Mechanical Ventilation Course 2024

April 23 - 25, 2024 / hybrid meeting
UHN BMO Education & Conference Centre, Toronto

Mechanical Ventilation course 2024

From Physiology to Clinical Practice

Presented by: The Interdepartmental Division of Critical Care Medicine, University of Toronto

organized by

  • 3days

  • 32speakers

  • 25sessions

  • 8hands-on stations

  • 4Case Discussions

  • 1Panel Discussion

CME Accreditation

Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada –
Section 1

This event is an Accredited Group Learning Activity (Section 1) as defined by the Maintenance of Certification Program of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, and approved by Continuing Professional Development, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto. You may claim up to a maximum of 18.5 hours for in-person attendance and 16.0 hours for virtual attendance.

Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada –
AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™

Through an agreement between the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada and the American Medical Association, physicians may convert Royal College MOC credits to AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. For more information on the process to convert Royal College MOC credit to AMA credits please visit American Medical Association Ed Hub.

Target Audience

  • All members of the ICU interprofessional team involved in the care of mechanically ventilated patients.

  • Interested professionals will include physicians, respiratory therapists, nurses, physiotherapists.

  • Experienced professionals and professionals-in-training will find this course relevant and very helpful in their clinical practice.

Goals

  • Enhance ICU clinicians’ understanding of the physiological principles informing assessment and management of mechanical ventilation and strengthen their skills in assessing patient-ventilator interaction.
  • Increase awareness of the many relevant aspects of conventional and novel invasive and non-invasive mechanical ventilation techniques.
  • Enhance ICU clinicians’ knowledge of the management of specific clinical problems in mechanically ventilated patients: acute respiratory distress syndrome, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease exacerbations, and difficult weaning from mechanical ventilation.

What you will learn

By the end of the course, participants will be able to…

Explain and assess basic physiological aspects of patient-ventilator interaction: respiratory mechanics, respiratory muscle action, patient-ventilator synchrony, and ventilator-induced lung and respiratory muscle injury.

Determine why and when mechanical ventilation can be a treatment, a supportive therapy or a source of complications.

Describe the optimal approach to liberating patients from mechanical ventilation and conduct a comprehensive clinical assessment to and treat causes of difficult ventilator weaning.

Deliver evidence-based management of acute respiratory failure using both non-invasive and invasive ventilatory techniques for the following conditions: acute respiratory distress syndrome, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and weaning from mechanical ventilation.

Faculty Members

Picture of Sean Bagshaw

Sean Bagshaw

Picture of Thiago Bassi

Thiago Bassi

Picture of Catherine Bellissimo

Catherine Bellissimo

University Health Network

Picture of Lisa Burry

Lisa Burry

Picture of Vagia Campbell

Vagia Campbell MSc, (Hons) BHA, RRT

University Health Network

Picture of Andrea Castellvi-Font

Andrea Castellvi-Font

Picture of Lorenzo Del Sorbo

Lorenzo Del Sorbo MD

Toronto General Hospital

Picture of Bruno Ferreyro

Bruno Ferreyro

Picture of John Granton
Picture of Angela Jerath

Angela Jerath

Picture of Matthew Ko

Matthew Ko BSc., RRT

Picture of Idunn Morris

Idunn Morris

Picture of Laveena Munshi

Laveena Munshi

Mt. Sinai Hospital

Picture of Vorakamol Poophiboon
Picture of Jean-Christophe Richard

Jean-Christophe Richard MD PhD

Angers University Hospital

Picture of Georgie Roman-Sarita

Georgie Roman-Sarita BPHE, RRT, CHT

Picture of Michael Sklar
Picture of Shaurya Taran

Shaurya Taran

University of Toronto

Picture of Martin Urner

Course Schedule

This event will be taking place in EST (Eastern Standard Time).

The course schedule will be posted here once available.

  • 8:30 am - 9:20 am

    Equation of motion: pressures, volumes and flow

    Laurent Brochard

  • 9:25 am - 10:00 am

    Mechanics of breathing

    Ewan Goligher

  • 10:05 am - 10:30 am

    Determinants of respiratory drive and effort

    Irene Telias

  • 10:30 am - 10:45 am

    Break

  • 10:45 am - 11:15 am

    Patient-ventilator synchrony

    Laurent Brochard

  • 11:20 am - 11:45 am

    Heart-lung interactions

    John Granton

  • 11:50 am - 12:15 pm

    Understanding sedation-ventilation interactions

    Michael Sklar

  • 12:15 pm - 1:15 pm

    Lunch break

  • 1:15 pm - 1:50 pm

    Lung- and diaphragm-protective ventilation

    Ewan Goligher

  • 1:55 pm - 2:20 pm

    PEEP and lung recruitment

    Jose Dianti

  • 2:20 pm - 2:30 pm

    Break

  • 2:30 pm - 2:55 pm

    Prone positioning and inhaled pulmonary vasodilators

    Lorenzo Del Sorbo

  • 3:00 pm - 3:25 pm

    Renal-protective ventilation

    Sean Bagshaw

  • 3:25 pm - 3:40 pm

    Break

  • 3:40 pm - 4:10 pm

    Case discussion: managing refractory hypoxemia and ECLS

    Laurent Brochard

    Niall Ferguson

    Ewan Goligher

    Ricardo Teijeiro Paradis

  • 4:15 pm - 4:45 pm

    Special situations: unilateral lung injury, obesity

    Laurent Brochard

  • 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm

    Welcome reception

  • 8:30 am - 8:55 am

    Conventional modes of ventilation

    Niall Ferguson

  • 9:30 am - 9:55 am

    Proportional Modes: PAV+ and NAVA

    Laurent Brochard

  • 9:30 am - 10:45 am

    Non-invasive strategies – HFNO, NIV, Helmet

    Bruno Ferreyro

  • 10:00 am - 10:25 am

    Oxygen setting: does it matter?

    Laveena Munshi

  • 10:25 am - 10:35 am

    Break (10 minutes)

  • 10:35 am - 11:00 am

    Mechanical ventilation during cardiac arrest

    Jean-Christophe Richard

  • 11:00 am - 11:25 am

    How I do it: assessing readiness for liberation

    Laurent Brochard

  • 11:30 am - 12:00 pm

    How I do it: assessing the difficult-to-liberate patient

    Ewan Goligher

  • 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

    Lunch (1 hour)

  • 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm

    Hands-on sessions

    35 minutes per station, 10-minute intermission between stations

  • Monitoring techniques (I): Measuring mechanics and lung recruitment

    Fernando Vieira

  • Monitoring techniques (II): Ultrasound to assess respiratory failure

    Catherine Bellissimo

    Annia Schreiber

  • Monitoring techniques (III): Monitoring patient inspiratory effort

    Matias Madorno

    Irene Telias

  • Monitoring techniques (IV): Electrical impedance tomography

    Matthew Ko

    Vorakamol Poophiboon

  • Monitoring techniques (V): Esophageal manometry

    Andrea Castellvi-Font

    Jose Dianti

  • Interventions: Inspiratory muscle training

    Ewan Goligher

  • Simulated case: Diagnosing and managing patient-ventilator dyssynchrony

    Laurent Brochard

  • Interventions: Setting up and troubleshooting non-invasive respiratory support

    Michael Long

  • 8:30 am - 9:20 am

    Case Discussion: Evidence-based management of acute hypoxemic respiratory failure and ARDS

    Niall Ferguson

    Matthew Ko

    Jean-Christophe Richard

    Irene Telias

    Martin Urner

  • 9:25 am - 9:50 am

    Case discussion: Protective mechanical ventilation in acute brain injury

    Jeffrey Singh

    Shaurya Taran

  • 9:50 am - 10:05 am

    Break (15 minutes)

  • 10:05 am - 10:35 am

    Evidence-based sedation management in ventilated patients

    Angela Jerath

  • 10:40 am - 10:55 am

    Sleep disruption during mechanical ventilation

    Irene Telias

  • 11:00 am - 11:20 am

    Ventilator-associated brain injury

    Thiago Bassi

  • 11:20 am - 11:30 am

    Break (10 minutes)

  • 11:30 am - 11:55 am

    Case discussion: Spontaneous breathing in acute hypoxemic respiratory failure: who, when, how, and why?

    Laurent Brochard

    Jose Dianti

    Ewan Goligher

    Idunn Morris

    Irene Telias

  • 12:00 pm - 12:00 am

    Panel discussion: Enhancing quality of care for ventilated patients

    Vagia Campbell

    Peter Reardon

    Jenna Spring

    Manuel Tisminetzky

  • 12:30 pm - 1:00 pm

    Lunch Break (30 minutes)

  • 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm

    Challenging Clinical Problems

  • 1:00 pm - 1:20 pm

    On the horizon: diaphragm neurostimulation

    Idunn Morris

  • 1:25 pm - 1:55 pm

    Interactive case: COPD

    Laurent Brochard

  • 2:00 pm - 2:25 pm

    Interactive case: Difficult weaning

    Ewan Goligher

  • 2:25 pm - 2:30 pm

    Wrap up

  • 2:30 pm - 3:00 pm

    End of the course

Rates

Purchase access to the recordings for the 2023 Mechanical Ventilation Symposium.

Physicians

in-person

$1200cad plus tax

Register

RTs, Allied Health & Other

in-person

$800cad plus tax

Register

Residents/Fellows

in-person

$500cad plus tax

Register

Physicians

virtual

$800cad plus tax

Register

RTs, Allied Health & Other

virtual

$500cad plus tax

Register

Residents/Fellows

virtual

$400cad plus tax

Register

If you are residing in a low- or middle-income country, you may qualify for a reduced rate. Please contact us for more information.

  • Refund / Cancellation Policy

    Cancellation Policy:

    • An administration fee of 10% applies to all cancellations by March 29, 2024.
    • NO REFUND after March 29, 2024. 
    • Replacement delegates are welcome at no additional charge.
    • Please provide the name change to registration@criticalcarecanada.com before event starts.

Venue

UHN BMO Education & Conference Centre

60 Leonard Ave,
Krembil Discovery Tower,
Toronto, ON M5T 0S8

The BMO Education & Conference Centre is housed on the Toronto Western Hospital Campus and it is on the first floor of the world-class research centre: the Krembil Discovery Tower.

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PARKING

Parking is available at the BMO Education & Conference Centre via two lots off of Nassau Street. The first is located at the corner of Bathurst and Nassau and the second lot entrance is located on Nassau Street just east of Leonard Avenue.

The parking lots remain open, provided they are not at capacity. All standard payment methods are accepted. Parking rates are $10/hr or $45.50/day.

Streetcar

From the subway stations:

  • ST. PATRICK: Take 505 and get off at Bathurst Street (about 12 minutes)
  • QUEEN’S PARK STATION: Take 506 and get off at Bathurst Street (about 12 minutes)

UHN SHUTTLE

There is a free UHN shuttle service that runs between Toronto Western Hospital and Toronto General Hospital. The shuttle is convenient and easy to use. As Toronto General Hospital is on the Subway line (QUEEN’S PARK STATION), it makes it very easy to access the shuttle and arrive at Toronto Western Hospital (the shuttle is NOT wheelchair accessible).

The shuttle leaves Toronto General Hospital (University Avenue entrance) starting at 6:15am in the morning and runs until 8:15pm. Upon arrival at Toronto Western Hospital, walk north on Leonard Avenue to access the main entrance to the Krembil Discovery Tower where the BMO Education & Conference Centre is located.

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