RCP 110 - Respiratory Care Introduction

1. Compare and contrast national organizations that influence the respiratory therapy profession
2. Discuss the impact of quality, patient safety, and communication
   1. Define electronic health records (EHR) and their major uses in medicine and respiratory care
   2. List the common components of a medical record
   3. State the legal and practical obligations in record keeping
   4. Explain closed-loop communication
   5. Promote patient-centered, trauma-informed, and culturally aware care by identifying health barriers
   6. Promote effective communication and collaboration with interdisciplinary teams through teamwork and debriefing
3. Assess a patient at the bedside
   1. Interview a patient to assess mental status, symptoms, history, and barriers to learning
   2. Perform a patient assessment including physical assessment, general appearance, skin flaws, vital signs, pulse oximetry, and chest assessment
   3. Evaluate trends in vital signs
   4. Describe the placement, principles, limitations, and troubleshooting of pulse oximetry
   5. Assess cough, sputum amount, and characteristics
   6. Perform vital signs and chest assessment
   7. Analyze the principles of infection control
   8. Review infection prevention policies and procedures such as standard precautions, donning/doffing, and isolation
   9. Discuss when to use specific personal protective equipment in the care of respiratory patients
   10. Describe the strategies that can be implemented to control the spread of infection in the hospital
   11. Compare disinfection and sterilization
   12. Discuss the proper handling of biohazard materials
   13. Discuss common infections associated with hospitalization
4. Interpret clinical and laboratory data significant to respiratory and cardiac conditions including but not limited to CBC, electrolytes, coagulation studies, sputum culture and sensitivity, and cardiac biomarkers
   1. List normal values
   2. Describe the importance of a critical lab value
   3. Explain culture and sensitivity testing
   4. Explain how to perform a sputum induction
5. Evaluate medical gas therapy
   1. List the indications for oxygen therapy
   2. Discuss general goals for oxygen therapy
   3. Explain the hazards of oxygen therapy
   4. Assemble and troubleshoot oxygen delivery devices and interfaces
   5. Initiate and adjust oxygen therapy
   6. Perform oxygen therapy initiation competency
   7. Perform heated high flow competency
   8. Describe oxygen titration with exertion testing and evaluate the results
   9. Identify the indications, complications and hazards of hyperbaric oxygen therapy
   10. Explain the use of heliox therapy in respiratory care
   11. Discuss the clinical applications for medical gases and medical gas mixtures
   12. Explain the use of oxygen analyzers.
6. Analyze storage and delivery of medical gases
   1. Calculate the duration of remaining contents of a compressed oxygen cylinder
   2. Assemble and troubleshoot medical gas delivery equipment such as oxygen concentrator, liquid system, flowmeter, regulator, gas cylinder, blender, air compressor, and gas analyzer.
7. Select oxygen therapy in alternative settings
   1. Assemble oxygen therapy in alterative settings
   2. Monitor individuals and oxygen devices in alternative settings
   3. Maintain oxygen therapy devices in alternative settings
8. State the definition and general goals of pulmonary rehabilitation programs.