RSPT 2335 - Mechanical Ventilation

Credit Hours: 5.00

Prerequisites: Admission into the Respiratory Therapy Program; RSPT 1260 with grade C or better

Corequisites: RSPT 2250 and RSPT 2350

(replaces RSPT 2331 and RSPT 2341)

RSPT‑2335 reviews the effects of mechanical ventilation on cardiopulmonary physiology. The course will evaluate the capabilities and limitations of the most commonly used mechanical ventilators. Students will develop cognitive and psychomotor skills necessary for initiating, assessing, maintaining, monitoring, adjusting, problem solving, discontinuing, documenting, and applying protocols to mechanical ventilation on infant, pediatric, and adult patients.

Contact Hours: 6

Center Campus

Fall semester only

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