Critical Care Monitoring Syllabus for 2023-2024
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Course

RSPT-2355-002 Critical Care Monitoring

Prerequisites

Course Description

Advanced monitoring techniques used to assess a patient in the critical care setting.

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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
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Hours

(3 sem hrs; 3 lec)

Class Type

Online Course

Syllabus Information

Textbooks

1. Pilbeam.  Mechanical Ventilation: Physiological and Clinical Application, Mosby, 7th Ed.
2. Wilkins. Clinical Assessment in Respiratory Care, Mosby/Year, 8th Ed.
3. Wilkins.  Egans Fundmentals of Respiratory Care, Mosby, 11th Ed.

 

Supplies

1. Class Notes
2. Laptop computer with Internet/WiFi capability for in-class online testing

Student Performance

End-of-Course Outcomes:  Describe the principles/techniques involved in critical care monitoring; interpret patient data; and apply data to evaluate cardiopulmonary disorders.

1. List and describe indications and contrindications for chest drainage & the placement of chest tubes.
2. Describe the types of drainage systems.
3. Describe care of patients with closed-chest drainage.
4. Describe methods used to analyze expired CO2 & be able to interpret capnograms.
5. List indications for bronchoscopy (rigid and flexible).
6. Describe the bronchoscopy procedure (rigid and flexible), including methods, equipment and complications associated with the procedure.
7. Understand the effects of mechanical ventiltory support, both beneficial & harmful.
8. Be able to diagnose acute respiratory failure by clinical assessment & spontaneous parameters.
9. Assess tissue oxygenation, including V/Q relationships, ability of oxygen to cross the alveolar-capillary membrane, O2, transport, tissue O2 extraction, and adequacy of ventilation.
10. Define and calculate cardiac physiology concepts, including cardiac output, stroke volume, cardiac index, systemic vascular resistance and pulmonary vascular resistance.
11. Understand what determines cardiac output, including preload, afterload, and myocardial contractility.
12. Describe components of a pressure monitoring system, set-up, and general complications involved with a system.
13. Discuss the physiologic significance of hemodynamic monitoring and be able to interpret the pressure values obtained.
14. Describe the catheter insertion technique for the Swan-Ganz catheter, A-line, and CVP.
15. List possible complications of having a A-line, CVP, or Swan-Ganz catheter in place and know how to measure cardiac output using the thermodilution and dye dilution technique.
16. Describe spectrophotometry be able to interpret values obtained from mixed venous blood gas samples.
17. Discuss the operation of the Intra-Aortic Balloon Pump (IABP).

Students Rights and Responsibilities

Student Rights and Responsibilities

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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

 

1. The student should read assignments prior to class and be prepared to discuss topics in a discussion board with your peers and the course instructor.
2. Exams and quizzes will be taken on West Campus.
3. Cheating on exams will result in a grade of 0 for the exam and will severely jeopardize successful completion of this course (see AC RC Student Handbook for definitions).

Grading Criteria

1. Homework assignment
2. Six (6) section exams

There will be no exemptions from section or final exams.

Testing Procedure

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

During the testing period, the student may take a break, however, no additional time will be allowed for the exam.

Calculators will be enabled through Respondus.

The exams will not be reviewed. If the student desires to review test content for further study, an appointment must be made with the instructor.

Make-up policy

The opportunity to make-up missed tests 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 or quizzes.  

Grading

1. Each examination/quiz/assignment will have a specific number of points awarded for correct answers. The number of points earned by a student will be divided by the maximum possible points. The result will be expressed as a percent and converted to a grade.

2. No assignment, quiz, or exam in this course will be curved.

3. Rounding of scores will take place as follows:  0.5 will round up to the next highest whole number, ex. 74.5 = 75.0.  74.4 will NOT round up.

4. At least 10% of the questions on major exams will come from the reading assignments.

5. At the end of the course, the final grade will be computed using the schema listed below.

6. Grades will be posted in Blackboard.

7. The grading schema for this course is:

• A = 90-100

• B = 80-89

• C = 75-79

• F = less than 75

Remediation Policy

The instructor will meet with students who do not pass exams.  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 at the AC Success Center and/or with the SSS Program tutor

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

Mandatory tutoring in the West Campus Student Success Center (WCB Building) will be required when a test is failed. The student will obtain notification for tutoring from the instructor through Watermark and your tutor will document proof of the tutoring session to the instructor when the session is complete. The student must complete the prescribed tutoring to be eligible to take the next exam.

Attendance

A student attends an online course by participating in class or otherwise engaging in an academically related activity.  Examples of such activity include but are not limited to: contributing to an online discussion or text chat session; submitting an assignment or working draft; working through exercises; taking a quiz or exam; viewing and/or completing a tutorial; initiating contact with a faculty member to ask a course-related question.

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