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2020-2021 Online Catalog 
    
2020-2021 Online Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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