Course: Introduction to Acute Respiratory Failure

Lead educators: Conal Mulholland, Keith Ip, Christopher Leddy, Mo Al-Haddad and Malcolm Sim Course initiation and content design: Conal Mulholland, Keith Ip, Mo Al-Haddad, Malcolm Sim and Hannah John. Course …

Professor Malcolm Sim is one of the programme directors for the MSc in Critical Care run in conjunction with the University of Glasgow. Here he gives a short talk on …

Congratulations! You’ve completed an ‘Introduction to Acute Respiratory Failure’. At the beginning of the course, we asked you what you wanted to achieve out of this course. Take a moment …

Setting Up High Flow Nasal Oxygen Take a few moments to watch this video on setting up HFNO. Although it may not be part of your daily practice, an appreciation …

Hudson Mask  These are a low flow, variable performance device, meaning that different flow rates can be administered. Typically, the flow rates result in an FiO2 of 0.35-0.6. These masks can often be seen on …

Finally, let’s look at high-flow nasal oxygen. This is mainly seen in High Dependency Units and in Intensive Care Units.  High-flow nasal oxygen was actually described in the mid-1950s and …

Oxygen (O2) is the most commonly administered drug in hospital and is the mainstay of resuscitation in patients with respiratory distress.  Lets now look at factors that can affect how …

Overview There are several ways of classifying oxygen delivery systems :  Low flow (nasal cannula, Hudson mask)  Fixed performance (Venturi mask)  Devices with an oxygen reservoir (non-rebreather mask)  High flow …

Well done! You have now come to the end of Week 1. This week we have reviewed the anatomy and physiology of the respiratory system with a brief look at …

Carbon dioxide is generated as a by-product of aerobic respiration and plays a major role in determining the pH level of the blood. It is transported in the circulation in …

Lung Volumes  Ventilation describes the process by which air moves in and out of the lungs. Lung volumes are pivotal in understanding the efficiency of ventilation as they are directly …

Having examined the anatomical configuration of the respiratory system, breathing mechanics and lung volumes, we will now focus on gas exchange and transport. Oxygen in the inspired air moves down …

How do we breathe? Breathing is controlled centrally by a group of specialised respiratory nuclei located in the brainstem. These neurons are influenced by impulses from the peripheral and central …