Acute NIV & HMV Online Course

The course aims to provide a comprehensive update on both acute NIV and the provisional of home ventilation. It will include cutting-edge reviews of the use of NIV on the ward, in the ICU and at home.

07 - 08

MAY 2026

Online

9am–5pm

Booking Status:

Open (closes on 6 May 2026 at 12 noon)

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Acute Non-Invasive Ventilation & Home Mechanical Ventilation (online)

About the course
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Delegates will acquire a comprehensive knowledge of the delivery of NIV in the UK, both in the acute and community setting. Practical aspects such as indications, treatment approaches, monitoring, troubleshooting, optimising patient comfort and tolerability, ethical aspects, organisational and performance review will also be included.

The course will appeal to a wide audience: doctors in training, consultants with a responsibility for NIV provision and nursing and therapy staff involved in acute or chronic NIV provision.

Course speakers are all experts in the field and are involved in the delivery of this specialist care.

The course will be delivered entirely online to support as wide an attendance as possible and will be interactive and informal. Some background knowledge will be required but this could be achieved with some pre-course reading for those with limited experience.

We are also providing a hands-on half day practical course in Manchester on 8 July 2026, the day before the BTS Summer Meeting. The practical session is designed to consolidate and build on the learning from this online course. We recommend attending both to get the most out of your training.

Find out more about the practical NIV & HMV course

Speakers and Contributors
- Sara Parsons, Chief Respiratory Physiologist, St George’s Hospital, London
- Becky Hall, Advanced Physiotherapist Practitioner, University Hospitals Bristol & Weston NHS FT, Bristol
- Verity Ford, Consultant Physiotherapist, Royal Preston Hospital, Preston
- Nicholas Lane, Consultant Respiratory and Home Ventilation Physician, Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle upon Tyne
- Catrin Emery, Specialist physiotherapist, Royal Brompton Hospital, London
- Rachael Arries, Specialist Physiotherapist, Northumbria Healthcare NHS FT, Northumberland
- Karen Brewin, Principal Physiotherapist, Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital
- Hilary Tedd, Consultant, Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle
- Jane Rodger, Senior Nurse Specialist, Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle
- Michelle Ramsay, Consultant, St Thomas’ Hospital, London
- Dr Swapna Mandal, Consultant, Royal Free Hospital, London
- Anna Hanak, Respiratory Physiotherapist, Royal Brompton Hospital, London
- Kathy George, Clinical Specialist Physiotherapist, Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle
- Liam Campbell, Advanced Practice Physiotherapist in Long Term Ventilation and Weaning, Aintree Hospital, Liverpool
- Melanie Taylor, Speech & Language Therapist, The Walton Centre, Liverpool

Acute Non‑Invasive Ventilation & Home Mechanical Ventilation Short Course – Online Programme
Time	Session
Thursday 7 May 2026
09:00am – 09:05am	Welcome & Introduction
SESSION 1 – GETTING THE BASICS RIGHT: physiology of NIV & anatomy of a ventilator
09:05am – 09:40am	Physiology of ventilation Sara Parsons, London
09:40am – 10:20am	Making sense of the ventilators Becky Hall, Bristol
10:20am – 10:40am	SCREEN BREAK
SESSION 2 – DELIVERING ACUTE NIV: what and when
10:40am – 11:20am	Waveforms and optimising ventilation Verity Ford
11:20am – 11:50am	Patient selection Nicholas Lane, Newcastle upon Tyne
11:50am – 12:30pm	LUNCH BREAK
SESSION 3 – WHAT’S NEXT?: monitoring progress; stopping NIV & follow up
12:30pm – 1:20pm	How do you start and monitor NIV Catrin Emery, London
1:20pm – 2:20pm	Acute NIV on the ward – case studies and troubleshooting Rachael Arries, Northumberland
2:20pm – 2:40pm	SCREEN BREAK
2:40pm – 3:20pm	Weaning from acute NIV Karen Brewin, Northumbria
3:20pm – 4:10pm	Escalation and what do you do when treatment fails? Hilary Tedd, Newcastle upon Tyne
4:10pm – 4:30pm	Final Q&A Session & End of day 1 Faculty panel
Friday 8 May 2026
09:00am – 09:05am	Welcome, Introduction to day 2
SESSION 4 – HMV SERVICE DELIVERY
09:05am – 09:45am	Starting long term NIV: why, when, where? Jane Rodger, Newcastle upon Tyne
SESSION 5 – ASSESSMENT AND TREATMENT Within the 3 disease groups the presentations will cover: • Making an assessment – criteria for commencing HMV • How to set this up for that condition • How do you follow them up – assessment, outcome measures • Including evidence / national guidance to support above
09:45am – 10:25am	HMV in NMD (incl. MND) Michelle Ramsay, London
10:25pm – 11:05am	HMV in COPD Nicholas Lane, Newcastle upon Tyne
11:05am – 11:25am	SCREEN BREAK
11:25am – 12:05pm	HMV for Obesity & scoliosis-related respiratory failure Swapna Mandal, London
12:05pm – 12:45pm	Case studies of HMV in other respiratory conditions Anna Hanak, London
12.45pm – 1.15pm	LUNCH BREAK
SESSION 6 - SECRETIONS: COUGH ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT
1.15pm – 1.40pm	Cough assessment Kathy George, Newcastle
1.40pm – 2.20pm	Mechanical strategies to manage airway secretions Liam Campbell, Liverpool
2.20pm – 2.45pm	Management of oral secretions and aspiration Melanie Taylor, Walton
SESSION 7 - FOLLOW UP AND TROUBLESHOOTING
2.45pm – 3.25pm	Monitoring and troubleshooting in HMV Verity Ford, Lancashire
3.25pm – 3.40pm	Patient perspective of NIV – what makes a difference to them ‘Maureen’s Story’
3.40pm – 4.10pm	Q&A Session Faculty panel
4.10pm – 4.15pm	Closing summary