1.  Objectives
2.  PowerPoint presentations including notes describing key points to be discussed: (open in the notes view to access the instructor’s notes)

• Part I- Noninvasive Positive Pressure Ventilation in the Acute Care Facility
• Part II - Introduction to Noninvasive Positive Pressure Ventilation in the Acute Care Facility
• Part III- Adjusting Flow-cycle Criteria in PSV When Using a Critical Care Ventilator for NPPV
• Part IV- Application of NPPV and CPAP in Specific Disorders

3.  A written multiple choice exam with key
4.  Laboratory Competency for Emergent NIV Application & Management
5.  Laboratory Competency for Non - Emergent NIV Application & Management
6.  A list of references and recommended readings
7.  NPPV Pocket Guide
8.  Reprint of Noninvasive Ventilation in Neuromuscular Disease    

Download all the course files here

Additional Resources not included in this package:

• AARC web cast “Techniques in Non-Invasive Ventilation” presented by Bob Kacmarek, PH.D., RRT, FAARC is archived on the AARC’s Webcast Central at http://www.aarc.org/education/webcast/  Scroll through the archived webcasts listed in order of presentation. The original presentation date was February 17, 2005. These are available to AARC members only and may be viewed without cost.
• There are two previous Professor’s Rounds available in the AARC’s Online Bookstore:
• Noninvasive Ventilation: The Latest Word Item No: PR013
• Non-Invasive Positive Pressure Ventilation: Update 2005 Item No: PR5008