This course is designed for the Respiratory Care Practitioner student. The course focus is clinical observation, assistance and performance of Respiratory Therapeutics which were taught in Diagnostics & Out-Patient Services, Pediatric & Neonatal Respiratory Care, and the Critical Care Respiratory Therapy courses and Labs. The student will demonstrate clinical proficiency of the following respiratory therapeutics: physical assessment, simple spirometry, oxygen therapy, aerosol medication administration, tracheal suctioning, tracheal airway care, tracheal extubation, blood gas sampling, ventilatory assessment, noninvasive ventilation techniques, ventilation of the ped-neonate patient and continuous ventilation of the adult patient. The student will be supervised in the affiliate Respiratory Care Departments by the adjunct faculty and program faculty.
Prerequisites
RC 2364
Credit Hours
4
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