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: RESP 1210 Respiratory Care Equipment & Procedures II
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Course Coordinator/Department Chair: Kate Peresie, M.Ed. RRT/ Robert Slabodnick,
M.Ed., RRT-NPS
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Credit Hours: Lecture and Lab :
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Prerequisites: RESP 1110, RESP 1290 co-requisite, RESP 1290 co-requisite, RESP
1270 co-requisite
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Syllabus Effective Date: August 2012
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Textbook(s) Title:
Mosby’s Respiratory Care Equipment
 Author: Cairo, Pilbeam
 Year: 2009
 Edition: 8th
 ISBN # 978-0-323-05176-7
5 credit hour: 4 lecture 3 lab
Egan’s Fundamentals of Respiratory Care
 Author: Wilkins, Stoller, Kacmarek
 Year: 2009
 Edition: 9th
 ISBN # 978-0-323-03657-3
Clinical Practitioner’s Pocket Guide to Respiratory Care
 Author: Oakes
 Year: 2008
 Edition: 7th
 ISBN # 978-0-932-887-31-3
Oakes’ Ventilator Management: A Bedside Reference Guide
 Author: Oakes & Shortall
 Year: 2005
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Edition: 2nd
ISBN # 978-0-932-887-24-5
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Workbook(s) and/or Lab Manual:
None
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Course Description:
In this course students will learn techniques and procedures for providing advanced
respiratory care: airway management (to include oral/nasal airways, intubation,
tracheostomy tubes, cuff inflation, and suctioning), noninvasive positive pressure
ventilation, capnography, arterial blood gas analysis, and adult mechanical ventilation (to
include indications, hazards, initial set-up, modes, monitoring, troubleshooting, and
weaning.) An introduction to patient death, dying, and quality of life issues is included.
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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 Outcomes 4 & 6 – project rubrics in Death
and Dying project and mechanical ventilation
Journal Article project during the term
Course Outcomes 6 – project rubrics in Death and
Dying project and mechanical ventilation Journal
Article project during the term
Course Outcome 4 – project rubrics in Death and
Dying project during the term
Course Outcomes 1,2 & 3 – case-based exam
questions on midterm examination
Course Outcome 5 – project rubrics in Death and
Dying project and mechanical ventilation Journal
Article project during the term
Course Outcomes 1 & 3 – size of suction catheter,
minute ventilation, volume/flow/time, compliance,
airway resistance, minute ventilation to PCO2, P/F
math worksheets during the term
Course Outcomes and Assessment Methods:
Outcomes
1. For airway management and noninvasive
positive pressure ventilation:
a. Correctly set up, utilize, and
troubleshoot the associated equipment
(as available).
b. Explain how the equipment and
procedure works.
Assessments – How it is met & When it is met
Lab exercises/observations & Lab check-offs,
Lab written exams, Math worksheets (size of
suction catheter), Written case-based exam
questions on midterm examination
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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.
For arterial blood gases and capnography:
a. Assess patient data for indications
and contraindications.
b. Recognize hazards.
c. Perform sampling.
d. Interpret results and recommend
therapy.
For adult mechanical ventilation:
a. Assess patient data for indications
for mechanical ventilation in the
adult.
b. Set up and adjust an adult
mechanical ventilator using modes
and parameters that are appropriate
for given situations.
c. Change ventilator circuits.
d. Modify settings and troubleshoot an
adult mechanical ventilator as
appropriate for given situations.
e. Assess patient data for response to
mechanical ventilation.
f. Assess patient data for
discontinuance and choose methods
appropriate for given situations.
Discuss patient’s, family’s, and student’s
own possible responses to a patient’s
terminal illness and/or imminent or sudden
death as well as the diversity of those
responses.
Find and use appropriate learning
resources.
6. Communicate effectively in writing and in
speech.
7. Work effectively in groups.
Written case-based exam questions on midterm
examinations. Lab exercise/ direct observation,
Lab check-offs during the term & Lab exam
questions on midterm examinations
Lab exercises/observations and Lab check-offs
during the term. Written case-based exam
questions on midterm examinations.
Math worksheets (Minute ventilation,
volume/flow/time, compliance, airway
resistance, minute ventilation to PCO2, P/F)
during the term.
Death and Dying/Quality of Life Issues Project
Reflection Paper – Rubric during the term
Death and Dying/Quality of Life Issues Project
-- Rubric during the term
Mechanical Ventilation Journal Article Project
– Rubric during the term
Death and Dying/Quality of Life Issues
Project—Rubric during the term
Mechanical Ventilation Journal Article Project
– Rubric during the term
Death and Dying/Quality of Life Issues Project
and Mechanical Ventilation Journal Article
Project – Rubric during the term. Group Work
Assessment Rubric during the term.
M. Course Topical Outline:
1. Airway Management
a) Oral/nasal airways
b) Endotracheal tubes/intubation/cuff management
c) Tracheosotmy tubes/speaking valves
d) Suctioning
2. Arterial blood gas analysis
3. Capnography
4. Noninvasive Positive Pressure Ventilation
5. Adult Mechanical Ventilation
a) Critical Care Ventilators
b) Modes
c) Indications/Setup
d) Monitoring/Troubleshooting/Hazards
e) Discontinuance/Weaning
6. Death, Dying, Quality of Life
a) Advanced Directives
b) Grief/Emotions/Professional Response
c) Cultural Differences
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Course Assignment:
Death, Dying and Quality of Life Project
Mechanical Ventilation Journal Article Project
Recommended Grading Scale:
100-95
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85-83
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67-65
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