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Discipline: Technology & Health: Respiratory Therapy Unit
Course Name Course Number
Adult Respiratory Intensive Care RESD 202
  • MO: Analyze hemodynamic values and waveforms.
  • MO: Compare and contrast the different methods of weaning from mechanical ventilation and choose the best method for a given patient.
  • MO: Identify the pharmacologic agents used during mechanical ventilation.
  • The student will compare and contrast the features and benefits of volume controlled mechanical ventilation, (VC), and pressure controlled ventilation, (PC).
  • MO: Assess the effectiveness of ventilation and propose strategies to improve ventilation.
  • MO: Assess the effectiveness oxygenation and propose strategies to improve oxygenation.
  • MO: Interpret ventilator waveforms.
Cardiopulmonary Pathophysiology RESD 112
  • MO: Given a case study, create a respiratory assessment and plan for patients with commonly encountered cardiopulmonary diseases.
  • MO: Distinguish and illustrate the anatomic alterations of the lungs of commonly encountered cardiopulmonary diseases.
  • MO: Summarize the etiologies of commonly encountered cardiopulmonary diseases.
  • MO: Evaluate and classify the clinical manifestations associated with commonly encountered cardiopulmonary diseases.
  • MO: State the general management of commonly encountered cardiopulmonary diseases.
  • Students will be able to examine and illustrate general management of commonly encountered cardiopulmonary diseases.
  • Students will be able to evaluate and classify the clinical manifestations associated with commonly encountered cardiopulmonary diseases.
Comprehensive Pulmonary Assessment RESD 114
  • Students will correctly identify the electrocardiographic rhythm in a 6-second electrocardiogram strip.
Current Issues in Respiratory Care RESD 208
  • Students will be able to examine quality improvement processes for determination of standards of performance.
  • Students will be able to utilize evidence-based medicine and respiratory therapy
Medical Terminology MEDI 90
  • Students will be able to recognize and use medical terms in a clinical application
  • MO: Determine word meaning by interpretation of prefixes, suffixes and/or word roots.
Neonatal Intensive Care RESD 204
  • Students will analyze assessment findings and make recommendations for mechanical ventilation.
Pharmacology for Respiratory Care RESD 108
  • The student will articulate the difference between the parasympathetic and sympathetic branches of the nervous system.
  • MO: Apply drug therapy techniques.
  • MO: Calculate drug dosages.
  • MO: Compare and contrast the parasympathetic and sympathetic branches of the nervous system.
  • Given a patient scenario, the student will determine appropriate drug therapy.
  • MO: Define key terms pertaining to the principles of drug action.
  • MO: State the indications for each of the major aerosolized drug groups.
  • MO: Describe the therapeutic purpose of each major aerosolized drug groups.
Pulmonary Anatomy and Physiology RESD 106
  • MO: Draw the trachea and right and left main stem bronchus to scale
  • List and describe the five lung volumes and four lung capacities.
Respiratory Therapeutic Modalities RESD 206
  • Students will be prepared to take the Clinical Simulation board exam.
  • SLO: Given a patient scenario, the student will recommend to initiate or modify therapy as indicated by patient data.
  • Students will utilize electrocardiograms to gather clinical information.
Respiratory Therapy Science RESD 104
  • The student will demonstrate, in the laboratory setting, the correct procedure for aerosolized medication delivery by metered dose inhaler, (MDI) and small volume nebulizer, (SVN).
  • Student will state the indications, hazards, and goals of medical gas therapy according to the AARC Clinical Practice Guidelines for Administration of Oxygen in the Acute Care Hospital.
Respiratory Therapy Science RESD 110
  • The student will demonstrate, in the laboratory setting, the correct procedure for opening the patient's airway and providing Bag-Mask-Ventilation, (BVM).
  • MO - Select and properly fit appropriate mask and initiate noninvasive ventilation on a mannequin.
  • MO - Determine the most appropriate mode of ventilation, settings, and alarm parameters.
  • Student will list the indications for in-line suctioning endotracheal tube suctioning and correctly perform the procedure.
  • MO - Correctly insert a nasopharyngeal and oropharyngeal airway into a mannequin.
  • MO- Perform endotracheal suctioning on an intubated airway management trainer using proper technique.
  • MO- Select and properly fit appropriate mask and initiate noninvasive ventilation on a mannequin.
Special Procedures for Respiratory Care RESD 116
  • Students will be able to recognize the need for mechanical ventilation
  • Explain the effect of hemoglobin (Hb) levels on Ca02 and define the consequences of anemia, polycythemia, and abnormal Hb on Ca02 - SLO
Techniques of Respiratory Therapy RESD 200B
  • MO: Perform the elements of patient assessment on critically ill patients.
  • MO: Demonstrate proper storage, transport, and administration of medical gases to the ICU patient.
  • MO: Perform mechanical ventilator care to include ventilator set up and initiation.
Techniques of Respiratory Therapy RESD 200A
  • Student will perform a comprehensive bedside patient assessment on an Adult patient on the general care ward of a hospital.
Techniques of Respiratory Therapy RESD 200B
  • MO: Perform advanced respiratory care treatments and procedures and perform basic respiratory care treatments to include mechanical ventilation, humidity therapy, aerosolized bronchodilator, bronchial hygiene, lung expansion, non-invasive monitoring.
  • MO: Recognize and respond to patient emergencies to include CPR and airway management.
  • Students will be able to calculate static and dynamic compliance.
  • SLO: The student will perform a patient-ventilator system check in the hospital setting.
Techniques of Respiratory Therapy RESD 200D
  • MO: Perform detailed respiratory assessment on the adult, pediatric, and neonatal patients including computation of patient lung mechanics and analysis of patient clinical data leading to a treatment plan.
  • MO: Perform advanced respiratory care treatments and procedures and perform basic respiratory care treatments to include mechanical ventilation, humidity therapy, aerosolized bronchodilator, bronchial hygiene, lung expansion, non-invasive monitoring.
  • MO: Recognize and respond to patient emergencies to include CPR and airway management according to institutional policy.
  • The student will assess the ventilator waveforms of a patient receiving mechanical ventilation in the intensive care unit of a hospital.
Techniques of Respiratory Therapy RESD 200C
  • The student will verbalize the difference between Pressure Control Ventilation versus Volume Control Ventilation.
  • MO: Demonstrate proper storage, transport, and administration of medical gases to the intensive care unit patient.
  • MO: Perform mechanical ventilator care to include ventilator set up and initiation.
  • MO: Perform the elements of patient assessment on critically ill patients.
  • MO: Perform advanced respiratory care treatments and procedures to include mechanical ventilation, humidity therapy, aerosolized bronchodilator, bronchial hygiene, lung expansion, and non-invasive monitoring.
  • MO: Recognize and respond to patient emergencies to include cardiopulmonary resuscitation and airway management.
Techniques of Respiratory Therapy RESD 200D
  • MO: Demonstrate proper storage, transport, and administration of medical gases to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) and Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) patient.
  • MO: Perform mechanical ventilator care to include ventilator initiation, circuit changes, and patient-system ventilator checks on the adult and NICU patient.
Theory and Principles of Respiratory Therapy RESD 102
  • Students will describe the gas laws and relate them to Respiratory Care.
  • MO: Summarize the basic elements of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA).
  • MO: Evaluate various on-line sources of information pertaining to respiratory care.
  • MO: Discuss the major historical events that have shaped modern respiratory care practice.
  • MO: Demonstrate professional behavior.
  • MO: Differentiate between scholarly journal articles and magazine articles.
  • MO: Predict gas behavior under changing conditions using gas law calculations.
  • MO: Explain what constitutes an ethical dilemma and how they arise in health care.
  • The student will be able to state the most significant factor that influences a patient’s ability to breathe through an endotracheal tube according to Poiseuille's Law.
  • Given a patient scenario, select the appropriate personal protective equipment.
  • MO: State the personal protective equipment required to control the spread of airborne infections.