Updated IDSA ATS Guidelines on Management of Adults With HAP and VAP Ventilator Associated Pneumonia After Cardiac Arrest and Prevention Strategies: A Narrative Review Preventing Ventilator Associated Pneumonia ( VAP ) : * Head of the bed elevation : maintain the head of the bed elevated ( 30 40 ) * Daily sedation interruptions and assessment Dr. Abhishek Shukla discussed the concept of Ventilator Associated Pneumonia (VAP), a serious infection that can occur in patients who are on mechanical ventilation. He explained that ventilators are vital in preventing hypoxic Pneumonia (Ventilator associated [VAP] and non ventilator associated Pneumonia [PNEU]) Event American Thoracic Society Documents