A workshop on how to prescribe non-invasive ventilation (NIV) to home and hospitalised patients was held on Tuesdaay.
The workshop was organised by ResMed, a digital health company whose cloud-connectable devices help treat sleep apnea and other respiratory diseases in more than 120 countries. A number of physicians attended the workshop.
This workshop covered both theoretical and hands-on learning on the application of Non-invasive ventilation in various respiratory diseases including acute hypercapinc respiratory failure, acute hypoxemic respiratory failure, chronic respiratory failure.
The symposium was kick started by Dr Milind Badla, MBBS, MD, DM, Bombay, followed by Dr Anil Agrawal, Senior Consultant, Curewell Hospital Indore, Dr Salil Bhargava, Head of Department, MGM Medical College, Dr Abhijeet Khandelwal, Chest Physician, Index Medical College Indore and moderated by Dr Vivek Joshi, ICU Head, Shalby Hospital Indore. All are experts in the field of Non – Invasive ventilation.
Dr Badla gave introduction to NIV –Indications and Goals and shared the aspects of device, settings and interfaces, whereas Dr. Agrawal and Dr Bhargava discussed acute hypoxemic failure. In order to spur this application, for the patient benefit or end users, training was followed by experiential learning on NIV application, monitoring and troubleshooting by Dr.Khandelal along with rotational workshop and chronic care by Dr. Jaydeep Khalpada, Clinical Specialist, ResMed India. Further, Dr.Bhaskar Azad, Clinical Head, ResMed Academy, shared newer modes of NIV devices and interface.
The workshop offered all the doctors from different specialty in the healthcare system a platform to learn, share and connect. The workshop brings together a multi-disciplinary audience from across the healthcare spectrum to share their experiences, ideas and break the conventional silos that exist in this field.