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Course Criteria
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2.00 Credits
Continues to develop skills used in the clinical practice I. Topics include: medical gas therapy, oxygen therapy, aerosol therapy, incentive spirometry, and patient assessment.
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5.00 Credits
Provides students with information concerning assessment of etiology, pathophysiology, treatment and prognosis of common cardiopulmonary, cardiovascular, and pulmonary diseases and conditions. Topics include: infectious diseases and conditions, respiratory diseases and conditions, neuromuscular diseases and conditions, cardiovascular diseases and conditions, patient assessment, laboratory testing, chest radiography, and trauma.
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5.00 Credits
Provides students with knowledge on all phases of adult critical care and continuous mechanical ventilation. Topics include: mechanical ventilation history, adult critical care, continuous mechanical ventilation, ventilator implementation, ventilation monitoring, ventilator weaning, and ventilator discontinuance.
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5.00 Credits
Provides instruction in the theory, set-up, operation, and maintenance of mechanical ventilators and equipment used to establish and maintain both adult and pediatric airways, and emergency airway disorders. Topics include: ventilator operation, ventilator maintenance, emergency airway disorders, adult airway establishment and maintenance, pediatric airway establishment and maintenance, fiberoptic bronchoscopy, thoracentesis, chest tube maintenance, and arterial blood gas sampling.
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2.00 Credits
(Prerequisites: RTT 212, RTT 213, RTT 218, RTT 219. Corequisites: RTT 220) Provides a study of advanced critical care techniques for hemodynamic and noninvasive monitoring. Topics include: arterial pressure monitoring, central venous catheters, pulmonary artery catheters, cardiac output measurement, and noninvasive monitoring techniques.
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1.00 Credits
Provides knowledge on normal and abnormal pulmonary functions. Emphasizes performance, interpretation, and evaluation of various pulmonary function studies. Topics include: pulmonary function testing, pulmonary function interpretation, pulmonary function evaluation, and blood gas analysis.
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3.00 Credits
(Prerequisites: RTT 212, RTT 213, RTT 218, and RTT 219.) Provides concepts on the processes of growth and development related to respiratory care from the fetus to the adolescent. Relates physiologic function to respiratory care and assessment. Topics include: fetal growth and development, neonatal growth and development, fetal assessment, neonatal assessment, neonatal respiratory care, neonatal pathology, pediatric pathology, adolescent assessment, and adolescent respiratory care.
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5.00 Credits
(Prerequisites:, RTT 214, RTT 220) Review of Respiratory Care Technology as it pertains to the national credential examination administered by the NBRC. Emphasizes decision making and problem solving as they relate to clinical respiratory care. Topics include: medical ethics, basic computer literacy, CRTT exam preparation, and RRT exam preparation.
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2.00 Credits
Provides experience in which students continue to develop proficiency levels in clinical skills introduced in Clinical Practice I and II. In addition, intermittent positive pressure breathing, chest physiotherapy, and airway care are introduced. Case presentations are required to integrate clinical and classroom theory. Topics include: intermittent positive pressure breathing, chest physiotherapy, airway care, medical gas therapy, oxygen therapy, aerosol therapy, incentive spirometry, and patient assessment.
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2.00 Credits
Provides experience in which students continue to develop proficiency in skills introduced in clinical practicals I, II, and III. In addition, the student is introduced to critical respiratory care. Case presentations are required to integrate clinical and classroom theory. Topics include: intermittent positive pressure breathing, chest physiotherapy, airway care, medical gas therapy, oxygen therapy, aerosol therapy, incentive spirometry, patient assessment, and basic respiratory care of the critical patient.
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