RESP 170 — Introduction to Mechanical Ventilation
3 cr. This course is designed to provide students with an understanding of the fundamentals of mechanical ventilation. The focus will be placed on the way mechanical ventilators function, basic terminology, classification, technological and mathematical concepts, graphical displays and the interrelationship between pressure, volume, flow and time as related to mechanical ventilator function. This course will introduce interpretation of ventilator graphics and adaptive targeting schemes. Invasive and non -invasive applications of mechanical ventilation will be included. Prerequisite(s): RESP-100, RESP-101, RESP-120 Corequisite(s): RESP-105, RESP-110, RESP-125