noninvasive POSITIVE PRESSURE VENTILATION
9-11 February 2012 - Hanover - Germany

EDUCATIONAL AIMS 

The aims of this course are:

• To provide a comprehensive overview of the current state of noninvasive ventilation (NIV) in acute and chronic settings
• To detail the evidence base for NIPPV in the ICU, respiratory intermediate care unit, respiratory ward and home care
• To provide hands-on experience in setting up a variety of ventilators for acute and chronic use
• To focus on, and improve, practical problem-solving skills
• To provide an overview of all sleep-related breathing disorders

TARGET AUDIENCE

• Young respiratory physicians
• Pneumologists
• Intensivists
• Anaesthetists
• Physiotherapists
• Nursing staff
• Technicians involved in the provision of acute/chronic respiratory care
• Trainee doctors

COURSE GOALS

At the end of the course, participants will have a detailed knowledge of:

• Setting up an NIV programme
• Choosing ventilators and interfaces
• Selecting appropriate patients and initiating NIV
• Management of NIV during acute exacerbations of COPD
• Use of NIV for non-COPD acute respiratory failure in the ICU
• Weaning using NIV
• Post-extubation use of NIV
• NIV in neuromuscular and restrictive chest wall disease
• NIV during endoscopic procedures
• NIV in progressive neuromuscular disease
• NIV in children
• Home NIV in COPD
• NIV in congestive cardiac failure
• NIV and pulmonary rehabilitation
• Current guidelines
• Areas of controversy

This event has been granted 15 European CME credits (ECMEC) by the European Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (EACCME).