16/04/2026
🫁 HOW TO WEAN FROM MECHANICAL VENTILATION
💡 RT CLINICAL PEARLS:
✔️ Daily sedation interruption improves weaning success
✔️ Early mobilization = better outcomes
✔️ Avoid over-assistance (can cause diaphragm atrophy)
✔️ Always treat the cause of respiratory failure first
✔️ Protocol-driven weaning improves ICU outcomes
🎯 KEY MESSAGE:
👉 Weaning is a process, not an event
👉 Right patient + Right timing + RT vigilance = Success
--- Saleem N. Hamilah