RC 200L Principles of Mechanical Ventilation Lab

This corequisite lab to RC 200 will provide hands-on practice in the analysis and understanding of mechanical ventilation including, the assembly of patient circuits, ventilator monitoring, ventilator setting changes, weaning procedures and airway management.

Credits

2

Prerequisite

Admission to the Respiratory Care program

Corequisite

RC 200

Course Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:
1. Identify the indications, contraindications and hazards of mechanical ventilation
2. Classify a mode of mechanical ventilation based on observation of its performance characteristics
3. Assess case simulations and determine appropriate management approaches to ventilatory support
4. Describe the effect of variation of physiological factors (e.g. compliance, resistance) on the function of specific mechanical ventilators used in laboratory assignments
5. Identify ventilator malfunction and perform appropriate troubleshooting methods
6. Perform ventilator setting adjustments
7. Identify causes and methods to correct ventilator alarms
8. Compare the function of common and less commonly used ventilators, with special emphasis on their advantages and disadvantages
9. Perform routine ventilator setup and change maneuvers on commonly used ventilators
10. Perform ventilator weaning procedures used to determine readiness for extubation