RSPT 70A: CLINICAL ROTATION I
Foothill College Course Outline of Record
Heading | Value |
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Effective Term: | Summer 2025 |
Units: | 2 |
Hours: | 72 laboratory per quarter (72 total per quarter) This is a clinical laboratory course. |
Prerequisite: | RSPT 50C. |
Degree & Credit Status: | Degree-Applicable Credit Course |
Foothill GE: | Non-GE |
Transferable: | CSU |
Grade Type: | Letter Grade Only |
Repeatability: | Not Repeatable |
Student Learning Outcomes
- State indications, contraindications, hazards, and methods of evaluating effectiveness of all therapies administered.
- Relate basic diagnostic data to respiratory therapy techniques and the patient's illness.
Description
Course Objectives
The student will be able to:
- Demonstrate ability to effectively read a patient's chart and give a patient report.
- Demonstrate correct technique for compressed gas handling.
- Demonstrate aseptic technique for cleaning and sterilizing equipment.
- Demonstrate competency while performing a complete chest examination on a patient.
- Demonstrate correct techniques for delivery of oxygen, humidity, and mist therapy.
- Demonstrate correct technique for incentive spirometry.
- Demonstrate correct technique for intermittent positive pressure breathing (IPPB).
- Demonstrate correct technique for chest physiotherapy.
- Demonstrate correct technique for set up and delivery of noninvasive positive pressure ventilation.
- Demonstrate correct technique for set up and delivery of invasive positive pressure ventilation, being able to manage one ventilator patient.
- Demonstrate correct technique for administration of medications via aerosol.
Course Content
- Chart reading and reporting
- Subjective Objective Assessment Plan (SOAP) charting
- Situation Background Assessment Recommendation (SBAR) charting
- End of shift reports
- Compressed gas handling
- Large cylinders
- Small cylinders
- Cleaning and sterilization of equipment and aseptic technique
- Hand washing
- Autoclave sterilization
- Gas sterilization
- Pasteurization
- Chest examination
- Auscultation
- Chest assessment
- Oxygen, humidity, and mist administration
- Techniques
- Equipment
- Incentive spirometry
- Indications
- Techniques
- Intermittent positive pressure breathing (IPPB)
- Indications
- Techniques
- Chest physiotherapy
- Indications
- Techniques
- Noninvasive positive pressure ventilation
- Indications
- Techniques
- Invasive positive pressure ventilation
- Indications
- Techniques
- Administration of medications via aerosol
- Indications
- Techniques
Lab Content
- Chart reading and reporting
- Compressed gas handling
- Cleaning and sterilization of equipment and aseptic technique
- Chest examination
- Oxygen, humidity, and mist administration
- Incentive spirometry
- IPPB
- Chest physiotherapy
- Noninvasive positive pressure ventilation
- Invasive positive pressure ventilation
- Administration of medications via aerosol
Special Facilities and/or Equipment
2. Name tag/student badge
3. Watch with second hand
4. Stethoscope
5. Class will be held in a clinical setting
Method(s) of Evaluation
The student will demonstrate competency in performing respiratory therapy clinical skills by successfully completing the competency checklists and through daily evaluations conducted by clinical preceptors
Method(s) of Instruction
Clinical performance
Demonstration of clinical skills
Respiratory Therapy competency checklist
Representative Text(s) and Other Materials
No text required.
Types and/or Examples of Required Reading, Writing, and Outside of Class Assignments
Students are expected to complete ICU worksheets to demonstrate their understanding of each of their patients' conditions and treatments. These worksheets include writing of narratives on the assessment and therapy plan for each patient.