This document discusses various aspects of mechanical ventilation including:
- Primary goals and indications for mechanical ventilation.
- Different modes of ventilation including conventional modes like volume control, pressure control, SIMV and newer modes like VAPS, VS, PRVC.
- Key components of a breath like trigger, limit and cycling.
- Waveforms including pressure, volume and flow and how they are used to understand ventilation.
- Factors that influence hemodynamics and other body systems during mechanical ventilation.
- Concepts like auto-PEEP, compliance, resistance and how they impact ventilation settings.