization on the ventilator ... may benefit from proning ... don't require proning ... #Management #CriticalCare
Prone Ventilation in Critical Care - Procedure Instructions

Step 1 – Staffing 
Step 2 – Positioning
Step 3
Prone Ventilation ... in Critical Care ... ICS_updates #Prone #Ventilation ... #Instructions #CriticalCare ... #Management
General schema for respiratory support in patients with COVID-19
Low flow nasal cannula
 • Typically set at
Invasive Mechanical Ventilation ... lung-protective ventilation ... indication for prone ventilation ... • Proning is a ... #schema #criticalcare
COVID-19 Intubation Checklist

Personal protective equipment (PPE)
 • Standard PPE
   • N95 or PAPR.
exhalation port of ventilator ... cuff prior to ventilation ... Internet Book of Critical ... Intubation #Checklist #SARSCoV2 ... #Management #CriticalCare
Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary

Acute AIDP that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness

Epidemiology:
 • 1-2 cases/100,000 per
Guillain-Barre Clinical ... Weakness: May require ventilator ... • Mechanical ventilation ... Syndrome #diagnosis #management ... #treatment #neurology
In ARDS, we know that the lungs are so diffusely injured that the remaining total area
lung protective ventilation ... minimize the risk of Ventilator-Induced ... pathophysiology #diagnosis #management ... criticalcare #treatment ... #respiratory #clinical
Post Proning Nursing Checklist
Head/Face: 
 - Check ETT/tracheostomy is accessible/not kinked (ETT cm at teeth …..)
Post Proning Nursing ... between ETT and ventilator ... between legs Arms ... #Post #Prone #CriticalCare ... #Management
Lazarus Reflex on Physical Exam

The Lazarus sign is a reflex movement observed in brain-dead or brainstem
briefly raising the arms ... can occur after ventilator ... #PhysicalExam #clinical ... #video #neurology ... #criticalcare #