RESP 204Extended Care Cardio Patient

Catalog

PREREQUISITES: RESP 104 Concepts in Adult Critical Care. CATALOG DESCRIPTION: Provides an overview of respiratory care roles in home care, alternative care sites and pulmonary rehabilitation programs. Understand the purpose and function of various respiratory equipment used in home and alternative care settings. Emphasis is placed on the importance of assessing patients’ learning needs and how to effectively educate a patient and/or family member concerning smoking cessation and health management. Presents an overview of emergency preparedness in relation to disaster management to include vaccination protocols. Provide overview of mass casualty incident response.