RSC 1010 Respiratory Care Procedures I
This course will explore the usage and purpose of supportive treatments for patients with pulmonary diseases and disorders using the American Association of Respiratory Care (AARC) clinical practice guidelines and protocols. The fundamentals of respiratory care covered will include but are not limited to: history, the profession of respiratory care, patient assessment, qualify, patient safety, and communication, ethical and legal implications, principles of infection control and prevention, storage and delivery of medical gases, medical gas therapy, regulation of breathing, patient bedside assessment, ventilation, gas exchange, solution body fluids, electrolytes, acid/base balance, interpreting clinical lab data, monitoring gas exchange, airway pharmacology, aerosol drug therapy, humidity therapy, and e-medicine.