Description
This course is designed to introduce the students to the fundamentals of respiratory care assessment and patient care. Students will receive instruction in patient assessment, including observation, auscultation, palpation and percussion. In addition, students will learn how to assess oxygenation and ventilation, interpret arterial blood gasses, hemoximetry, and other laboratory results. Finally, students will learn how to use the patient assessment and laboratory results to develop respiratory care plans. Students will demonstrate patient assessment, interviewing a patient and/or family, development of respiratory care plans, and acquiring ABG’s in the laboratory setting.