This is a one-hour laboratory course. Through laboratory/clinical experiences, the student will develop an appropriate knowledge base of respiratory care protocols utilized to initiate and manage mechanical ventilatory support to critcally ill patients. Course content include indication for mechanical ventilation, classification of mechanical ventilators, modes of ventilation, patient weaning, and disontinued ventilatory support. This course has a theory, lavoratory and clinical component. The clinical component and laboratory is graded pass/fail and the theory with a letter grade. If either component is failed, the concurrent component is also failed.
Prerequisites
Pre-requisite: Admission to the Respiratory Therapy program and successful completion of Respiratory Therapy Procedures I.