Clinical Practicum III: Advanced Respiratory Care

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Students will complete competencies focused in the areas of advanced-level respiratory care including clinical subspecialties and related areas important to the respiratory care practitioner desiring greater scope of practice. Learners will practice and master skills using simulation-based medical education. Advanced Perinatal and Pediatric Respiratory Care: Clinical experiences in high-risk delivery, perinatal, and pediatric intensive, inter-hospital transport and chronic care. Advanced Cardiopulmonary Diagnostics: Clinical experiences in pulmonary function testing including lung volume measurement, diffusion studies, exercise testing, sleep diagnostics, ventilation control, indirect calorimetry, provocation testing, oxygen titration and laboratory quality control. Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation, disease prevention and case management: Clinical experiences in cardiopulmonary rehabilitation including cardiopulmonary disease assessment, disease prevention, patient family education, evaluation of impairment/disability, exercise training, and social and psychological considerations. prereq: 3302