Topic
Ventilator Graphics

Presented By
Michael Sherman, MD, professor of medicine and chief, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care & Sleep Medicine

Target Audience
Attending physicians; fellows in pulmonary, critical care and sleep medicine; medical residents; medical students; respiratory therapists; and pulmonary function technicians

Learning Objectives

• Be able to determine ventilator mode by graphic display
• Understand how different modes affect ventilator measurements and pressures
• Recognize dyssynchrony type based on graphic patterns

Accreditation  Statement
Drexel University College of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

AMA Credit Designation Statement: Drexel University College of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

AOA: This program is eligible for 1 credit in Category 2A of the American Osteopathic Association.

Faculty Disclosure Statement
Speakers at continuing medical education activities are required to disclose to the audience any relevant commercial interest (which is any entity producing, marketing, reselling or distributing health care goods or services consumed by, or used on, patients). Any conflicts of interest must be resolved prior to the presentation and announced to the audience.

Faculty Disclosure
Dr. Sherman has no commercial relationships to disclosure. The following Planning Committee members have no commercial relationships to disclose: Drs. Anita Ko, Michael Sherman, Edward Schulman, Saema Tahir and Nicholas Hinds.