David OlveraUniversity of Colorado Hospital · Clinical Education
David Olvera
Master of Business Administration
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Introduction
Additional affiliations
October 2018 - present
FlightBridgeED
Position
- CEO
Description
- Education and training internationally and locally for FlightBridgeED. Courses include Ventilator Management, Critical Care Review Course, and future projects
December 2014 - present
Air Methods Corporation
Position
- Chair
Description
- Department Chair of Research Department IRB Administrator Clinical Education to staff
December 2012 - present
Air Methods Corp
Position
- Manager
Description
- Preforms education, training and competency validation of flight crews
Publications
Publications (23)
Background
Rapid sequence intubation (RSI) may compromise perfusion because of the use of sympatholytic medications as well as subsequent positive pressure ventilation. The use of bolus vasopressor agents may reverse hypotension and prevent arrest.
Methods
This was a prospective, observational study enrolling air medical patients with critical per...
Background:
The management of mechanical ventilation critically impacts outcome for patients with acute respiratory failure. Ventilator settings in the early post-intubation period may be especially influential on outcome. Low tidal volume ventilation in the prehospital setting has been shown to impact the provision of low tidal volume after admis...
Airway management is a critical component of resuscitation but also carries the potential to disrupt perfusion, oxygenation, and ventilation as a consequence of airway insertion efforts, the use of medications, and the conversion to positive-pressure ventilation.
NAEMSP recommends:
• Airway management should be approached as an organized system of...
Background
Rapid sequence intubation (RSI) is a critical procedure in the resuscitation of critically ill and injured patients but carries an important risk of oxygen desaturation. In the adult population, a target preoxygenation threshold of >93% has been defined. However, it is not known whether this is an appropriate target for pediatric patient...
Background
Checklists have been adopted in various acute care settings with reasonable compliance and acceptance. In the Air Medical industry, checklists have been implemented by different teams for critical clinical procedures such as rapid sequence intubation (RSI). However, compliance and attitudes toward these Human Factors innovations in the c...
Objectives:
To characterize prehospital air medical transport sedation practices and test the hypothesis that modifiable variables related to the monitoring and delivery of analgesia and sedation are associated with prehospital deep sedation.
Design:
Multicenter, retrospective cohort study.
Setting:
A nationwide, multicenter (approximately 130...
Human factors engineering innovations, such as checklists, have been adopted in various acute care settings to improve safety with reasonable compliance and acceptance. In the air medical industry, checklists have been implemented by different teams for critical clinical procedures such as rapid sequence intubation. However, compliance and attitude...
Background
Existing difficult airway prediction tools are not practical for emergency intubation and do not incorporate physiological data. The HEAVEN criteria (Hypoxaemia, Extremes of size, Anatomic challenges, Vomit/blood/fluid, Exsanguination, Neck mobility) may be more relevant for emergency rapid sequence intubation (RSI).
Methods
A retrospec...
Objective
Rapid sequence intubation (RSI) is associated with a number of complications that can increase morbidity and mortality. Among RSI agents used to blunt awareness of the procedure and produce amnesia, ketamine is unique in its classification as a dissociative agent rather than a central nervous system depressant. Thus, ketamine should have...
Objective:
Traditional vital sign thresholds reflect an increased risk of mortality, which may occur hours, days, or weeks following illness/injury, limiting immediate clinical significance to guide rescue therapy to avoid arrest. Our objective is to explore vital sign patterns prior to arrest due to shock.
Design:
This retrospective observation...
The National Association of EMS Educators, the National EMS Management Association, and the International Association of Flight and Critical Care Paramedics believe the time has come for paramedics to be trained through a formal education process that culminates with an associate degree. Once implemented a degree requirement will improve the care d...
Introduction: Airway management is a critical skill for air medical providers, including the use of rapid sequence intubation (RSI) medications. Mediocre success rates and a high incidence of complications has challenged air medical providers to improve training and performance improvement efforts to improve clinical performance.
Objectives: The ai...
Objective
Defining vital sign thresholds has focused on mortality, which may be delayed for hours, days, or weeks after injury. This limits the immediate clinical significance in guiding therapy to avoid arrest. The aim of this study was to identify a systolic blood pressure (SBP) threshold indicating imminent cardiopulmonary arrest.
Methods
This...
Background:
Difficult-airway prediction tools help identify optimal airway techniques, but were derived in elective surgery patients and may not be applicable to emergency rapid sequence intubation (RSI). The HEAVEN criteria (Hypoxemia, Extremes of size, Anatomic abnormalities, Vomit/blood/fluid, Exsanguination, Neck mobility issues) may be more r...
Objective
Airway management is vitally important in the management of critically ill and injured patients. Current tools to predict the difficult airway have limited application in the emergency airway situation. The aim of this study was to derive a novel difficult airway prediction tool for emergency intubation.
Methods
A retrospective descripti...