CLINICAL PRACTICE III

Catalog description

Additional hospital experience and continuation of patient care skills, providing therapeutic modalities: Volume Nebulizer, Postural Drainage & Percussion, IPPB, Incentive Spirometry, etc. In addition the student should be able to perform Arterial puncture and analysis of blood samples as well as non-invasive diagnostic procedures; pulse oximetry, capnography, etc. The student will begin to explore aspects of mechanical ventilation and Critical Care environments in this quarter as well as provide care to the pediatric patient. The student will also apply various modes of mechanical ventilation to adult patients in the hospital setting towards the end of the semester.