Table of Contents:

Module 1: INTRODUCTION to BASIC RESPIRATORY SCIENCE

Module 2: MEDICAL GASES

Module 3: AIRWAY MANAGEMENT

Module 4: ASSESSMENT

Module 5: CRITICAL CARE AND EXTENDED CARE DEVICES

1. Basic Physics for the Respiratory Therapist
2. Principles of Infection Control
3. Manufacture, Storage, and Transport of Medical Gases
4. Administering Medical Gases: Regulators, Flowmeters, and Controlling Devices
5. Airway Management Devices and ACLS
6. Humidity and Aerosol Therapy
7. Lung Expansion Therapy Devices
8. Assessment of Pulmonary Function
9. Assessment of Cardiovascular Function
10. Blood Gas Monitoring
11. Sleep Diagnostics
12. Introduction to Ventilators
13. Mechanical Ventilators: General-Use Devices
14. Infant/Pediatric Ventilators
15. Home-Care, Transport Devices, Alternative Devices

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