RC 421 - Advanced Topics in Ventilator Management

5 Credits

This is the 2nd course (of 2) in ventilator management in the intensive care units. Advancing assessment skills are emphasized to include patient- ventilator interaction, hemodynamic monitoring, oxygenation optimization strategies and ventilator management based on disease process and best practices. Strategies with ARDS are focused on with students gaining insight to lung protection.

Pre-requisite(s) RC 410 with min. 2.0
Program Admission Required Yes Admitted Program BAS - RC
Fees

Quarters Typically Offered
Winter Day

Designed to Serve students in Respiratory Care program
Active Date 20250520T14:16:46

Grading Basis Decimal Grade
Class Limit 24
Contact Hours: Lecture 55
Total Contact Hours 55
Degree Distributions:
ProfTech Course Yes
Course Outline

Advanced patient assessment
Identify and choose the appropriate ventilator parameters and modes for the patient disease process.
Discuss ventilator graphics and waveforms
Management strategies and current best practices with ARDS
Weaning and discontinuation of mechanical ventilation

Student Learning Outcomes
Students will explain and demonstrate the most common strategies and methodologies of advance patient assessment on mechanical ventilation.

Students will differentiate and describe the meaning of various forms of mechanical ventilator graphics and waveforms.

Students will describe the management strategies of ARDS using airway pressure thresholds, low tidal volumes, permissive hypercapnia and ECMO.

Students will explain the criteria and process of weaning and discontinuation from mechanical ventilation.