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Mouthpiece Ventilation (MPV) Workshop

Mouthpiece Ventilation (MPV) Workshop

Date22 Oct 2026
LocationNottingham

Mouthpiece Ventilation (MPV) Workshop - learning by sharing experience

Course Director : Milind Sovani

Course Facilitator: Alison Armstrong

Speakers: Phil Smith, Cat Goodin, Chris Powell, Jane Smith, Laura North, Jonathan Palmer, Debbie Field

Delegate numbers - max 20 (one person per centre)

Cost: £50

Venue: Queens’s Medical Centre, Nottingham

Date/Time: 22.10.26 10:45 - 16:00

Aim: To share experience with the multi-professional team on the use and application of mouthpiece ventilation

Objectives: By the end of the session participants will:

  • have received an overview of the development of mouthpiece ventilation
  • have a greater understanding of the indications and use of mouthpiece ventilation for daytime breathing support in neuromuscular disease
  • be introduced to the use of mouthpiece ventilation for lung recruitment and airway clearance
  • explore the use of mouthpiece ventilation in other scenarios such as weaning, eating and drinking and other conditions
  • understand the different equipment, modes and settings used in mouthpiece ventilation
  • have the opportunity to gain hands-on experience with mouthpiece ventilation
  • gain insight into the patient experience from users of mouthpiece ventilation
  • have the opportunity to collaborate on the further development of mouthpiece ventilation for patients receiving domiciliary NIV

TIME

TOPIC

SPEAKER

NOTES

10:45

Welcome

Milind Sovani
Alison Armstrong

Welcome, housekeeping, aims and objectives

11:00

Introduction and background to MPV and use for daytime breathing support

Milind Sovani

PPT presentation

11:20

Use of MPV to aid lung recruitment and airway clearance

Cat Goodin

PPT presentation

11:40

Demonstration of MPV set up

Phil Smith

Practical demo with ‘guinea pig’ patient

12:00

Patient experience

 

Patient attendance and / or video

12:30

Lunch

 

13:30

Hands on stations

Phil Smith
Chris Powell
Cat Goodin
Debbie Field

Group to be split into 2 and rotate after 30 minutes

  • MPV set up and application for daytime breathing support using both pressure and volume ventilation
  • MPV set up and application for lung recruitment and airway clearance

14:30

 

Case studies - extended applications of MPV

Jane Smith
Phil Smith
Debbie Field
Chris Powell

15 minutes each to illustrate examples of:

  • Eating and drinking with MPV
  • Troubleshooting
  • MPV to facilitate weaning from tracheostomy
  • MPV in COPD

15:30

Discussion and evaluation

Milind Sovani
Alison Armstrong

All attendees and faculty

16:00

Close

 

 

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