RSPT 2335 - Mechanical Ventilation

5.00 Credit Hours

Prerequisites: Admission into the Respiratory Therapy program and RSPT 1260

Corequisite: RSPT 2250, 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.

(6 contact hrs)

Center Campus.

Fall semester only.

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