Baton Rouge Community College
Academic Affairs Master Syllabus
Date Approved or Revised: 5/13/13
Course Name: Airway and Ventilation
Course Number: EMSE 202
Lecture Hours: 1
Lab Hours:
3
Credit Hours: 2
Course Description:
Introduces airway management, artificial ventilation, and monitoring; and a review of the
pathophysiology of respiration. Discussions include the airway anatomy and assessment,
techniques of assuring a patent airway, supplemental oxygen therapy, assessment and
management of adequate and inadequate respiration to include artificial ventilation, minute
ventilation, alveolar ventilation and the effect of artificial ventilation on cardiac output.
Prerequisites: Completion of BIOL 110 with a grade of “C” or better and official admission to
the CTS or AAS Paramedic program.
Co-requisites:
None
Suggested Enrollment Cap: 16
Learning Outcomes: Upon successful completion of this course, the students will be able
to:
1. Integrate a comprehensive knowledge of anatomy, physiology and pathophysiology into
the assessment to develop and implement a treatment plan with the goal of assuring a
patent airway, adequate mechanical ventilation, and respiration for patients of all ages.
2. Integrate comprehensive knowledge of EMS systems, the safety/well-being of the
paramedic, and medical/legal and ethical issues which are intended to improve the health
of EMS personnel, patients, and the community.
3. Perform the required psychomotor skills that pertain to maintaining a patent airway and
proper ventilation of a patient.
Assessment Measures: Assessment of all learning outcomes will be measured using the
following methods:
1. Instructor designed exams will collectively assess a portion of the learning outcomes and
will be administered during the semester as listed in the course syllabus.
2. Instructor designed comprehensive final exam will assess a portion of the learning
outcomes and will be administered at the end of the semester.
3. Instructor designed clinical/lab competency tool will be used to assess a portion of the
learning out comes and will be administered as listed in the course syllabus.
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Information to be included on the Instructor’s Course Syllabi:
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Disability Statement: Baton Rouge Community College seeks to meet the needs of its
students in many ways. See the Office of Disability Services to receive suggestions for
disability statements that should be included in each syllabus.
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Grading: The College grading policy should be included in the course syllabus. Any
special practices should also go here. This should include the instructor’s and/or the
department’s policy for make-up work. For example in a speech course, “Speeches not
given on due date will receive no grade higher than a sixty” or “Make-up work will not
be accepted after the last day of class.”
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Attendance Policy: Include the overall attendance policy of the college. Instructors may
want to add additional information in individual syllabi to meet the needs of their
courses.
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General Policies: Instructors’ policy on the use of things such as beepers and cell phones
and/or hand held programmable calculators should be covered in this section.
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Cheating and Plagiarism: This must be included in all syllabi and should include the
penalties for incidents in a given class. Students should have a clear idea of what
constitutes cheating in a given course.
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Safety Concerns: In some programs this may be a major issue. For example, “No
student will be allowed in the safety lab without safety glasses.” General statements such
as, “Items that may be harmful to one’s self or others should not be brought to class.”
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Library/ Learning Resources: Since the development of the total person is part of our
mission, assignments in the library and/or the Learning Resources Center should be
included to assist students in enhancing skills and in using resources. Students should be
encouraged to use the library for reading enjoyment as part of lifelong learning.
Expanded Course Outline:
Airway and Ventilation
1.
Airway Management
I.
Airway Anatomy
II. Airway Assessment
III. Techniques of assuring a patent airway
IV. Consider age-related variations in pediatric and geriatric patients
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2.
Respiration
I.
Anatomy of the Respiratory System
II. Physiology of Respiration
III. Pathophysiology of Respiration
IV. Assessment of Adequate and Inadequate Respiration
V. Management of Adequate and Inadequate Respiration
VI. Supplemental Oxygen Therapy
VII. Age-Related Variations in Pediatric and Geriatric Patients
3.
Artificial Ventilation
I.
Comprehensive ventilation assessment
II. Review of ventilation devices used by Emergency Medical Responders,
Emergency Medical Technicians, and Advanced Emergency Medical Technicians
III. Assisting patient ventilations
IV. Age Related Variations in Pediatric and Geriatric Patients
4.
Psychomotor Skills
I.
Basic Airway Maneuvers
II. Oropharyngeal airway
III. Sellick’s maneuver
IV. Positive pressure ventilation devices
V. Suction of the upper airway
VI. Supplemental oxygen
VII. Airways not intended for insertion into the trachea
VIII. Oral and nasal endotracheal intubation
IX. Tracheal-bronchial suctioning of an intubated patient
X. Foreign body airway obstruction – direct laryngoscopy
XI. Percutaneous cricothyrotomy
XII. Pleural decompression
XIII. CPAP – continuous positive airway pressure
XIV. Chest tube monitoring
XV. EtCO2 monitoring – End tidal carbon monoxide monitoring
XVI. NG/OG tube – nasal gastric/oral gastric tube
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