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 1110 Respiratory Care Equipment & Procedures I
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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: Program Admission/Acceptance, BIO 1730 (may be co-requisite), ENG
1010 (may be co-requisite), Successful Completion of Developmental
Education Courses, RESP 1130 co-requisite, RESP 1150 co-requisite
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Syllabus Effective Date: Fall 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
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Edition: 7th
ISBN # 978-0-932-88731-3
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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 basic
respiratory care: assessment, communication, body mechanics, medical gas supply
systems, oxygen therapy, special gas therapy, humidity and aerosol therapy, oxygen
analysis, pulse oximetry, blenders, lung expansion therapy, bronchopulmonary hygiene
(including coughing techniques), sterilization/infection control procedures, manual
resuscitators, use of chest tubes, and basic pulmonary function testing.
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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 6 – writing rubric in
journal article summary assignment and
Infection Control project during the term
Course Outcome 6 -- speech rubric in
Infection Control project during the term
Course Outcomes 3, 4, 5 – case-based
exam questions, midterm exams
Course Outcomes 3, 4 – minute ventilation,
duration of cylinder, venture total flowrate
math worksheet , midterm examination
Course Outcomes and Assessment Methods:
Outcomes
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Assessments – How it is met & When it is met
1. Recognize appropriate and inappropriate
communication of patient information
according to HIPAA guidelines and
standards of the profession.
2. Lift, move and position patients correctly
and safely.
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8.
Written case-based exam questions, midterm
examination
Lab exercise/direct observation during the
term
Written case-based exam questions, midterm
examination
Perform basic cardiopulmonary assessment Written case-based exam questions, midterm
(to include pulse oximetry and basic
examination, Math worksheets (minute
spirometry) and recommend appropriate
ventilation), weekly
interventions or therapy.
For pulse oximetry, oxygen therapy,
Lab exercises/observations & Lab check off,
blenders, special gas therapies, humidity
weekly, Lab written midterm exams, Math
and aerosol therapy, oxygen analysis,
worksheets (duration of cylinder, venturi total
bronchopulmonary hygiene, lung
flowrate), weekly. Written case-based
expansion therapy, manual resuscitation,
midterm exam questions
and chest tubes:
a. Correctly set up, utilize, and
troubleshoot the associated equipment
(as available).
b. Explain how the equipment and
procedure works.
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.
Compare and contrast various methods of
Infection Control Small Group Project
infection control and sterilization.
Questions, during the term
Communicate effectively in writing and in Infection Control Project Presentation – Project
speech.
Rubric, during the term
Journal Article Summary - Writing Rubric,
during the term
Work effectively in groups.
Infection Control Project - Group Work
Assessment Form, during the term
Find and use appropriate learning
Infection Control Project – Project Rubric
resources.
Journal Article Summary Assignment, during
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M. Course Topical Outline:
1. Patient Assessment
2. Medical Record Keeping / Communication
3. Body Mechanics / Patient Safety
4. Medical Gas Therapy
a. Oxygen Therapy
b. Oxygen Analysis
c. Special Gas Therapy
5. Humidity and Aerosol Therapy
6. Lung Expansion Therapy
a. IS
b. IPPB
c. CPAP
7. Chest tubes
8. Bronchopulmonary Hygiene Therapy
a. PEP
b. IPV
c. Flutter
d. Cough Techniques
e. Postural Drainage
f. Chest vest
9. Manual resuscitation
a. Bag-mask
b. Bag-tube
c. Special techniques
1) Reservoirs
2) CPAP/PEEP
10. Infection Control and Sterilization
11. Basic Spirometry
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Course Assignment:
Infection Control Project
Journal Article Summary Assignment
Recommended Grading Scale:
100-95
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79-77
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94-92
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88-86
85-83
82-80
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B
BC+
76-74
73-71
70-68
67-65
64-Below
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