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Foundations of Respiratory Care
Published
Build the core skills used throughout respiratory therapy practice,
including professional communication, medical math, oxygenation
calculations, pulmonary function testing, monitoring, laboratory
interpretation, ABGs, bronchoscopy, ECG interpretation, acid-base
disorders, ethics, nutrition, and documentation.
Clinical Focus
Foundational RT concepts, quantitative reasoning, diagnostics,
professional practice, and integrated respiratory decision-making.
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Respiratory Physiology
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Explore airway defense, respiratory anatomy, mechanics of ventilation,
lung volumes, acid-base physiology, ventilatory control, V/Q relationships,
oxygenation, sleep-disordered breathing, cardiovascular physiology,
hemodynamics, fluid balance, and newborn transition.
Clinical Focus
Understanding why respiratory abnormalities occur and connecting
physiologic changes to patient assessment and treatment decisions.
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Pulmonary Assessment
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Develop systematic respiratory patient assessment skills through
interviewing, physical examination, pulmonary function testing,
blood gas analysis, oxygenation assessment, ECG monitoring,
diagnostic imaging, infection control, clinical documentation,
and integrated pulmonary assessment.
Clinical Focus
Recognizing important patient findings, interpreting diagnostic data,
documenting accurately, and building an appropriate respiratory care plan.
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Ventilator Management
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Learn to initiate mechanical ventilation, choose initial settings,
make ABG-guided adjustments, evaluate patient-ventilator interaction,
troubleshoot alarms and deterioration, and interpret ventilator
waveforms and loops in clinical context.
Clinical Focus
Safe ventilator initiation, targeted adjustment, patient-first
troubleshooting, graphics interpretation, and bedside decision-making.
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Respiratory Pharmacology
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Study medication principles, dosage calculations, respiratory receptors,
aerosol drug delivery, bronchodilators, anti-inflammatory medications,
secretion-management therapies, surfactant, anti-infectives,
cardiovascular and critical-care medications, therapeutic gases,
disease-specific pharmacotherapy, and emergency medications.
Clinical Focus
Medication selection, administration, adverse effects, monitoring,
therapeutic response, and respiratory therapist responsibilities.
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Equipment & Procedures
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Learn respiratory equipment setup, operation, maintenance,
troubleshooting, and clinical use across oxygen delivery,
aerosol therapy, humidification, airway management, NIV,
ventilator setup, artificial airway care, suctioning,
bronchoscopy assistance, specialty gases, transport,
pleural drainage, invasive monitoring, extubation,
and other bedside procedures.
Clinical Focus
Equipment setup, safety checks, patient monitoring,
troubleshooting, procedure assistance, and readiness for ICU practice.
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Neonatal & Pediatric Respiratory Care
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Follow neonatal and pediatric respiratory care from fetal lung development
and newborn transition through resuscitation, neonatal disease,
noninvasive and invasive ventilation, pediatric assessment,
airway management, ARDS, obstructive and infectious disorders,
critical illness, ECMO concepts, transport, home care,
family education, and end-of-life support.
Clinical Focus
Age-specific assessment, stabilization, respiratory support,
ventilation, disease management, critical care, and family-centered care.
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Respiratory Diseases
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Apply respiratory care concepts across obstructive, restrictive,
infectious, vascular, pleural, neonatal, pediatric, neuromuscular,
traumatic, environmental, cardiopulmonary, and sleep-related disorders.
Disease lessons connect pathophysiology with recognition,
diagnostics, respiratory management, reassessment, and escalation.
Clinical Focus
Disease recognition, differentiation, treatment priorities,
respiratory support, reassessment, complications, and escalation.