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.
Prerequisites
Admission to the Respiratory Therapy Program.