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 103 - Cardiopulmonary Anatomy & Physiology I
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Course Coordinator: Robert Slabodnick, M.Ed., RRT-NPS
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Credit Hours: 4
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Prerequisites: BIO 122
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Syllabus Effective: September 2010
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Textbook(s) Title:
Cardiopulmonary Anatomy & Physiology
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Author: Terry Des Jardins
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Year: 2008
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Edition: 5th
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ISBN # 13-978-1-4180-4278-3
Egan’s Fundamentals of Respiratory Care
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Author: Wilkins, Stoller, and Kacmarek
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Year: 2009
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Edition: 9th
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ISBN #978-0-323-03657-3
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Workbook(s) and/or Lab Manual:
None
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Course Description:
This course is a study of the anatomy of the lungs and heart, the development of these
structures in the embryo and fetus, pulmonary function measurements, the mechanics of
ventilation and pulmonary circulation, airway resistance, lung compliance, non-uniform
distribution of ventilation and perfusion, cardiac circulation and hemodynamics values.
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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
Weekly Quizzes, Midterm and Final
Examinations
Weekly Quizzes, Midterm and Final
Examinations
Course Outcomes and Assessment Methods:
Outcomes
1. Be able to explain fetal lung development
and differentiate between fetal and
transitional circulation
2. Be able to locate the anatomical structures
of the cardio respiratory system and
describe their physiologic function
3. Be able to understand the laws of physics
and how they relate to the anatomy and
physiology of the respiratory system with
emphasis on the mechanics of ventilation
and it’s relationships with airway
resistance and compliance.
4. Be able to understand the laws of physics
as they relate to gas exchange and
diffusion in the respiratory system with
emphasis on the diffusion of oxygen and
carbon dioxide
5. Be able to identify lung volumes and
capacities and explain how they relate to
one another
6. Be able to describe cardiopulmonary
circulation including normal blood flow
and distribution through the circulatory
system and understand the variables that
will affect the flow and distribution of
blood
7. Be able to understand and diagram normal
Assessments – How it is met & When it is
met
Weekly Quizzes, Midterm and final
examination
Weekly Quizzes, Midterm and Final
Examinations
Weekly Quizzes, Midterm and Final
Examinations
Weekly Quizzes, Midterm and Final
Examinations
Weekly Quizzes, Midterm and Final
Examinations
Weekly Quizzes, Midterm and Final
Examinations
Weekly Quizzes, Midterm and Final
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hemodynamic pressures of the circulatory
system and explain their relationship to
pathology
8. Be able to explain the distribution of
ventilation and perfusion with the
relationship to normal lung anatomy and in
certain pathologies
9. Be able to explain the regulation and
control of the following electrolytes:
a. sodium
b. chloride
c. potassium
d. bicarbonate
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Examinations
Weekly Quizzes, Midterm and Final
Examinations
Weekly Quizzes, Midterm and Final
Examinations
Course Topical Outline:
1. Cardiopulmonary physiology of the Fetus and newborn
a. Fetal lung development
b. The placenta
c. Fetal circulation
d. Transition that occur at birth
2. Chapter 1: The Anatomy of the Respiratory System
a. The upper airways
b. The lower airways
c. The sites of gas exchange
d. Pulmonary vascular system
e. The lymphatic system
f. The mediastinum
g. Pleural membranes
h. The thorax
i. The muscles of ventilation
3. Chapter 2: Ventilation
a. Pressure differences across the lung
b. Static and elastic characteristics of the lung
c. Dynamic characteristics of the lung
d. Ventilatory patterns
e. How normal intrapleural pressures differences cause regional differences in
normal lung ventilation.
f. The effects of airway resistance and lung compliance on ventilatory patterns.
g. Specific ventilatory patterns
h. Clinical application.
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4. Chapter 3: Diffusion of Pulmonary Gases
a. Gas laws
b. The partial pressures of atmospheric gases
c. The diffusion of pulmonary gases
d. Oxygen and carbon dioxide diffusion across the alveolar-capillary membrane
e. Perfusion-limited gas flow
f. Diffusion-limited gas flow
g. Clinical applications
5. Chapter 4: Pulmonary Function Measurements
a. Lung volumes and capacities
b. Pulmonary mechanics
c. How the effects of dynamic compression decrease expiratory flow rates
d. Clinical applications
6. Chapter 5: The Circulatory System
a. Blood
b. The heart
c. The pulmonary and systemic vascular systems
d. The cardiac cycle and its effect on blood pressure
e. The distribution o f pulmonary blood flow
f. Clinical applications
7. Chapter 6: Hemodynamic Measurements
a. Hemodynamic measurements directly obtained by the means of the pulmonary
artery catheter
b. Hemodynamic values computed from direct measurements.
c. Clinical applications
8. Chapter 9: Ventilation-Perfusion Relationships
a. Ventilation-perfusion ratio
1) How the V/Q ratio affects the alveolar gases
2) How the V/Q ratio affects end-capillary gases
3) Respiratory quotient
4) How respiratory disorders affect the V/Q ratio
b. 2. Clinical applications
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Course Assignment:
Lecture and discussion, use of audiovisuals.
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