COURSE MASTER SYLLABUS
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Academic Division: Health and Public Service
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Department: Respiratory Care
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Course Number and Title: RES 130 - Respiratory Therapy Equipment & Procedures I
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Course Coordinator: Kate Peresie
Department Chair: Robert Slabodnick, RRT, M.Ed
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Credit Hours: 6
Lecture Hours: 4
Lab Hours: 4
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Prerequisites: Program Admission/Acceptance, BIO 121, ENG 101 (or ENG 102), MTH
121 (or MTH 130), RES 101 (any or all can be concurrent)
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Syllabus Effective: Fall Quarter, 2010
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Textbook(s) Title:
Mosby’s Respiratory Care Equipment
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Author: Cairo, Pilbeam
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Year: latest
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Edition: latest
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ISBN # 978-0-323-05176-7
Egan’s Fundamentals of Respiratory Care
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Author: Wilkins, Stoller, Scanlan
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Year: latest
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Edition: latest
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ISBN # 978-0-323-03657-3
Clinical Practitioner’s Pocket Guide to Respiratory Care
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Author: Oakes
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Year: latest
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Edition: latest
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ISBN # 978-0-932-88731-3
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Course Master Syllabi
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Workbook(s) and/or Lab Manual: None
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Course Description:
In this course students will learn about assessment, record keeping, communication,
medical gas supply systems, patient oxygenation, special gas therapy, humidity and
aerosol therapy, oxygen analysis, oximetry, blenders, lung expansion therapy, body
mechanics, and sterilization/infection control procedures.
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Core Learning Outcomes
Core Learning Outcomes
Communication – Written
Communication – Speech
Culture and Community
Critical Thinking
Computer Literacy
Computation
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Assessments - - How it is met & When it
is met
Course Outcome 6 – project rubric for
Infection Control Group Project, writing
rubric for Journal Article Summary
assignment
Course Outcome 6 -- project rubric for
Infection Control Group Project
Course Outcomes 3, 4, 5 – case-based
exam questions on midterm exams
Course Outcome 3 -- minute ventilation,
duration of cylinder, venturi total flowrate
math worksheets
Course Outcomes and Assessment Methods:
Outcomes
1. Recognize appropriate and inappropriate
communication of patient information
according to HIPAA guidelines and
standards of the profession.
2. Lift, move and position patients correctly
and safely.
Assessments – How it is met & When it is
met
Written case-based exam questions
Lab exercise/observation
Written case-based exam questions
3. Perform basic cardiopulmonary assessment Written case-based exam questions
(to include pulse oximetry) and
Minute ventilation math worksheets
recommend appropriate interventions or
therapy.
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Outcomes
4. For pulse oximetry, oxygen therapy, other
medical gas therapies, humidity and
aerosol therapy, and lung expansion
therapy:
a. Correctly set up, utilize, and
troubleshoot the associated equipment.
b. Explain how the equipment and
procedure works.
c. Perform the procedure (as available).
d. Recognize and explain the therapeutic
objectives, indications,
contraindications, and hazards.
e. Evaluate a patient scenario (to include
patient assessment), select an
appropriate therapy, and explain the
rationale for the selection.
5. Compare and contrast various methods of
infection control and sterilization.
6. Communicate effectively in writing and
in speech.
7. Work effectively in groups
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Course Topical Outline:
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Patient Assessment
Medical Record Keeping / Communication
Body Mechanics / Patient Safety
Medical Gas Therapy
a. Oxygen Therapy
b. Oxygen Analysis
c. Special Gas Therapy
5. Humidity and Aerosol Therapy
6. Lung Expansion Therapy -- Introduction
a. IS
b. IPPB
c. Bilevel CPAP
Assessments – How it is met & When it is
met
Lab exercises/observations
Lab checkoffs
Lab written exams
Written case-based exam questions
Duration of cylinder, Venturi total flowrate
math worksheets
Infection Control Project Questions
Infection Control Project Rubric
Journal Article Summary - Writing Rubric
Infection Control Project - Group Work
Assessment Form
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Course Assignment:
Textbook Reading Assignments and Worksheets
Lab Procedure Practice and Checkoffs
Infection Control Group Project
Journal Article Summary Assignment
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Recommended Grading Scale:
100-95
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88-86
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82-80
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