RT 261 — Fundamentals of Respiratory Care III (4 cr)
This course is the third in a sequence of courses on the fundamentals of respiratory care. Students will learn how to demonstrate how to manage an airway, how to apply hyperinflation and secretion mobilization protocols, airway maintenance (positioning, simple airways, NT suctioning), emergency airway management, artificial airway management, hyperinflation therapy techniques, Intermittent Positive Pressure Ventilation, Bi-Level Positive Airway Pressure, Intrapulmonary Percussive Ventilation (IPV), secretion mobilization techniques (PAP, PEP, Flutter, Acapella, Aerobika, HFCWO, CPT, PD), drawing arterial blood gases, and an introduction to clinical simulation (NIPPV simulation–patient assessment). Prerequisite: Successful completion of previous term. (SCC)
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