RES 255 - Respiratory Care IV

10 Credit Hours

This course is designed to cover basic principles as well as more complex principles of critical respiratory care. Topics include a practical understanding of neonatal and pediatric respiratory care, pathophysiology of respiratory failure, graphic representation of flow, volume and pressure on ventilatory support, newer modes of ventilation, invasive and non-invasive monitoring of the ventilated patients, nutrition of mechanically ventilated patients, pulmonary function regimens, chest x-ray, ECG interpretation, bronchoscopy, long term 02 therapy, airway care, and mechanical ventilation of critical respiratory care patients.

Prerequisite(s): RES 237 with a 2.0 or better and a cumulative of 2.5 or better

Semesters Offered: Fall