RESP 2120 CRITICAL RESPIRATORY CARE

Credits

2

Provides students with knowledge on all phases of adult critical care and continuous mechanical ventilation. Topics include: mechanical ventilation history, principles of mechanical ventilation, continuous mechanical ventilation, ventilator implementation, ventilation monitoring, ventilator weaning, ventilator discontinuance and special techniques.

Lecture Hours

15

Lab Hours

30

Prerequisite

RESP 1110, RESP 1120, RESP 1130, RESP 1193, RESP 2090

Corequisite

RESP 2100, RESP 2110, RESP 2130, RESP 2180