AVLS™️

Advanced Ventilator Life Support

The Definitive Course for Advanced Mechanical Ventilation Training

setting The new standard for Mechanical Ventilation Education!

The Advanced Ventilator Life Support (AVLS)™ course expands on the concepts presented in the BVLS course and is intended for professionals who care for patients receiving mechanical ventilatory support and are looking to take their skills and knowledge to the next level.

This advanced course is designed for paramedics, nurses, respiratory therapists, mid-level providers, and physicians who care for patients on mechanical ventilators.

The goal of this course is to make you a more competent, and confident, clinician and to improve patient safety and patient outcomes across the entire healthcare spectrum.

About This Course

  • Regular Tuition: $275

  • 60 Days to Complete Course

  • 18 Lessons

  • 18 Lesson Quizzes + Rationals

  • 13 Video-Based Labs

  • Final Exam

  • 8 Hours of Video Lessons

  • 8 Continuing Education Credits

  • 2-Year Certification

What you’ll learn

  • How to properly assess patients receiving mechanical ventilation using the tools of blood gas analysis, capnometry and capnography, airway pressures, occlusion pressures, and waveforms

  • How to properly adjust the mechanical ventilator in response to alterations in oxygenation and/or ventilation

  • How to recognize, and respond to, critical changes in the Pressure, Flow, and Volume Waveform

  • How to recognize, and respond to, critical changes in the Flow-Volume and Pressure-Volume Loop

  • How to properly set, recognize, and respond to alarms associated with mechanical ventilation

  • How to recognize, prevent, and respond to the most common hazards associated with mechanical ventilation including lung protection, ventilator asynchrony, hemodynamic impairment, neuro impairment, and infection

  • Advanced strategies for correcting severe refractory hypoxia including manipulation of Mean Airway Pressure, Prone Positioning, Pulmonary Vasodilators, and ECMO

  • How to determine a patient’s readiness for liberation from mechanical ventilation

  • Indications for mechanical ventilation including how to distinguish between acute vs. chronic type I and type II respiratory failure, and how to recognize impending respiratory failure

  • Proper management of the artificial airway including Endotracheal Tubes, Tracheostomy Tubes, Supraglottic Airways, and Laryngectomy Tubes

  • Variables of mechanical ventilation including Triggers, Cycle, Limits

  • The importance of inspiratory time vs. expiratory time and the effect it has on your patient

  • The relationship between Pressure vs. Volume breaths and I-Time vs. Flow and their effect on patient care

  • Static vs. Dynamic Compliance how changes in each affect patient care

  • Traditional modes of mechanical ventilation including AC, SIMV, CPAP, and Pressure Support

  • Advanced modes of mechanical ventilation including PRVC, VC+, APC, VAPS, PAV, ASV, NAVA, Bi-Level, and APRV

  • Critical settings of volume vs. pressure control ventilation

Who is this course for:

  • All healthcare providers involved in the care of patients receiving mechanical ventilation.

  • Any healthcare provider looking to advance their clinical skills.

  • Healthcare systems looking to improve patient safety and outcomes.

Wondering if you’re ready for AVLS?

WHAT OUR STUDENTS SAY

  • "I thought bvls was awesome, intuitive, and applicable."

    Trish Garner, BS, RN, BSN, CFRN, CEN

    Clinical Educator, Air Link

  • I just finished BVLS and AVLS. Very impressive! I'm totally psyched!These courses are very useful for both aspiring, and practicing CRNA's.

    Neil Murray DNP, CRNA, CCRN, CFRN, NRP, FP-C, TP-C

    Ground Surgical Team Nurse Anesthetist, USAF

  • I love the summaries at the end of each lesson. There's a lot of information in each module and having the takeaway points at the end, along with the quiz is very helpful!

    Lexie Larsen, BSN, RN, CPEN, CFRN, NRP

    Flight Nurse, Regional West Airlink

  • The course really sucked me in as I went. I love the rationales after each quiz question. I can tell the point of the quiz is to educate, not just test. This is an A+ course guys. Seriously great work!

    Nelson Carver, NRP, FP-C, CCP-C

  • I absolutely loved this course!! It is well put together and easy to understand. I love the ventilator demonstrations after each lecture.

    Neil Murray DNP, CRNA, CCRN, CFRN, NRP, FP-C, TP-C

    Ground Surgical Team Nurse Anesthetist, USAF

Course Bundles

  • BVLS + AVLS

    Purchase both Basic Ventilator Life Support and Advanced Ventilator Life Support together and save.

    12 hours of Continuing Education + Dual Certification

    Regular Bundle Price $375

    Enroll Now! (Bundle and Save $50)