Respiratory Care Procedures II Syllabus for 2025-2026
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Course

RSPT-1411-001 Respiratory Care Procedures II

Prerequisites

Prerequisite: RSPT 1410

Course Description

Develops essential knowledge and skills of airway care and mechanical ventilation.

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Occupational License Disclaimer

Notice to Students enrolled in an educational program for preparation of issuance of certain occupational licenses:

Students enrolled in an educational program in preparation for obtaining certain occupational licenses are potentially ineligible for such license if the student has been convicted of an offense. For further information, please contact:

Melodie Graves
Justice Involved Advocate
Student Service Center 117
mgraves24@actx.edu
806-371-5995
Make appointment at https://melodiegraves.youcanbook.me

You can also contact the Legal Clinic, or the faculty member in charge of the educational program that you seek to enroll in. The further information you will receive will include notification to you of your right to request a criminal history evaluation letter from the licensing authority in order to clarify your particular situation.

Hours

(4 sem hrs; 3 lec, 4 lab)

Class Type

On Campus Course

Syllabus Information

Textbooks

1. Egan's Fundamentals of Resp. Care, newest edition, Elsevier.
2. Pilbeam, Mechanical Ventilation: Physiological and Clinical Application, newest edition, Elsevier.
3. Mosby’s Respiratory Care Equipment, newest edition, Elsevier.
4. Lab Manual (downloaded from the Blackboard)
5. Lecture notes (downloaded from the Blackboard)

Be aware that book #1 and 3 were purchased last semester.

Supplies

1. Disposable lab supplies (purchased in previous Fall semester in AC West Campus Bookstore).
2. Stethoscope
3. Class Notes
4. Laptop computer or tablet with Internet/WiFi/camera capability

Student Performance

End of Course Outcomes:  Set up equipment; conduct airway care; describe concepts of mechanical ventilation; airway insertion and management; manual resuscitation; arterial blood gas analysis and interpretation; troubleshoot equipment; maintain patient records; and communicate relevant information to members of the health care team.

1. Define, recognize and categorize respiratory failure.
2. Interpret arterial blood gas (ABG) results and make recommendations for appropriate therapy.
3. Develop a basic understanding of renal regulation of acid-base balance.
4. Understand the principles of quality control in blood gas analysis.
5. Measure and assess spontaneous respiratory parameter.
6. Demonstrate airway clearance and management techniques.
7. Define endotracheal intubation.
8. List equipment needed for endotracheal intubation.
9. List indications for and complications of oral, nasal endotracheal; and tracheostomy tubes.
10. Identify the parts and describe the types of endotracheal, tracheostomy tubes and cuffs.
11. Demonstrate tracheostomy tube and stoma care.
12. Choose proper endotracheal tube size based on patient size and describe cuff inflation techniques.
13. Demonstrate proper intubation and extubation.
14. Define and list the indications for tracheotomy.
15. Know the indications for and the goals of mechanical ventilatory support.
16. Understand the differences between negative pressure ventilation, positive pressure ventilation and spontaneous ventilation.
17. Describe power sources, drive mechanisms, circuits, breath types, and control variables of mechanical ventilators.
18. Discuss time, flow, volume,and pressure relationships of mechanical ventilators.

Students Rights and Responsibilities

Log in using the AC Connect Portal

In order to receive your AC Connect Email, you must log in through AC Connect at https://acconnect.actx.edu .

If you are an active staff or faculty member according to Human Resources, use "Exchange". All other students, use "AC Connect (Google) Email".

Expected Student Behavior

Grievance Procedure: If a student is having a problem with course policies or the instructor, he or she should first try and resolve any such problem through the instructor.  If the problem is not resolved, the student may proceed to the Respiratory Care Program Director (Becky Byrd), and then to the Dean of Health Professions (Kim Boyd).

Grading Criteria

1. Homework assignments
2. Classroom activities
3. Lab exercises
4. Patient simulations
5. Daily quizzes
6. Section/lab exams
7. Lab Practical exam
8. Final exam

There will be no exemptions from section, lab, or final exams and the student will not be permitted to access exams after completion.

Testing Procedure

Exams will be administered using Respondus Lockdown Browser to ensure exam integrity.

Prior to any exam, students must wait in the testing center quietly and not be disruptive and noisy as other students may be testing or studying in this area. Once testing has begun, students will not be allowed to leave the testing room for any reason. After completion of a major exam, the student must leave the testing center and will not be allowed to wait for another student(s) to finish testing inside of the testing center. The student may sit quietly and study in the tutoring center until all students are finished testing or exit the building.

If testing must be done in the classroom and the laboratory, students will not be allowed to leave the testing area once the test has begun for any reason. After completion of the exam, the student must either sit quietly in their seat until all students are finished, or leave their backpacks, books, computers, etc. behind and quietly exit the building. Students will not be allowed to wait in the hallways outside of the classroom and the laboratory.

A calculator will be made available on the exam toolbar. Students are highly encouraged to use the exam calculator in preparation for board exam procedures after completion of the program.

The Program has 1 "loaner" computer for testing. If your laptop fails to log in, the loaner will be available on a first-come, first serve basis. If the loaner is not available, the test will have to be taken at a later date, with the late penalty applied.

Exams will be made available to review post-test with the entire class utilizing an exam wrapper. If the student desires to view their exam to see specifics of what was answered incorrectly, an appointment must be made with the instructor. Pictures and/or recordings of exam questions are not allowed.  Failure to adhere to this policy will result in a grade of zero (0) for the exam and will severely jeopardize successful completion of this course (see AC RC Student Handbook).

Make-up policy

The opportunity to make-up missed exams and turn in assignments will be decided on an individual basis by the instructor.  The exam must be taken within 1 week and the maximum grade that can be earned is 75%.  Makeup exams may be different from the exam given on the scheduled day.  There will be no make-up offered for the final exam, lab practical or quizzes.

Lab Exercises & Homework Assignments

Lab exercises & homework assignments are intended to enhance learning course material and to prepare for exams.  Lab is designed as a place to learn, then to practice, and finally to test in the sim lab. In the lab you are expected to perform the lab exercises and practice for the sims. Lab Worksheets are homework and should be completed only when lab exercises are finished and the student has utilized adequate time to practice for the simulation. Graded lab worksheets can be "redone" to raise the initial grade, but the re-grade cannot exceed 85%.  Lab worksheet corrections and homework assignments will be due on a specified date and will not be accepted late. 

Lab worksheets will be submitted for grading as a group assignment. Students working on the assignment must sign their own name to the work. Lab worksheet "redo's" must be completed separately, and both the original and corrected work submitted for re-grading. As with the original submission, students working on the corrections must sign their own name to the work. Names may not be added after submission.

The points earned from simulation, homework, and lab exercises will not be added into the student's course grade average unless the student has earned at least a 74.5% average on the exams.

Simulation Lab

Sim lab is for procedure testing and there will be a reasonable time limit on all simulations.  Absolutely no teaching regarding technique will be done. Questions may be asked about the situation. Each simulation is worth 10 points and all sims must be passed to pass the course. Each sim may be attempted up to 3 times, however every attempt after the initial will have a maximum score of 75%. A failed sim attempt will result if your name is drawn for simulation and you are not in class.

Remediation Policy

Mandatory tutoring in the West Campus Student Success Center (WCB Building) will be required when an exam is failed. The student will receive an email from Watermark notifying them of an incomplete task for mandatory tutoring. When tutoring has been performed by either the professional tutor, peer tutor, or another tutor from the tutoring center, the tutor will log into Watermark and mark the tutoring task as complete. 

The student must complete the mandatory tutoring session to be eligible to take the next scheduled exam. If mandatory tutoring is incomplete the day of the scheduled exam, the student will not be allowed to take the exam until tutoring is completed and the Make-up Policy for missing an exam will apply (see Make-up Policy above).

The instructor may choose to meet with students who do not pass exams for mandatory remediation. Both parties will develop a plan to gain better understanding of the information covered on the test. The plan may include, but not be limited to:

1. research of exam topics
2. written discussion of topics
3. oral discussion of topics
4. mandatory tutoring in the West Campus Student Success Center and/or with the SSS Program tutor.

Mandatory remediation of an exam will be a group event at a date/time set by the instructor. Failure to arrive on time and complete the remediation meeting at the set date/time will result in negative points (-10 points) for that exam.

Attendance

Any time a class is missed, it is the student's responsibility to obtain notes from classmates.  The instructor will be happy to discuss any information from the class, but the instructor's lecture notes are not available for copying.

A student who plans to succeed in this course should also plan to regularly attend all lecture and laboratory sessions.  Cases of excessive tardiness and absence will be handled on an individual basis and will require a counseling session.  Following this session, a departmental counseling form will be placed in your file.  The purpose of this form is to document that the student has been made aware that excessive absences are jeopardizing successful completion of this course.

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