The AVLS Podcast Tue, 07 Apr 2026 06:29:27 -0600 http://podcast.protectthelungs.com en © 2026 Mechanical Ventilation Training Institute yes 639b7a49-4740-5d96-954c-ff98c271f1fc Sean Eaton, BS, NRP, FP-C, CCP-C serial false Bridging the gap between research and practical application, this podcast breaks down the latest evidence-based science of mechanical ventilation through clear physiology, expert insight, and real-world clinical cases across prehospital, transport, emergency, and critical care settings.


Delivered in a fun, practical, and clinician-focused format, each episode translates research into actionable bedside strategies—empowering healthcare professionals to manage the ventilator with confidence, and improve human life, one breath at a time.



]]> Buzzsprout (https://www.buzzsprout.com) Mechanical Ventilation, ASV, APRV, CPAP, BiPAP Sean Eaton, BS, NRP, FP-C, CCP-C https://storage.buzzsprout.com/oeci8vdxbjazr2wxlnj97u3bwyr1?.jpg The AVLS Podcast http://podcast.protectthelungs.com Sean Eaton, BS, NRP, FP-C, CCP-C Mechanical Ventilation: The Fatal Blindspot in Emergency Medicine Mechanical Ventilation: The Fatal Blindspot in Emergency Medicine In this epidose of the podcast, we take a deep dive into why emergency department mechanical ventilation often lacks the standardization people assume, even though hundreds of thousands of patients rely on it each year. We trace how boarding, thin evidence, and workflow gaps turn “temporary” ventilator settings into high-stakes long-term care.

Dive in and hear about:
• Why the ED boarding crisis changes everything about ventilator care 
• How a major scoping review finds only a small set of usable ED ventilation studies 
• Minimal formal ventilator training and widespread lack of confidence 
• Confusion over who owns ventilator settings and adjustments 
• Lung protective ventilation basics and why tidal volume errors happen 
• Gender and BMI linked disparities from ideal body weight miscalculation 
• Bundled checklists that improve adherence and lower mortality 
• Sedation depth, benzodiazepine overuse, and longer ventilator time 
• Paralytics, delayed sedation, and the risk of awareness with paralysis 
• Oxygen toxicity, CO2 tradeoffs, and why ventilator dials often do not change 
• What it means if the ED ICU boundary is dissolving


]]> In this epidose of the podcast, we take a deep dive into why emergency department mechanical ventilation often lacks the standardization people assume, even though hundreds of thousands of patients rely on it each year. We trace how boarding, thin evidence, and workflow gaps turn “temporary” ventilator settings into high-stakes long-term care.

Dive in and hear about:
• Why the ED boarding crisis changes everything about ventilator care 
• How a major scoping review finds only a small set of usable ED ventilation studies 
• Minimal formal ventilator training and widespread lack of confidence 
• Confusion over who owns ventilator settings and adjustments 
• Lung protective ventilation basics and why tidal volume errors happen 
• Gender and BMI linked disparities from ideal body weight miscalculation 
• Bundled checklists that improve adherence and lower mortality 
• Sedation depth, benzodiazepine overuse, and longer ventilator time 
• Paralytics, delayed sedation, and the risk of awareness with paralysis 
• Oxygen toxicity, CO2 tradeoffs, and why ventilator dials often do not change 
• What it means if the ED ICU boundary is dissolving


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