Components: Theory, Practical
Credit Hours: 6
Course Schedule: Semester
REST 317- Intensive Cardio Respiratory Care focuses on cases involving patients receiving intensive cardio-respiratory care strategies including, but not limited to basic and advanced respiratory care, mechanical ventilation, invasive and non-invasive monitoring and artificial airways. Diagnostic methods taught in this course include fiber-optic bronchoscopy, hemodynamic monitoring and arterial blood gas analysis. Students will discuss the pharmacology, pathophysiology and health promotion/disease prevention aspects of each case. Relevant laboratory exercises required to meet the objectives of this course also will be conducted.