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RSPT 70D: CLINICAL ROTATION IV

Foothill College Course Outline of Record

Foothill College Course Outline of Record
Heading Value
Effective Term: Summer 2025
Units: 8
Hours: 288 laboratory per quarter (288 total per quarter)
This is a clinical laboratory course.
Prerequisite: RSPT 70C.
Degree & Credit Status: Degree-Applicable Credit Course
Foothill GE: Non-GE
Transferable: CSU
Grade Type: Letter Grade Only
Repeatability: Not Repeatable

Student Learning Outcomes

  • Evaluate and apply advanced diagnostic data to respiratory therapy techniques and the patient's illness.
  • Identify indications, contraindications, hazards, and method of evaluating effectiveness of all therapies administered.

Description

This course is the last in the series of hospital rotations. Building upon RSPT 70C, the course provides additional clinical exposure focusing on ventilation and specialized procedures in adult, neonatal, and pediatric intensive care settings. Qualified students may also participate in mini-rotations based on their interests. 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. Demonstrate comprehensive clinical proficiency with ventilation and special procedures for adult patients.
  2. Demonstrate comprehensive clinical proficiency with ventilation and special procedures for pediatric and neonatal patients.
  3. Demonstrate comprehensive understanding of clinical findings in clinical case studies.

Course Content

  1. Adult surgical/medical (respiratory) intensive care
    1. Selecting appropriate ventilator
    2. Establishing initial settings
    3. Changing settings with changing patient response
    4. Monitoring patient/ventilator system
    5. Changing ventilator tubing
    6. Troubleshooting patient problems
    7. Troubleshooting ventilator tubing
    8. Application of PEEP (CPPV)
    9. Application of CPAP (CPPB)
    10. Application of IMV (or SIMV)
    11. Application of pressure support
    12. Application of pressure control
    13. Weaning patient
  2. Neonatal/pediatric intensive care
    1. Selecting appropriate ventilator
    2. Establishing initial settings
    3. Changing settings with changing patient response
    4. Monitoring patient
    5. Monitoring ventilator
    6. Changing ventilator tubing
    7. Troubleshooting patient problems
    8. Troubleshooting ventilator tubing
    9. Application of PEEP (CPPV)
    10. Application of CPAP (CPPB)
    11. Application of IMV (or SIMV)
    12. Application of pressure support
    13. Application of pressure control
    14. Weaning patient in various combinations
  3. Clinical case studies
    1. Adult intensive critical care patients
    2. Neonatal and pediatric critical care patients

Lab Content

  1. Adult surgical/medical (respiratory) intensive care
    1. Selecting appropriate ventilator
    2. Establishing initial settings
    3. Changing settings with changing patient response
    4. Monitoring patient/ventilator system
    5. Changing ventilator tubing
    6. Troubleshooting patient problems
    7. Troubleshooting ventilator tubing
    8. Application of PEEP (CPPV)
    9. Application of CPAP (CPPB)
    10. Application of IMV (or SIMV)
    11. Application of pressure support
    12. Application of pressure control
    13. Weaning patient
  2. Neonatal/pediatric intensive care
    1. Selecting appropriate ventilator
    2. Establishing initial settings
    3. Changing settings with changing patient response
    4. Monitoring patient
    5. Monitoring ventilator
    6. Changing ventilator tubing
    7. Troubleshooting patient problems
    8. Troubleshooting ventilator tubing
    9. Application of PEEP (positive and expiatory pressure)
    10. Application of CPAP (continuous positive airway pressure)
    11. Application of IMV (or SIMV)
    12. Application of pressure support
    13. Application of pressure control
    14. Weaning patient in various combinations

Special Facilities and/or Equipment

1. Uniform
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

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

The student will demonstrate competency through the successful completion of checklists of special procedures and daily evaluations administered by clinical preceptors

Method(s) of Instruction

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

Clinical observation and performance
Demonstration of clinical skills
Respiratory Therapy competency checklist
Use of case studies or clinical scenarios; integrating communication and cultural differences into our instructional approach
Collaborative activities to foster student reflection and self-assessment

Representative Text(s) and Other Materials

No text required.

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

  1. 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.
  2. Clinical case studies.

Discipline(s)

Respiratory Technologies