For each unit of credit, a minimum of three hours per week with one of the hours for class and two hours for studying/preparation outside of class is expected.
The respiratory therapy program of Seward County Community College will provide an educational forum responsive to the needs of the health care community by developing competent and compassionate respiratory care practitioners.
Outcome #1: Read with comprehension, be critical of what they read, and apply knowledge gained from their reading to broader issues of the day.
Outcome #5: Demonstrate the ability to think critically by gathering facts, generating insights, analyzing data, and evaluating information.
Outcome #7: Understand each other, moving beyond simple acceptance to embracing and celebrating the rich dimensions of diversity by working as a team to learn, engaging with community, exhibiting cultural awareness, and creating equity
Outcome #9: Exhibit workplace skills to include respect for others, teamwork competence, attendance/punctuality, decision making, conflict resolution, truthfulness/honest, positive attitude, judgment, responsibility.
a. Handwashing
b. Patient interaction
c. Vital signs
d. Patient assessment
e. Identify, assemble, and perform small volume nebulizer
f. Identify, assemble, and perform MDI and DPI
g. Identify and assemble oxygen systems
h. Gas cylinder handling
i. Identify and assemble chest physiotherapies and lung expansion therapies
j. Perform and obtain arterial blood gases
- Demonstrate appropriate communication skills and behaviors when working with fellow students, physicians, instructors, and other health care providers.
- Describe the need for and methods of documenting patient care/outcomes for the medical record.
- Identify, define, and apply medical terminology and standard abbreviations and symbols used in pulmonary physiology and respiratory care.
- Assess a patient's clinical status to ascertain the need for medical intervention.
- Develop respiratory care plan based on patient assessment.
- Recommend appropriate therapy based on the patient assessment.
- Evaluate patient outcome and recommend modification to respiratory care plan, as indicated.
- Delineate the basic safety considerations involved in patient care.
- Apply basic physics to the practice of respiratory care.
- Identify, describe, and recommend appropriate respiratory care procedures and equipment to be used in the support and treatment of cardiopulmonary disorders.
- Demonstrate laboratory and clinical proficiency in selection, assembly, application, monitoring, and troubleshooting various pieces of respiratory therapy equipment.
- Demonstrate basic patient assessment skills to include vital signs, breath sounds, palpation, percussion, and patient interview.
- Determine the clinical status based on the obtained patient assessment data.
- Explain and demonstrate appropriate techniques for CPT, incentive spirometry, and pulmonary breathing exercises.
- Assemble necessary equipment, explain and apply appropriate techniques for administering humidity therapy.
- Explain rationale, assemble require equipment, and apply high flow and/or low flow oxygen systems.
- Evaluate patient's inspiratory flow rates and calculate total delivered flows necessary to meet or exceed the patient'�s demand.
- Explain the therapeutic use of oxygen.
- Discuss and apply the various delivery devices used in oxygen therapy.
- Recommend modifications in prescribed therapy based on current patient status.
- Demonstrate laboratory competency by successfully completing the following performance evaluations:
- Demonstrate Clinical Competency by successfully completing the following performance evaluations:
- Ateria1 Blood Gas (ABG) Analysis
- Arterial Line Sampling
- Arterial Puncture (ABG)
- Assisted Cough
- Basic Spirometry
- Bedside Pulmonary Function Test
- Bland Aerosol Therapy (face tent/face mask)
- Breath Sounds
- Breathing Techniques
- Chest Percussion and Postural Drainage (adult, pediatric. & neonatal)
- DPI Administration
- DPI Education
- Electrocardiogram (ECG/EKG)
- Exercise Testing
- Hand washing
- Heated High Flow Nasal Cannula
- High Frequency Chest Wall Oscillation (HFCWO)
- Humidity Therapy
- Incentive Spirometer
- Intermittent Positive Pressure Ventilation
- Intrapulmonary Percussive Ventilation
- Isolation Procedure
- Mechanical Insufflation Exsufflation (MIE)
- Metered Dose Inhaler (MDI) Administer
- Metered Dose Inhaler (MDI) Education
- Oxygen Administration (nasal cannula, simple mask, partial rebreather, nonrebreather, air entrainment mask)
- Oxygen Tank Setup
- Patient Assessment
- Peak Flowmeter
- Positive Expiratory Pressure (PEP)
- Pulse Oximeter
- Small Volume Nebulizer (SVN)
- Sputum Induction
- Vital Signs
- Demonstrate laboratory and clinical proficiency in selection, assembly, and application, monitoring, and troubleshooting various pieces of respiratory therapy equipment.
- Standard and Transmission Based Precautions
- Patient Contact
- Terminology
- Review of a Patient Medical Record
- Vital signs
- Physical Assessment
- Cardiopulmonary symptoms
- Delivery of aerosolized medication/MDI/DPI
- Oxygen therapy
- Handling compressed gas cylinder
- Lung Volumes & Capacities
- Clinical Laboratory Studies
- Arterial Blood Gases
- Infection Control/Decontamination
- Humidity & Bland Aerosol Therapy
- Bronchial Hygiene Therapy
- Lung Expansion Therapy
- Textbooks and Handouts
- Lecture and Discussion
- Out of Class Assignments
- Audiovisuals
- Canvas
- Textbooks and Journals
- Audiovisual Material
- Laboratory Equipment
- Computer Tutorials and Simulations
- Article Reviews
- Canvas
SCCC Outcome 1 will be assessed and measured by class participation and successful completion of unit exams indicating comprehension of material read.
SCCC Outcome 5 will be assessed and measured by satisfactory respiratory care plan grades.
SCCC Outcome 7 will be assessed and measured by satisfactory scores on daily and affective evaluations in the clinical setting.
SCCC Outcome 9 will be assessed and measured by satisfactory scores on daily evaluations in the clinical setting.
Under the Americans with Disabilities Act, Seward County Community College will make reasonable accommodations for students with documented disabilities. If you need support or assistance because of a disability, you may be eligible for academic accommodations. Students should identify themselves to the Mental Health Counselor at 620-417-1106 or go to the Student Success Center in the Hobble Academic building, room A149.