title: Mechanical ventilation: understanding respiratory physiology & the basics of ventilator management.
authors.affiliation: University of Pittsburgh, USA.
authors.forename: Ian
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Greenwald
authors.forename: Steve
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Rosonoke
mesh_terms: D000058:Accidental Falls; D000403:Airway Resistance; D004496:Education, Continuing; D004634:Emergency Medical Technicians; D004638:Emergency Treatment / Q000379:methods*; D004868:Equipment Failure; D016489:Head Injuries, Closed / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic; D011175:Positive-Pressure Respiration; D012121:Respiration, Artificial / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D012143:Respiratory Physiological Phenomena; D012122:Ventilators, Mechanical