Non invasive ventilation is steadily establishing itself as a crucial component of the critical care armoury.  While many patients can tolerate it, some require sedation.

Wisam Al-Bassam is a staff specialist at Monash Medical center and Victorian Heart hospital.  Wisam is passionate about education and research, and his research interests include mechanical ventilation and sedation in ICU.  He joins Todd to talk about the role of dexmedetomidine in patients on non invasive ventilation in the ICU