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RSPT 55B: MEDIATED STUDIES IN RESPIRATORY THERAPY II

Foothill College Course Outline of Record

Foothill College Course Outline of Record
Heading Value
Effective Term: Summer 2025
Units: 0.5
Hours: 2 laboratory per week (24 total per quarter)
Prerequisite: RSPT 55A.
Degree & Credit Status: Degree-Applicable Credit Course
Foothill GE: Non-GE
Transferable: CSU
Grade Type: Letter Grade Only
Repeatability: Not Repeatable

Student Learning Outcomes

  • Review different aspects of patient care including: suctioning and infection control through different media programs.
  • Support concurrent lecture and laboratory sessions through an alternative learning resource. Students will demonstrate knowledge of Nebulizer therapy and aerosol therapy.

Description

Second of seven courses paralleling content taught in courses in the Respiratory Therapy Program. Designed to develop and reinforce concepts taught in the concurrent lecture and laboratory sessions of the program, with a focus on basic life support skills, patient vital signs assessments, aerosol medication delivery, arterial blood gas procedures, and airway procedures. Media materials, simulations, and videos will provide alternative learning resources to accommodate diverse learning styles. Intended for students in the Respiratory Therapy Program; enrollment is limited to students accepted in the program.

Course Objectives

The student will be able to describe and demonstrate the following skills:

  1. Adult Basic Life Support (BLS).
  2. Child Basic Life Support (BLS).
  3. Infant Basic Life Support (BLS).
  4. Pediatric vital signs assessment.
  5. Infant vital signs assessment.
  6. Aerosol medication delivery.
  7. Arterial blood gas (ABG) procedures and interpretation.
  8. Proper airway procedures during respiratory care.
  9. Proper suctioning procedures during respiratory care.
  10. Proper ventilation procedures during respiratory care.
  11. Non-invasive ventilation and COVID.
  12. The historical perspective of mechanical ventilation.

Course Content

Modules cover theory, procedure, indications, and contraindications for the following skills. Students will need to complete and pass the modules in order to show competency at this level.

  1. Adult Basic Life Support (BLS)
    1. Procedure for performing cardiopulmonary resuscitation for adult BLS
    2. Differences in procedure and technique for 1 rescuer and 2 rescuer situations
    3. Procedure for performing defibrillation for an adult
  2. Child Basic Life Support (BLS)
    1. Procedure for performing cardiopulmonary resuscitation for pediatric BLS
    2. Differences in procedure and technique for 1 rescuer and 2 rescuer situations
    3. Procedure for performing defibrillation for a child
  3. Infant Basic Life Support (BLS)
    1. Procedure for performing cardiopulmonary resuscitation for infant BLS
    2. Differences in procedure and technique for 1 rescuer and 2 rescuer situations
    3. Procedure for performing defibrillation for an infant
  4. Pediatric vital signs assessment
    1. Preparation for taking pediatric vital signs
    2. Normal values for pediatric vital signs, including average body temperature, pulse rate, respiratory rate, and blood pressure
  5. Infant vital signs assessment
    1. Preparation for taking infant vital signs
    2. Normal values for infant vital signs, including average body temperature, pulse rate, respiratory rate, and blood pressure
  6. Aerosol medication delivery
    1. Pre-procedure considerations for delivering aerosol, metered dose inhalers, dry powder inhalers, and soft mist inhalers
    2. The "seven rights" of drug administration
    3. Delivery of respiratory medications
    4. Post-procedure considerations
    5. Proper reporting and reporting procedures
  7. Arterial blood gas (ABG) procedures and interpretation
    1. Pre-procedure considerations for arterial blood gas sampling
    2. How to examine the status of a pulse before commencing a blood gas procedure
    3. Performing an Allen's test
    4. Procedure for obtaining a blood gas sample
    5. Post-procedure considerations
    6. Recording and reporting the procedure
  8. Airway procedures during respiratory care
    1. Pre-procedure considerations for intubation
    2. Intubation procedure
    3. Pre-procedure considerations for tracheostomy care
    4. Tracheostomy care
    5. Pre-procedure considerations for extubation
    6. Extubation
    7. Post-procedure considerations
    8. Recording and reporting procedures
  9. Suctioning procedures
    1. Pre-procedure considerations for nasotracheal suctioning
    2. Nasotracheal suctioning
    3. Pre-procedure considerations for tracheal suctioning
    4. Tracheal suctioning
    5. Pre-procedure considerations for endotracheal suctioning
    6. Endotracheal suctioning
    7. Post-procedure considerations
    8. Recording and reporting procedures
  10. Ventilation procedures during respiratory care
    1. Pre-procedure considerations for invasive and non-invasive mechanical ventilation
    2. Initiating invasive and non-invasive mechanical ventilation
    3. Post-procedure considerations
    4. Recording and reporting procedures
  11. Non-invasive ventilation and COVID
    1. Non-invasive ventilatory support of COVID-19 patients
  12. History of mechanical ventilation

Lab Content

Modules cover theory, procedure, indications, and contraindications for the following skills. Students must complete and pass the modules to show competency.

  1. Adult Basic Life Support (BLS)
    1. Procedure for performing cardiopulmonary resuscitation for adult BLS
    2. Differences in procedure and technique for 1 rescuer and 2 rescuer situations
    3. Procedure for performing defibrillation for an adult
  2. Child Basic Life Support (BLS)
    1. Procedure for performing cardiopulmonary resuscitation for pediatric BLS
    2. Differences in procedure and technique for 1 rescuer and 2 rescuer situations
    3. Procedure for performing defibrillation for a child
  3. Infant Basic Life Support (BLS)
    1. Procedure for performing cardiopulmonary resuscitation for infant BLS
    2. Differences in procedure and technique for 1 rescuer and 2 rescuer situations
    3. Procedure for performing defibrillation for an infant
  4. Pediatric vital signs assessment
    1. Preparation for taking pediatric vital signs
    2. Normal values for pediatric vital signs, including average body temperature, pulse rate, respiratory rate, and blood pressure
  5. Infant vital signs assessment
    1. Preparation for taking infant vital signs
    2. Normal values for infant vital signs, including average body temperature, pulse rate, respiratory rate, and blood pressure
  6. Aerosol medication delivery
    1. Pre-procedure considerations for delivering aerosol, metered dose inhalers, dry powder inhalers, and soft mist inhalers
    2. The "seven rights" of drug administration
    3. Delivery of respiratory medications
    4. Post-procedure considerations
    5. Proper reporting and reporting procedures
  7. Arterial blood gas (ABG) procedures and interpretation
    1. Pre-procedure considerations for arterial blood gas sampling
    2. How to examine the status of a pulse before commencing a blood gas procedure
    3. Performing an Allen's test
    4. Procedure for obtaining a blood gas sample
    5. Post-procedure considerations
    6. Recording and reporting the procedure
  8. Airway procedures during respiratory care
    1. Pre-procedure considerations for intubation
    2. Intubation procedure
    3. Pre-procedure considerations for tracheostomy care
    4. Tracheostomy care
    5. Pre-procedure considerations for extubation
    6. Extubation
    7. Post-procedure considerations
    8. Recording and reporting procedures
  9. Suctioning procedures
    1. Pre-procedure considerations for nasotracheal suctioning
    2. Nasotracheal suctioning
    3. Pre-procedure considerations for tracheal suctioning
    4. Tracheal suctioning
    5. Pre-procedure considerations for endotracheal suctioning
    6. Endotracheal suctioning
    7. Post-procedure considerations
    8. Recording and reporting procedures
  10. Ventilation procedures during respiratory care
    1. Pre-procedure considerations for invasive and non-invasive mechanical ventilation
    2. Initiating invasive and non-invasive mechanical ventilation
    3. Post-procedure considerations
    4. Recording and reporting procedures
  11. Non-invasive ventilation and COVID
    1. Non-invasive ventilatory support of COVID-19 patients
  12. History of mechanical ventilation

Special Facilities and/or Equipment

Mac or PC computer and access to the internet.

Method(s) of Evaluation

Methods of Evaluation may include but are not limited to the following:

Computer administered and scored quizzes and examinations

Method(s) of Instruction

Methods of Instruction may include but are not limited to the following:

Computer-based learning

Representative Text(s) and Other Materials

No textbook required. All course materials are provided by the college.

Types and/or Examples of Required Reading, Writing, and Outside of Class Assignments

Interactive computer modules and discussion board posts.

Discipline(s)

Respiratory Technologies