Ventilator Management Strategies for Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome in the Setting of COVID-19

Objectives

After participating in this educational activity, attendees should be able to:
1. Describe the roles of the members of the health care team in their respective responsibilities for quality care. 
2. Describe and define ARDS (Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome).
3. Discuss diagnosis and treatment of ARDS.
4. Discuss specific strategies for patients with the COVID-19 infection.

Faculty

Mark Tidswell, MD
Director, Medical Intensive Care Unit
Program Director, Critical Care Medicine Fellowship
Associated Professor of Medicine
Critical Care Medicine
University of Massachusetts Medical School-Baystate
Physician
Baystate Medical Center 

Faculty Disclosure

The design and content of Baystate Continuing Interprofessional Education ( CE ) activities support quality improvement in healthcare and provide fair and balanced views of therapeutic options.  Faculty or planner conflicts of interest are resolved before the educational activity.

None of the members of the faculty and planning committee for this educational event have commercial relationships with any entity producing, marketing, re-selling or distributing health care goods and services consumed by or used on patients.