Fund of Respiratory Therapy II (RST 2080)

Term: 2022 Spring Semester

Faculty

George Delisle DarnellShow MyInfo popup for George Delisle Darnell

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Description

Prerequisite: Acceptance into the Respiratory Therapy Program.
Follows Fundamentals of RT I and continues to prepare the student for basic competencies, troubleshooting and critical thinking needed in the clinical setting. The students are expected to be gaining basic therapeutic experience from their clinical experiences and combine them with classroom education to develop further understanding of the material and concepts. A more in-depth approach is covered in a four unit schedule covering: bronchial hygiene, hyperinflation therapy, airway management and patient monitoring. This course will start to teach the concept of non-invasive positive pressure ventilation.