Advanced Perinatal and Pediatric Respiratory Care

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The didactic course combined with its clinical counterpart will allow students to assume the role of the perinatal/pediatrics specialist as defined by the National Board for Respiratory Care (NBRC). A thorough review of the literature on mechanical ventilation, monitoring applied with emphasis on an evidence-based care, will be provided. Current strategies for extended mechanical ventilation or other forms of long-term support will be reviewed using case study examples. prereq: 3202