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RSPT 55D: MEDIATED STUDIES IN RESPIRATORY THERAPY IV

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 55C.
Degree & Credit Status: Degree-Applicable Credit Course
Foothill GE: Non-GE
Transferable: CSU
Grade Type: Letter Grade Only
Repeatability: Not Repeatable

Student Learning Outcomes

  • Distinguishes between the different modes of ventilation.
  • Interprets waveforms accurately.

Description

Fourth 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 modes of ventilation, waveform recognition, clinical application, lung recruitment techniques, and adjunct therapies for ventilated patients. 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:

  1. Differentiate between the different modes of ventilation.
  2. Interpret ventilator waveforms and loops.
  3. Recognize auto-peep and demonstrate strategies to correct it.
  4. Apply lung recruitment techniques.
  5. Describe and recognize alveolar micro-strain and stress.
  6. Describe weaning strategies.
  7. Explain indications and use of inhaled nitric oxide.
  8. Describe the use and application of the Passy Muir Valve.

Course Content

  1. Modes of mechanical ventilation
    1. Pressure vs. volume
    2. Spontaneous modes
    3. Mandatory minute ventilation
    4. APRV
    5. PRVC, Autoflow, and VC plus
  2. Ventilator waveforms and loops
    1. Waveform recognition
    2. Clinical application
    3. Pressure volume
  3. Auto-peep
    1. Recognition and measuring auto-peep
    2. Strategies for correcting auto-peep
  4. Lung recruitment techniques
    1. 40/40 strategy
    2. Setting a sigh
    3. HFOV
    4. APRV as a lung recruitment strategy
  5. Alveolar micro-strain and stress
    1. Strategies to avoid micro-strain and stress
  6. Weaning strategies
    1. Spontaneous weaning trials (SBTs)
    2. T-piece trials
    3. Sedation vacation
    4. MIF/VC measurements
    5. Cuff leak check
  7. Inhaled nitric oxide (INO)
    1. Indications
    2. Contraindications
    3. Available sources for the delivery of INO
    4. Alternative therapies
  8. Passy Muir Valves (PMV)
    1. Indications for use
    2. PMV for evaluation and rehabilitation
    3. PMV for swallow function
    4. PMV for ventilator patients
    5. PMV for early intervention for the ICU patient

Lab Content

  1. Modes of mechanical ventilation
    1. Pressure vs. volume
    2. Spontaneous modes
    3. Mandatory minute ventilation
    4. APRV
    5. PRVC, Autoflow, and VC plus
  2. Ventilator waveforms and loops
    1. Waveform recognition
    2. Clinical application
    3. Pressure volume
  3. Auto-peep
    1. Recognition and measuring auto-peep
    2. Strategies for correcting auto-peep
  4. Lung recruitment techniques
    1. 40/40 strategy
    2. Setting a sigh
    3. HFOV
    4. APRV as a lung recruitment strategy
  5. Alveolar micro-strain and stress
    1. Strategies to avoid micro-strain and stress
  6. Weaning strategies
    1. Spontaneous weaning trials (SBTs)
    2. T-piece trials
    3. Sedation vacation
    4. MIF/VC measurements
    5. Cuff leak check
  7. Inhaled nitric oxide (INO)
    1. Indications
    2. Contraindications
    3. Available sources for the delivery of INO
    4. Alternative therapies
  8. Passy Muir Valves (PMV)
    1. Indications for use
    2. PMV for evaluation and rehabilitation
    3. PMV for swallow function
    4. PMV for ventilator patients
    5. PMV for early intervention for the ICU patient

Special Facilities and/or Equipment

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 examinations
Quizzes

Method(s) of Instruction

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

Interactive computer-based learning
Media materials will provide an alternative learning resource for non-traditional students

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.

Discipline(s)

Respiratory Technologies