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 131 - Respiratory Therapy Equipment & Procedures II
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Course Coordinator: Kate Peresie
Department Chair: Robert Slabodnick, RRT, M.Ed
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Credit Hours: 5
Lecture Hours: 4
Lab Hours: 3
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Prerequisites: RES 130, RES 140 or concurrent with RES 140
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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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Workbook(s) and/or Lab Manual: None
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Course Description:
Instruction and laboratory application in assessment of airway patency, oral/nasal
airways, intubation techniques, tracheostomy care, cuff inflation techniques, suctioning,
manual resuscitators, use of chest tubes, basic pulmonary function testing, lung expansion
and bronchopulmonary hygiene techniques, bilevel CPAP, capnography, coughing
techniques, and arterial blood gas analysis. 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 Outcome 5 -- project rubric for
Death/Dying Quality of Life Group
Project, writing rubric for Journal Article
Summary assignment
Course Outcome 5 -- project rubric for
Death/Dying Quality of Life Group Project
Course Outcome 2 -- project rubric for
Death/Dying Quality of Life Group Project
Course Outcomes 1, 3, 4 -- case-based
exam questions on midterm exams
Course Outcome 1 – size of suction
catheter, inspiratory capacity math
worksheets
Course Outcomes and Assessment Methods:
Outcomes
Assessments – How it is met & When it is
met
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Outcomes
1. For airway management, manual
resuscitation, bronchopulmonary hygiene,
lung expansion therapy and noninvasive
ventilation:
a. correctly set up, utilize, and
troubleshoot the associated equipment
b. explain how the equipment and
procedures work
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.
2. Discuss the patient’s, family’s, and
student’s own possible responses to a
patient’s terminal illness and/or imminent
or sudden death.
3. Interpret basic spirometry and spirograms
to determine and distinguish between
obstructive and restrictive disorders.
4. For arterial blood gases and capnography:
assess patient data for indications and
contraindications, recognize hazards,
perform sampling, interpret results, and
recommend therapy based on those results.
5. Communicate effectively in writing and in
speech.
6. Work effectively in groups
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Assessments – How it is met & When it is
met
Lab exercises/observations
Lab checkoffs
Lab written exams
Written case-based exam questions
Size of suction catheter, inspiratory capacity
math worksheets
Death and Dying/Quality of Life Issues
Reflection Paper - Rubric
Written case-based exam questions, lab
exercise/ observation, lab exam questions
Written case-based exam questions, lab
exercise/ observation, lab checkoffs, lab exam
questions
Journal Article Summary - Writing Rubric,
Death and Dying/Quality of Life Issues
Reflection Paper - Rubric, Death and Dying/
Quality of Life Issues Project Presentation Rubric
Death and Dying/Quality of Life Issue- Group
Work Assessment Form
Course Topical Outline:
1. Lung Expansion Therapy – Continuation from RES 130
a. IS
b. IPPB
c. Bi-Level CPAP
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2. Chest tubes
3. Bronchopulmonary Hygiene Therapy
a. PEP
b. IPV
c. Flutter
d. Cough Techniques
e. Postural Drainage
f. Chest vest
4. Manual resuscitation
a. Bag-mask
b. Bag-tube
c. Special techniques
1) Reservoirs
2) CPAP/PEEP
5. Airway Management
a. Determination of airway patency
b. Oral and nasal airways
c. Suctioning, catheters, vacuum regulators
d. Intubation/Extubation techniques - recommend
e. CXR, humidification, laryngoscope
f. Tracheostomy techniques, buttons, tubes
g. EOA/EGTA/PTLA, LMA
h. Cuff inflation (Vol./Press), position
i. Suctioning techniques and specimen collectors
j. Trach tubes, trach care
k. Endotracheal tubes
6. Arterial Blood Gases & Capnography
7. Basic Pulmonary Function Testing
a. Spirometry
b. Lung Volumes
8. Death, Dying, Quality of Life
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Course Assignment:
Textbook Reading Assignments and Worksheets
Lab Procedure Practice and Checkoffs
Death/Dying/Quality of Life Group Project
Journal Article Summary Assignment
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