RESP2310 — Respiratory Care Equipment & Procedures III
Academic Division: Health Sciences Academic Discipline: Respiratory Care Assistant Dean: Leesa Cox, MBA, PTA 2 Credit(s) This course is a continuation of RESP 1210 and has instruction and laboratory application in adult critical care procedures such as: advance assessment in respiration of oxygen and carbon dioxide, hemodynamic monitoring, high frequency ventilation, and nitric oxide administration. The course transitions the student from the adult critical care experience to the neonatal and pediatric clinical settings focusing on infant and pediatric mechanical ventilation, ventilation techniques, CPAP, Bi-Level ventilation, Nitric oxide therapy, therapeutic procedures, and equipment specific to the neonatal and pediatric setting. The course will cover neonatal and pediatric pathologies such as HMD, BPD, CHD, Asthma, Meconium Aspiration, SIDS, and CF. Semesters available: Day - Su UG 1 Lecture Hour(s); Required Associate the indications, complications, hazards of arterial line monitoring Quiz week 2, Examinations weeks 5 & 10 2. Interpret normal and abnormal hemodynamic monitoring pressures Quiz week 2, Examinations weeks 5 & 10 3. Calculate hemodynamic monitoring values from given pressures Quiz week 2, Examinations weeks 5 & 10 4. Operate conventional and non-conventional mechanical ventilators as they apply to the pediatric and neonatal patient Lab check-off week 4 Quiz week 4 Examinations weeks 5 & 10 5. Associate pathology as it applies to pediatrics and neonates Quiz
Prerequisites: RESP1220, RESP2310L, RESP2330, RESP2390