Course Description
This course provides students with an introduction to respiratory care and the basic skills and equipment associated with this health care field. The respiratory skills that will be learned are patient assessment, diagnostic testing and interpretation, humidity and aerosol therapy, medical gas therapy and professional behavior. Basic physics for the respiratory therapist will be introduced. The student also will learn the function, application, and maintenance of common respiratory equipment. Emphasis will be on production, storage, and delivery of medical gases, humidifiers, nebulizers, and oxygen appliances.
Prerequisite(s)
BIOL 1564 or BIOL 2654 - Must be taken either prior to or at the same time as this course. MATH 1142 - Must be taken at the same time as this course.
At the end of this course, students will be able to:
- Interpret results and values from the respiratory assessment, and various special procedures
- Describe professional, legal, and ethical behavior associated with respiratory therapists within the healthcare setting.
- Describe the function, application, and maintenance of common respiratory equipment
Topical Outline
1. History of Respiratory Care
2. Definition of terms
3. Factors Which Affect the Population’s Health
4. Changes in the Field of Respiratory Care
5. Professional Organizations Which Relate to Respiratory Care
6. Patient Assessment (Eleven Weeks)**
7. Preparing for the Patient Encounter
8. The Medical History and The Interview
9. Cardiopulmonary Symptoms
10. Vital Signs
11. Fundamentals of the Physical Examination
12. Neurologic Assessment-Clinical Laboratory Studies
13. Pulmonary Function Testing
14. Chest Imaging
15. Basic Physics for the Respiratory Therapist
16. Energy and Matter
17. States of Matter
18. Physical Properties of Matter
19. The Gas Laws
20. Fluid Mechanics
21. Principles of Electricity
22. Manufacture, Storage, and transport of Medical Gases
23. Properties of Medical Gases
24. Storage and Transport of Medical Gases
25. Administering Medical Gases: Regulators, Flowmeters, and Controlling Devices
26. Regulators and Flowmeters
27. Devices for Administering Medical Gases
28. Humidity and Aerosol Therapy
29. Humidity Therapy
30. Aerosol Therapy
2. Definition of terms
3. Factors Which Affect the Population’s Health
4. Changes in the Field of Respiratory Care
5. Professional Organizations Which Relate to Respiratory Care
6. Patient Assessment (Eleven Weeks)**
7. Preparing for the Patient Encounter
8. The Medical History and The Interview
9. Cardiopulmonary Symptoms
10. Vital Signs
11. Fundamentals of the Physical Examination
12. Neurologic Assessment-Clinical Laboratory Studies
13. Pulmonary Function Testing
14. Chest Imaging
15. Basic Physics for the Respiratory Therapist
16. Energy and Matter
17. States of Matter
18. Physical Properties of Matter
19. The Gas Laws
20. Fluid Mechanics
21. Principles of Electricity
22. Manufacture, Storage, and transport of Medical Gases
23. Properties of Medical Gases
24. Storage and Transport of Medical Gases
25. Administering Medical Gases: Regulators, Flowmeters, and Controlling Devices
26. Regulators and Flowmeters
27. Devices for Administering Medical Gases
28. Humidity and Aerosol Therapy
29. Humidity Therapy
30. Aerosol Therapy