A simple tool to aid Mechanical Ventilation in the COVID-19 ICU Population

We've all been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic in one way or the other. Where I live, we're about to hit its peak within a few weeks. Our ICUs are already crowded, as I'm sure are yours. I am a strong believer in that we can only get through this together, by helping each other in any possible way. As not all ICUs over the world have respiratory mechanics calculation freely available, I've created a simple bedside tool. It's called VentICalc. So, in this quick video I go through this simple tool to aid mechanical ventilation and how to use it in our COVID-19 population.

Update! It's an app! Check it out:


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I'll make a video series on Mechanical Ventilation (Basic, Intermediate and Advanced) in the future :)

A special thanks to Hamilton for allowing me to use their HAMILTON-C6 simulator in this video!

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