National Approach to Standardize and Improve Mechanical Ventilation

Yaseen M Arabi¹, Zohair Al Aseri², Tareef Alaama³, Abdulrahman Alqahtani⁴, Abdulrhman Alharthy⁵, Abdullah Almotairi⁶, Eman Al Qasim¹, Abdullah A Alzahrani⁷, Mohammed Al Qarni⁷, Sheryl Ann I Abdukahil¹, Fahad M Al-Hameed⁸, Yasser Mandourah⁹, Khalid Maghrabi¹⁰, Adnan Ghamdi¹¹, Ghaleb Almekhalfi¹¹, Ahmed Mady⁵, Ahmed S Qureshi¹², Ismael Qushmaq¹³, Mohammed S Alshahrani¹⁴, Mufareh Alkatheri⁷, Abdulmohsen Saawi⁷, Raed H Al-Hazme¹⁵, Sean M Berenholtz¹⁶, Asad Latif¹⁶, Mohamed S Al-Moamary¹⁷, Saad Mohrij^18
1 Department of Intensive Care, King Abdulaziz Medical City, College of Medicine, King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, King Abdullah International Medical Research Center,Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
² Emergency and Intensive Care Departments, Medical City, King Saud University, Adult Intensive Care Development Program Ministry of Health, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
³ Deputyship of Curative Services, Ministry of Health, King Saud Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
⁴ National Emergency Medicine Development Program, Ministry of Health, King Saud Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
⁵ Department of Intensive Care, King Saud Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
⁶ Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
⁷ Department of Quality and Patient Safety, King Abdulaziz Medical City, College of Medicine, King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, King Abdullah International Medical Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
⁸ Department of Intensive Care, College of Medicine, King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
⁹ Military Medical Services, Ministry of Defense, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
¹⁰ Department of Intensive Care, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
¹¹ Department of Intensive Care Services, Prince Sultan Military Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
¹² Prince Mohammed Bin Abdul Aziz Hospital, College of Medicine, King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Madinah, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
¹³ Department of Medicine, Medical and Clinical Affairs, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
¹⁴ Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, College of Medicine, King Fahd Hospital of the University, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University (M.S.A.), Dammam, Saudi Arabia
¹⁵ Department of Health Informatics, College of Public Health and Health Informatics, King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh,Saudi Arabia; College of Osteopathic Medicine, Nova Southeastern University, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA
¹⁶ Armstrong Institute for Patient Safety and Quality, Johns Hopkins Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
¹⁷ College of Medicine, King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Development and Quality Management, Medical Services King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
¹⁸ College of Medicine, King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Ministry of National Guard Health Affairs, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Correspondence Address:
Dr. Yaseen M Arabi
Department of Intensive Care, King Abdullah International Medical Research Center, College of Medicine, King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh
Saudi Arabia

Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None

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DOI: 10.4103/atm.ATM_63_19