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May 13, 2024
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2023-2025 Catalog Volume XXXI Ver 1
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RTP 2200 Advanced Critical Care Monitoring
Lecture: 1 Lab: 1 Practica: 0 Total Credits: 2
This course provides students with an in-depth understanding of advanced critical care techniques for hemodynamic monitoring, medication management, noninvasive monitoring, specialty gas delivery systems, and medical ethics and end of life decisions. Topics that will be discussed include swan ganz catheter, arterial pressure monitoring, central venous catheters, cardiac output measurements, and capnography. In addition, students will gain knowledge in nitric oxide and heliox delivery, critical care medications, monitoring of the renal and neurological systems, specialty imaging, and understanding end of life decisions. Students will successfully complete competencies on recognizing parts of the swan ganz catheter, initiation of a nitric oxide system, and capnography interpretation.
Prerequisite(s): Successful Completion of Qtr 1 & 2 Major Courses
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