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May 13, 2024
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2023-2025 Catalog Volume XXXI Ver 1
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RTP 1600 Mechanical Ventilation & Airway Management
Lecture: 1 Lab: 1 Practica: 0 Total Credits: 2
Mechanical Ventilation and Airway Management provides students with an in-depth understanding of the theory, set-up, operation, and maintenance of noninvasive and invasive mechanical ventilators and equipment used to establish and maintain pediatric and adult airways and emergency airway disorders. Topics that will be discussed include airway equipment, pediatric and adult airway establishment and maintenance, tracheostomy equipment and maintenance, airway extubation and decannulation, fiberoptic and specialty bronchoscopy, thoracentesis and chest tube maintenance, signs and symptoms of respiratory distress and initiation of noninvasive positive pressure ventilation and mechanical ventilation. Students will successfully complete competencies on intubation, extubation, tracheostomy care, decannulation, and initiation, weaning, and discontinuation of noninvasive and invasive mechanical ventilation.
Prerequisite(s): Successful Completion of Qtr 1 Major Courses
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