RSP 202 - Adult Critical Care

This course covers the physiologic principles and clinical procedures used in both invasive and noninvasive artificial ventilatory support to adults. Topics discussed in this course include: airway management, respiratory failure, physics and physiology of ventilatory support, initiating and adjusting ventilatory support, managing and monitoring the patient in respiratory failure, and discontinuing ventilatory support.
Prerequisite(s): RSP 112, RSP 111, BIO 106, ENG 102, RSP 110, RSP 102, RSP 101, ENG 101, PSY 101, BIO 105, and MAT 113
Co-requisite(s): RSP 201 and RSP 210
2 lecture, 6 laboratory, and 18 clinical hours per week
10 credit hours