This is a four-hour lecture and one-credit-hour lab course that through classroom discussion and laboratory/clinical experiences, the student will develop an appropriate knowledge base of respiratory care practices utilized when providing care to critically ill patients. Course content includes airway management, suctioning, intubation, extubation, and mechanical ventilation. The laboratory component is graded as a pass/fail and the theory with a letter grade. If either component is failed, the concurrent component is also failed.
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 #2: Communicate ideas clearly and proficiently in writing, appropriately adjusting content and arrangement for varying audiences, purposes, and situations.
Adult Critical Care:
a. Cuff Pressure Monitoring
b. Endotracheal Suctioning
c. Nasotracheal Suctioning
d. Intubation
e. Extubation
f.
Securing Artificial Airway
g. Tracheostomy and Stoma Care
h. Tracheostomy Tube Changes
- Evaluate the clinical need for artificial airways.
- Compare and contrast the different techniques used to maintain patent airways in patients with airway obstruction.
- Describe the circumstances requiring airway suctioning.
- Demonstrate appropriate communication skills and behaviors when working with fellow students, physicians, instructors, and other health care providers.
- Identify major structures of the upper airway.
- Recommend appropriate therapy based on the patient assessment.
- Evaluate patient outcome and recommend modification to respiratory care plan, as indicated.
- Explain the value of monitoring the patient at the bedside.
- Classify specific mechanical ventilators by control mechanisms, control variables, triggering variables, cycling variables, modes of ventilation, and expiratory phase variables.
- Differentiate the physiologic effects of various forms of positive pressure ventilation on the cardiopulmonary system.
- Evaluate clinical status of patients, recommend, and initiate appropriate mode of ventilatory support.
- Evaluate the patient's clinical status and recommend appropriate ventilator changes.
- Explain and discuss the clinical indications for initiating mechanical ventilatory support.
- Analyze arterial blood gas results and make appropriate ventilatory changes.
- Compare and contrast the clinical indications of CMV, SIMV, Pressure-Support, Pressure Control Ventilation, Flow-by, and PEEP.
- Analyze ventilatory graphics and make appropriate changes to assure patient ventilation.
- Compare equipment and non-invasive techniques available to assess oxygenation and ventilation.
- Interpret data obtained from non-invasive monitoring of oxygenation and ventilation.
- Demonstrate clinical proficiency in the following procedures:
a. Simple Artificial Airways and Manual Airway Techniques
b. Endotracheal Tubes, Tracheostomy Tubes, Endotracheal Intubation
c. Airway Suctioning
d. Patient Assessment and Endotracheal Intubation and Extubation
- Airway Management
- Introduction to Mechanical Ventilation/Assessment of Need for Mechanical Ventilatory Support.
- Classification of Mechanical Ventilators
- Modes of Ventilation
- Mechanical Ventilator Controls, Trouble Shooting, Initial Setup, and Patient Circuit.
- Patient Management while Receiving Mechanical Ventilation
- Positive-End expiratory Pressure
- Weaning discontinuance of mechanical ventilation
- Textbooks and Journals
- Lecture and Discussion
- Laboratory and Clinical Assignments
- Canvas
- Textbooks and Journals
- Laboratory Equipment
- Internet Resources
- Canvas
SCCC Outcomes 2 & 6 will be assessed and measured by satisfactory scores of 75% or better on the Article Review assignment.
SCCC Outcome 7 will be assessed and measured by satisfactory scores of 75% or better on the discussion board assignment.
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.