critical ventilation:

on demand

Finally Understand the Ventilator

Learn how to set up, manage, and understand mechanical ventilation with clarity and confidence. This course gives clinicians the tools to manage any ventilator safely and effectively through real demonstrations, physiology-based teaching, and structured reasoning.

$100 OFF before course launch

course launch: November 30, 2025

Pre-Registration Price: $250 (Use Code: VENTREADY100)

Price After Launch (Nov 30): $350

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Why we made this course

We built this course because too many clinicians are put in impossible situations.

We’re handed a ventilator, a crashing patient, and an expectation to know what to do. Yet most of us were never properly taught how mechanical ventilation actually works. We learned bits and pieces, but not the full picture or the reasoning behind it.

It doesn’t matter if you work in a tertiary ICU or a small rural ED at two in the morning. Without a clear framework, the ventilator can feel like a black box. That gap in understanding causes hesitation, stress, and risk at the bedside.

This course was created to fix that.

Critical Ventilation: On Demand gives every clinician a structured, practical way to think about ventilation. It teaches the principles, the mechanics, and the clinical reasoning needed to manage any patient safely and confidently.

It’s the kind of teaching we wish existed when we started. Clear, relevant, and built for the realities of frontline medicine.

Our goal is to make sure you never feel unprepared when you are the one standing at the bedside.

the experience

9 online modules

6 to 8 hours

lifelong access (including course updates)

8 Chapters. 48 lessons.

start and stop whenever you want

    • Introduction to Critical Ventilation: On Demand

    • Critical Ventilation Online: Foundations of Emergency & Transport Ventilation

    • Video on Ventilation Foundations

    • Quiz

    • Introduction (Video)

    • Circuit Setup (Video)

    • Quiz

    • Circuit Checks (Video)

    • Quiz

    • Securing the ET Tube (Video)

    • Circuit Setup: The Distal End (Video)

    • Suctioning (Video)

    • Video

    • Quiz

    • Introduction (Video)

    • Basic Ventilator Settings and Pressure Control (Video)

    • Quiz

    • Case: Initiating Pressure Control Ventilation

    • Case Quiz: Initiating Pressure Control Ventilation

    • Pressure Regulated Volume Control (PRVC) (Video)

    • Quiz

    • Case: Initiating Pressure Regulated Volume Control

    • Case Quiz: Initiating Pressure Regulated Volume Control

    • Video

    • Quiz

    • Introduction

    • BiPAP Setup (Video)

    • Quiz

    • Case: Initiating BiPAP

    • Case Quiz: Initiating BiPAP

    • HFNC (Video)

    • Quiz

    • Case: Initiating HFNC

    • Case Quiz: Initiating HFNC

    • Introduction

    • High Airway Resistance/Bronchospasm (Video)

    • MDI Administration (Video)

    • Quiz

    • Case: COPD Vent Initiation

    • Case Quiz: COPD Vent Initiation

    • Poor Lung Compliance/ARDS (Video)

    • Quiz

    • Case: ARDS

    • Case Quiz: ARDS

    • Severe Metabolic Acidosis (Video)

    • Quiz

    • Case: Metabolic Acidosis

    • Case Quiz: Metabolic Acidosis

each module includes:

Step-by-step videos filmed on real equipment (Hamilton T1/C1 and Airvo2 HFNC)

Downloadable setup & troubleshooting guides

“Vent Logic” clips connecting vent function to core physiology

Assigned readings from our Critical Ventilation Manual (© 2025)

The critical ventilation manual

Every participant receives access to the Dynamic Simulation SIM+ Critical Ventilation Manual (© 2025) through our secure online platform. The manual was written by Shawn Segeren, MD, CCFP(EM) and Jamie Shields, RRT, CCAA, and serves as the standardized reference for all SIM+ Critical Ventilation teaching.

The manual serves as the standardized framework for all Critical Ventilation teaching and provides:

Clear definitions and core concepts such as compliance, resistance, and driving pressure

The Dynamic Simulation 5-Step Framework — Confirm, Assess, Investigate, Intervene, Reassess — used to approach every ventilator alarm and issue in a structured, consistent way

Detailed condition-specific guidance for ARDS, COPD, and severe metabolic acidosis

Mode-by-mode setup tables for PRVC, PCV, and VC ventilation

Step-by-step troubleshooting algorithms for hypoxia, hypercapnia, auto-PEEP, and alarm conditions

Simplified waveform diagrams that link what you see on the screen to what’s happening in the lungs

The manual is designed as both a learning companion during the online course and a real-world reference that clinicians can access anytime to guide safe ventilator management at the bedside.

  • This program was designed for clinicians who are the first to manage critically ill or ventilated patients:

    • Emergency Physicians

    • Internal Medicine Physicians covering community or regional ICUs

    • Emergency and Critical Care Nurses involved in ventilator setup and resuscitation

    • Transport and Flight Physicians

    • Advanced Care Paramedics and critical-care transport teams

    Whether you work in a large tertiary center or a small community ED, this course gives you a consistent framework to manage the ventilator safely and effectively.

    • By the end of this course, you will be able to:

      • Set up and initiate ventilation on the Hamilton T1/C1 with skills that transfer to any ventilator

      • Understand the physiology and mechanics of ventilation, including compliance, resistance, and pressure–volume relationships

      • Explain how ventilator parameters affect oxygenation, ventilation, and lung protection

      • Choose and apply pressure control, volume control, and PRVC modes appropriately

      • Interpret ventilator waveforms and understand what they reveal about patient interaction

      • Adjust settings to address hypoxia, hypercapnia, and changes in lung compliance

      • Use non-invasive support such as BiPAP and High-Flow Nasal Cannula (Airvo 2) for acute respiratory failure

      • Apply evidence-based strategies for ARDS, COPD, and severe metabolic acidosis

      • Integrate ventilator management into resuscitation and transport workflows

      • Build confidence in mechanical ventilation through clear understanding and structured reasoning

go further with critical ventilation

This online course is included for participants registered in the in-person Critical Ventilation program, where the same principles are practiced through full simulation and team-based scenarios.

If you purchased Critical Ventilation: On Demand separately, you receive a $350 discount on the in-person course.

Email admin@dynamicsimulation.ca with your receipt to receive a discount code.

UPCOMING SESSIONS

Manage your next critically ill patient with confidence.

Gain the knowledge and confidence to manage ventilation safely in any setting.

Join clinicians across the world who have completed this online course and built a stronger understanding of the ventilator and its logic.

$100 off before course launch

course launch: November 30, 2025

Pre-Registration Price: $250 (Use Code: VENTREADY100)

Price After Launch (Nov 30): $350

PRE-REGISTER NOW

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