RESP 2070 - Respiratory Care Therapeutics II

Institution:

Utah Tech University

Subject:

Respiratory Therapy

Description:

Second semester course. Provides theory and clinical applications of respiratory therapy modalities, including airway management (intubation, extubation, tracheostomy care); manual ventilation; introduction to concepts of artificial ventilation (CPAP, BiPAP, positive and negative pressure ventilators); blood gas sampling, analysis, and quality control; noninvasive monitoring (oximetry, capnography, pulmonary mechanics); and equipment decontamination. Associated CPGs are introduced. Mastery of the clinical indications, contraindications, side-effects, and desired outcomes of therapies is required. This course requires a Differential Tuition Rate which is an additional fee of $65 charged per credit hour. **COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES (CLOs) At the successful conclusion of this course, students will be able to: 1. Describe the indications, contraindications, side-effects, goals, and procedures of patient monitoring, blood gas sampling, artificial airway management, and manual and mechanical ventilation. 2. Compare and contrast invasive and non-invasive monitoring methods of patient status and blood gas data. 3. Define the process of calibrating and maintaining quality control systems for blood gas analyzers 4. Distinguish between positive pressure and negative pressure artificial ventilation methods. Prerequisite: Admission to the Utah Tech University Respiratory Therapy program. SP

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.utahtech.edu/

Phone Number:

(435) 652-7500

Regional Accreditation:

Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities

Calendar System:

Semester

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