University of Texas Medical Branch
Respiratory Care Department
RESC 3414 Respiratory Pharmacology
Course Syllabus
Instructors: Bruce Adcock, MS, RRT-NPS
Daneen Nastars, MS, RRT
Contact Information:
Bruce Adcock SHP 4.460
Daneen Nastars SHP 4.502
Phone: (409) 772-5693
Email: danastar@utmb.edu
bradcock@utmb.edu
Course Description: 4 Credit Hours
This intermediate course provides the student with the opportunity to develop
knowledge related to the principles of respiratory pharmacology including:
regulatory agencies, dosage calculations, and the physiology of the autonomic
nervous system. Major topics presented include: sympathomimetics,
parasympatholytics, xanthines, prostaglandins, mucokinetics, corticosteroids,
cromolyn sodium, other bronchoactive agents, and neuromuscular blockers.
Additionally, central nervous system, cardiovascular and diuretic, and
antimicrobial agents are included. Credit for this course will be based on didactic
quizzes, examinations, and assignments. (60 lecture hours per enrollment
period) Prerequisite: Consent of the instructor.
Course Objectives:
1. Define pharmacology.
2. Define drugs and other medications used in Respiratory Care.
3. Describe the therapeutic purpose of each of the major aerosolized drug
groups.
4. Identify drug actions.
5. Identify methods and understand actions of administering aerosolized
medications.
6. Calculate drug dosages.
7. Classify the branches of the nervous system and understand its role in
Pharmacology.
Required Course Materials:
Gardenhire, D.S., Rau’s Respiratory Care Pharmacology (8th ed), Mosby, Inc., St.
Louis, 2012.
Supplemental:
Gardenhire, D.S., Rau’s Respiratory Care Pharmacology Workbook (8th ed), Mosby,
Inc., St. Louis, 2012.
Evaluation and feedback on the students' progress will take three forms:
1.
2.
3.
Assignments
Quizzes
Examinations – four exams and a comprehensive final exam
will be given
Assigning Grades:
Quizzes/Assignments
4 Exams
Final Exam
Total
5%
70%
25%
100%
Grade
A
B
C
D
F
%__
90-100
80-89
70-79
60-69
<60
Course Policies: The minimum passing grade in this course is a 70.
Academic Progress: Information regarding the Student's academic progress in
this course will be shared with their Academic Advisor and/or Department
Chair. Student's making unsatisfactory progress may be referred to the Office of
Student Affairs for assistance.
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University Statement on Equality, Tolerance and Affirmative Action
Please indicate by the end of the 2nd week of the course if you will need
accommodations under the Americans with Disabilities Act (Public Law 101-336).
If the need for ADA accommodations should arise during the semester you will
need to make your request known to the ADA Coordinator in the Office of
Student Affairs
Academic Integrity
Academic dishonesty includes, but is not limited to, cheating, plagiarism,
collusion, the submission for credit of any work or materials that are attributable
in whole or in part to another person, taking an examination for another person,
and any act designed to give unfair advantage to a student or the attempt to
commit such an act.
Procedures to be followed in the event of alleged academic dishonesty are
described the Rules and Regulations of the Board of Regents of The University
of Texas System, and the SAHS Student Handbook found
at http://www.sahs.edu. Alleged academic dishonesty issues should be reported
to the Associate Dean for Student Affairs.
All students will maintain academic integrity by avoiding:
 Copying three words or more in a row without using quotation marks.
 Paraphrasing work without citing the source of the idea.
 Copying even one answer on a test (from unapproved notes written
anywhere, programmable calculators, watches, phones, cameras, other
students, etc.)
 Doing homework together and failing to note that cooperative effort was
used.
 Letting someone else copy your work or test.
 Not doing your fair share in group work
 Using a paper from another class.
 Purchasing or using a ready made paper or project.
Course Evaluations (required):
Students will be given the opportunity to evaluate the performance of the
instructor and course near the end of the course/semester. When submitting
course evaluations students must follow the guidelines provided by the course
instructor or department.
Respiratory Pharmacology Schedule
Fall
Week
Room
Week 1
SHP 1.444
Bruce
Week 2
SHP 1.444
Week 3
Daneen
Week 4
Library Rm
2.238
SHP 1.444
Week 5
SHP 1.444
Week 6
RB 6 (new
Testing
Center) rm
1.212
SHP 1.444
Bruce
Week 7
Week 8
SHP 1.444
Topic
Reading
Intro; Unit 1: Principles of Pharm
Admin Aerosol Agents
Calculating Drug Doses
Nervous System
Unit 2: Sympathomimetics
Exam I
Ch. 1 & 2
Ch. 3
Ch. 4
Ch. 5
Ch. 6
Unit 2:Parasympatholytics &
Xanthines
Mucus-Controlling Therapy
Surfactant Agents
Corticosteroids
Non-Steroidal Anti Asthma Therapy
Exam II
Ch. 7
Ch. 8
Ch. 9
Ch. 10
Ch. 11
Ch 12
Aersolized Anti-infective Antimicrobials
Antimicrobial Agents
Cough and Cold Remedies
Selected Agents of Pulmonary Value
Neonatal and Pedi Aerosolized Drug
Therapy
Unit 3: Skeletal Muscle Relaxants
(Neuromuscular Blockers)
Exam III (Chapters 13-18)
Ch. 13
Ch. 14
Ch. 15
Ch.16
Ch. 17
Ch.18
Week 9
RB 6 1.212
Week 10
Daneen
SHP 1.444
Diuretics Agents
Drugs affecting the CNS
Ch. 19
Ch. 20
Week 11
SHP 1.444
Ch. 21
Week 12
LRC Testing
(Lab 2) 1.808
Vasopressors, Inotropes, and
Antiarrhythmic Agents
Drugs Affecting Circulation
Test IV (Ch. 19-22)
NO CLASS – Happy Thanksgiving!
Week 13
Week 14
Ch. 22
RB 1.212
Final
*This schedule is subject to change
Comprehensive