RES101 — Intro Respiratory Care
The student in this course will be able to describe what a respiratory care practitioner does, where they work, the role of the respiratory care practitioner in patient care as well as to recognize the role of professional organizations in the career. Using a series of case studies the student will identify HIPAA violations. The student will be introduced to medical abbreviations, calculations commonly used in respiratory care, normal values for vital signs and the normal chest x-ray, basic heart /lung anatomy and physiology, lung volumes and capacities, and blood gas interpretation.