1. A ventilator-implemented method for detecting Auto-PEEP during volume ventilation of a triggering patient, the method comprising: collecting data associated with ventilatory parameters; processing the collected ventilatory parameter data, wherein processing the collected ventilatory parameter data includes deriving ventilatory parameter data from the collected ventilatory parameter data; analyzing the processed ventilatory parameter data, wherein analyzing the processed ventilatory parameter data comprises: receiving one or more predetermined thresholds associated with the processed ventilatory parameter data; and detecting whether the processed ventilatory parameter data breaches the one or more predetermined thresholds; determining that the triggering patient exhibits an obstructive component; determining that Auto-PEEP is implicated for the triggering patient exhibiting the obstructive component upon detecting that the processed ventilatory data breaches the one or more predetermined thresholds; and issuing a smart prompt when Auto-PEEP is implicated.