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NURSING COURSE OFFERINGS
We offer ninety-nine copyrighted courses in eight categories (series) of Respiratory Care
Assessment of Respiratory Disorders | Clinical Microbiology | General | Home Care
Neonatal Respiratory Care | Polysomnography | Synopsis of Respiratory Disorders
Therapeutic Procedures
All courses are approved for CA nursing CE credit, BRN Provider #CEP 12362
All courses are approved for LA nursing CE credit, LSBN Provider #35
All courses are approved for nursing CE credit in: AR, CA, DE, FL, IA, KS, KY, LA, MA, MI, MN, NC, ND, NE, NH, NM, NV, OH, SC, and TX
ASSESSMENT OF RESPIRATORY DISORDERS
ABG INTERPRETATION - PaO2, % saturation, hemoglobin, O2, content, hypoxic drive, symptoms of hypoxia, PaCO2, HCO3, pH, compensation, acidosis, alkalosis, acid-base interpretation. (3 CE contact hours) Revised 2005
CHEST ROENTGENOGRAPHY - A clinical and practical application approach of reading the chest x-ray. (4 CE contact hours) Revised 2008
END-TIDAL C02 MONITORING - Types of analyzers, factors affecting PETCO2, PaCO2-PETCO2 gradient, normal and abnormal capnograms, uses of capnography. (3 CE contact hours) Revised 2005
EVALUATING LABORATORY DATA APPLICABLE TO PULMONARY PATIENTS - Analyzing laboratory data that is important in the assessment of the pulmonary patient is discussed. (3 CE contact hours) New 2008
FIBEROPTIC BRONCHOSCOPY - Indications, complications, high-risk situations, step-by-step procedure for equipment preparation and physician assistance. (2 CE contact hours) Revised 2005
HYPOXIA: CAUSES AND SYMPTOMS - Types of hypoxia (hypoxic, stagnant, anemic, histotoxic), clinical signs and symptoms of hypoxia. (2 CE contact hours) Revised 2005
PULMONARY FUNCTION TESTING - This course describes the tests respiratory therapists should be familiar with even if they do not work in a pulmonary function laboratory. In addition to defining the common pulmonary function tests performed, a brief discussion of what may cause abnormalities in the results is included. (3 CE contact hours) New 2006
PULMONARY REHABILITATION: A MULTIDISCIPLINARY TEAM APPROACH - Designed to assist those who are establishing a pulmonary rehabilitation program, or wishing to enhance their existing program, by providing the key elements in the composition of a viable rehabilitation program. (3 CE contact hours) Revised 2008
RESISTANCE AND COMPLIANCE - Flow (airway) resistance, lung-thorax (elastic) resistance, dynamic and static compliance, calculation, interpretation. (2 CE contact hours) Revised 2008
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CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY
ADENOVIRUS AND ENTEROVIRUS INFECTIONS - Clinical manifestations, symptoms and causes of morbidity and mortality of Adenovirus and Enterovirus infections are discussed. (3 CE contact hours) New 2008
ANTHRAX: A BIOTERRORIST WEAPON - Characteristics, transmission, clinical manifestations, signs, symptoms and complications are described. (4 CE contact hours) Revised 2008
ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE AND THE STAPHYLOCOCCI - Antibiotics in use, features of antibiotic-resistant staphylococci, approaches to prevention and control, and the range of disease caused by staphylococci are discussed. (5 CE contact hours) Revised 2008
ANTIBIOTIC-RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCI - Descriptions of the properties of the enterococci, an overall view of antibiotics and their actions, and a basic discussion of antibiotic-resistance mechanisms among bacteria. (3 CE contact hours) New 2007
APPROACHES TO NOSOCOMIAL INFECTION PREVENTION AND CONTROL - Discussion of the means of pathogen transmission, the properties of well-known causes of nosocomial infections, risk factors and groups-at-risk for nosocomial infections, and recommended measures and practices (both general and specific) for the prevention and control of nosocomial infections. (7 CE contact hours) New 2007
AVIAN FLU - A POTENTIAL PANDEMIC? - General properties of all influenza viruses and the avian flu H5N1 strain are discussed. (4 CE contact hours) New 2006
BOTULISM AND TULAREMIA - TWO BACTERIAL BIOTERRORIST WEAPONS - Identifying the use of bacteria, bacterial toxins and viruses used by terrorists and knowing how to respond to the initial cases of these diseases are discussed . (3 CE contact hours) Revised 2008
CANDIDIASIS AND CRYPTOCOCCOSIS: TWO COSTLY HEALTHCARE BURDENS. - Discussion of these two important noscomial opportunistic pathogens and a number of related topics are discussed. (4 CE contact hours) New 2008
CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE - AN IMPORTANT MULTI-DRUG RESISTANT NOSOCOMIAL PATHOGEN AND SELECTED OTHER CLOSTRIDIAL PATHOGENS - The most common cause of health care-associated infectious diarrhea in industrialized countries and two other toxin-producing members of the genus Clostridium are discussed. (3 CE contact hours) New 2008
COCCIDIOIDOMYCOSIS AND HISTOPLASMOSIS - Understanding the properties of the respective disease-causing agents, coccidioides immitis and Histoplasma capsulatum, the associated disease states, and approaches to diagnosis, treatment, prevention and control. (3 CE contact hours) New 2005
EMERGING AND RE-EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES - Advances in medical research, detection methods, treatment regimens. development of new vaccines, prevention and control are discussed. (6 CE contact hours) New 2008
HEPATITIS C - A MAJOR CONCERN FOR HEALTH CARE - Significant properties of HCV and associated infection, together with general features of hepatitis and viruses. (3 CE contact hours) New 2007
HIV INFECTION, HIV DISEASE AND AIDS (PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE) - HIV transmission, clinical features, opportunistic infections, antiretroviral therapies, prevention and control strategies. (7 CE contact hours) Revised 2008
MENINGOCOCCAL DISEASE AND PNEUMOCOCCAL MENINGITIS - Features of bacterial meningitis and other related diseases, treatment, prevention and control. (3 CE contact hours) Revised 2006
MICROORGANISMS AND TERRORIST THREATS - This course primarily deals with the properties of those microorganisms and/or their products considered to be in the high-risk or most dangerous category. Attention is given to understanding the features of pathogens and the disease they cause together, and approaches to prevention and control. (6 CE contact hours) New 2006
MONKEYPOX AND RELATED POXVIRUS DISEASES - Monkeypox derives its' name from a series of outbreaks in nonhuman primate colonies in laboratories and a zoo that occurred between 1958 and 1968. The course presents the properties of several poxviruses and the disease they cause. (2 CE contact hours) New 2004
PERTUSSIS AND LEGIONELLOSIS - Outbreaks of Legionnaires' disease in hotels, cruise ships and office buildings, and an increase in Pertussis cases has renewed the concern within the health care industry regarding these two diseases. (3 CE contact hours) Revised 2008
PLAGUE AN ANCIENT SCOURGE AND POTENTIAL BIOWEAPON - History of plague, features of the Yersinia pestis and related bacterial disease agents. Means of transmission, clinical features, approaches to diagnosis, prevention and control. (2 CE contact hours) Revised 2005
PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA AND TOXOPLASMOSIS - This course presents the features of two of these infections, namely Pneumocystis pneumonia and toxoplasmosis. Brief consideration is also given to the range of opportunistic infections and the workings of the immune system. (3 CE contact hours) New 2006
PRION-CAUSED HUMAN DISEASES: WHAT HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS SHOULD KNOW - Types of prion-caused diseases, the nature of the prion, approaches to prevention and control. (2 CE contact hours) Revised 2006
SARS AND THE CORONAVIRUSES - Coronaviruses are well known as one of the most frequently encountered causes of the common cold. This course includes description of the properties and clinical features of coronavirus infection with an emphasis on the newly discovered SARS agent. (2 CE contact hours) Revised 2008
SEVERE CAUSES OF NOSOCOMIAL INFECTIONS - PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA AND KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE - The general properties of P. aeruginosa, K. pneumoniae, and related pathogenic species. Attention also is given to the organization of bacterial cell, virulence factors, approaches to prevention and control, and selected antibiotics and their mechanisms of action. (3 CE contact hours) New 2007
SMALLPOX REVISITED - History and features of smallpox and related viruses. Means of transmission, clinical features, approaches to diagnosis, vaccine and vaccine response reactions. (2 CE contact hours) Revised 2005
STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS, ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE MECHANISMS, MRSA AND OTHERS - This course mainly presents the properties and features of diseases associated with one of the most common causes of hospital, and community-associated infections and diseases, namely S. aureus. (3 CE contact hours) New 2006
STREPTOCOCCAL PATHOGENS OF THE HUMAN RESPIRATORY SYSTEM - Characteristics of pathogenic streptococci and the range of respiratory and related illnesses they cause and the current approaches to the prevention and control of streptococcal diseases. (3 CE contact hours) New 2005
THE ASPERGILLOSES - Aspergillus fumigatus is a widely distributed spore-bearing fungus that causes multiple diseases in humans. This course presents not only the diseases caused by A.fumigatus, but considers the diseases and poisoning caused by other Aspergillus species. (2 CE contact hours) New 2004
THE HEPATITIS VIRUS ALPHABET - Properties of the currently known hepatitis viruses, clinical features, vaccines and approaches to diagnosis. (7 CE contact hours) Revised 2004
THE HUMAN HERPESVIRUSES: MASTERS AT HIDING - General properties of human herpesviruses; Epidemiology, clinical features, transmission, diagnosis, treatment, prevention and recently uncovered herpesviruses. (4 CE contact hours) Revised 2006
THE HUMAN RESPIRATORY PARAMYXOVIRUSES - Discovery of human respiratory paramyxoviruses, general features and clinical manifestations of the viruses, and approaches to the prevention and control of illnesses caused by these paramyxoviruses. (2 CE contact hours) New 2005
THE INFLUENZA VIRUSES - Influenza virus infections are the most important cause of medically attended acute respiratory illness. This course presents the features of this group of viruses, approaches to prevention and treatment, together with explanations for the recurring nature of influenza epidemics. (1 CE contact hour ) New 2004
THE MENANCING FUNGI - Course discusses the features of mycotic diseases that pose risks of infection for travelers, individuals who are immunocompetent, and persons who are immunocompromised as well. This course also briefly considers the potential health effects posed by moldy indoor environments. (5 CE contact hours) New 2006
VACCINES, THE HUMAN IMMUNE SYSTEM, AND IMMUNE RESPONSES - Concise descriptions of how the human immune system works, the bases of immune responses to pathogens and their products, and the range of vaccines that are currently available to combat a large number of infectious disease agents. (6 CE contact hours) New 2007
VIRAL HEMORRHAGIC FEVERS - Although anthrax and smallpox loom as the likeliest threats in a bioterrorism nightmare, the somewhat rare but deadly viral hemorrhagic fever agents pose a significant danger. This course presents several of the features of selected hemorrhagic fever viruses, the diseases they cause, and a brief discussion of the elements of bioterrorism. (3 CE contact hours) New 2004
WEST NILE VIRUS ENCEPHALITIS - A REEMERGING DISEASE - Details of West Nile Virus infection, clinical aspects, features of diagnosis, approaches to prevention and control. (1 CE contact hour ) Revised 2006
ZOONOSES: THEIR IMPACT ON THE HUMAN RESPIRATORY AND OTHER BODY SYSTEMS - This course considers several examples of zoonoses with a special emphasis on those involving the human respiratory system. (9 CE contact hours) New 2006
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GENERAL
CONTINUOUS QUALITY IMPROVEMENT: METHODS AND TOOLS - Provides techniques to solve problems that interfere with quality patient care. (5 CE contact hours) Revised 2006
DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF THE RESPIRATORY CARE PATIENT EDUCATION PROGRAM - Specific and general education needs, resources for materials and ideas for opportunities to educate the patient, their significant others, parents siblings and other caregivers. (4 CE contact hours) Revised 2008
ETHICAL ISSUES FACING HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS - Social values, morals, principals and legal issues are discussed. (3 CE contact hours) Revised 2005
EVALUATION OF THE PULMONARY PATIENT - History, physical examination, lab data, radiology, interview, auscultation, bedside testing, textbook obstructive and restrictive disease patients. (3 CE contact hours) Revised 2003
GUIDELINES TO OPTIMIZING PATIENT CARE - This course discusses ways to enhance the overall quality, control and process of care delivery systems. (1 CE contact hour ) New 2006
HEALTH CARE FACILITIES DISASTER PLANNING GUIDE - How to develop and implement an emergency preparedness / response / recovery plan for Health Care facilities. (3 CE contact hours) Revised 2006
MEDICAL ERROR PREVENTION AND PATIENT SAFETY - Analysis of medical errors and patient safety hazards, followed by processes designed to reduce medical errors and improve patient safety. (2 CE contact hours) Revised 2006
NUCLEAR / BIOLOGICAL / CHEMICAL WARFARE: IMPLICATIONS FOR PRACTITIONERS - Types of threats, risks to practitioners, protection and decontamination methods are discussed. (5 CE contact hours) Revised 2008
PULMONARY ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY - Airways, lung parenchyma, lung mechanics, volumes and capacities, defenses, alveolar expansion and stability, diffusion, O2 and CO2 transport, neurological control. (3 CE contact hours) Revised 2004
RESPIRATORY HOME CARE: AN OVERVIEW - Details and goals in alternate site care, governmental regulations, patient assessment and documentations, patient and family education, oxygen therapy and more. (3 CE contact hours) Revised 2005
TICK-TRANSMITTED DISEASES: A GROWING PUBLIC HEALTH THREAT - Basic life cycles, methods of spreading pathogens, epidemiology, clinical features, diagnosis, treatment and prevention. (3 CE contact hours) New 2000
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HOME CARE
DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF THE RESPIRATORY CARE PATIENT EDUCATION PROGRAM - Specific and general education needs, resources for materials and ideas for opportunities to educate the patient, their significant others, parents siblings and other caregivers. (4 CE contact hours) Revised 2008
HOME CARE: HOME SAFETY ASSESSMENT - Assuring that the home is a safe environment for the delivery of medical services. (2 CE contact hours) Revised 2007
HOME CPAP MACHINES NEW MODES: AUTO-CPAP AND C-FLEX - Newest modes available, including Auto-CPAP and C-FLEX, on home CPAP machines used to treat obstructive sleep apnea. (1 CE contact hour ) New 2005
NONINVASIVE PRESSURE SUPPORT VENTILATION - A comparison and contrast between BiPAP and CPAP, indications, short-term, long-term, and nocturnal uses in the acute care setting, contraindications, patient set-up, initial settings and management. (2 CE contact hours) Revised 2006
PASSY-MUIR TRACHEAL AND VENTILATOR SPEAKING VALVES - The utilization, benefits, indications, contraindication, warning, assessment guidelines and protocols used with speaking valves for tracheostomized patients. (1 CE contact hour ) Revised 2005
RESPIRATORY HOME CARE: AN OVERVIEW - Details and goals in alternate site care, governmental regulations, patient assessment and documentations, patient and family education, oxygen therapy and more. (3 CE contact hours) Revised 2005
S.O.A.P. CHARTING - Subjective data, objective data (sputum, cough, chest x-ray, auscultation, ABG's, lab data, EKG), assessment, plan, S.O.A.P. vs. conventional charting. (1 CE contact hour ) Revised 2004
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NEONATAL RESPIRATORY CARE
ACUTE PEDIATRIC RESPIRATORY ILLNESSES - Focuses on the diagnosis and treatment of the most common respiratory illnesses that cause the pediatric patient to be admitted to the acute care hospital. (3 CE contact hours) New 2004
CONGENITAL DIAPHRAGMATIC HERNIA - Identify the symptoms, formulate a differential diagnosis, render appropriate and timely treatment, obtain indicated diagnostics and provide essential transport to ensure the best possible outcome for the infant. (2 CE contact hours) Revised 2008
HIGH FREQUENCY VENTILATION OF THE NEWBORN - History of high frequency ventilation, the types of high frequency ventilation, advantages, disadvantages and indications of high frequency ventilation. Also discussed will be the physical theories behind why this modality works and implementation and management of the infant while on high frequency ventilation including troubleshooting and weaning. (3 CE contact hours) Revised 2008
INTRODUCTION TO MECHANICAL VENTILATION OF THE NEONATE - Provides a basic understanding of neonatal ventilation including the main characteristics, common modes of ventilation and specifically the features and alarm systems of the Infant Star and Sechrist ventilators. Also discussed is the monitoring of the ventilator/neonate interface and setting and troubleshooting for alarms. (3 CE contact hours) Revised 2008
NEONATAL RESPIRATORY CARE: CLINICAL APPLICATIONS - Indications, complications, devices/ modes, initiation, management and weaning of 02 therapy, aerosol therapy, CPAP, and mechanical ventilation, airway care, bronchial hygiene, assessment, monitoring. (9 CE contact hours) Revised 2007
NEONATAL RESPIRATORY CARE: CRISIS MANAGEMENT - Indications, criteria, procedure for manual ventilation, chest compressions, emergency medications, postresuscitation procedures, review of initiation and maintenance of newborn breathing, fetal circulation, risk factors, temperature regulation, equipment preparation. (4 CE contact hours) Revised 2008
NEONATAL RESPIRATORY CARE: ESSENTIAL CARE - Fetal lung development, circulation, hemoglobin, lung fluid, risk factors, assessment, surfactant, labor, delivery, equipment preparation for high-risk infants, heat loss, NTE, newborn assessment, neural control, work of breathing. (6 CE contact hours) Revised 2004
PERSISTENT PULMONARY HYPERTENSION OF THE NEWBORN - Compares the normal fetal pulmonary and cardiac circulation, the four significant events occurring during the transition from intrauterine to extrauterine life and the pathophysiology of this condition. Clinical picture, diagnosis, prevention, treatment and management strategies are discussed in detail. (3 CE contact hours) Revised 2008
SURFACTANT ADMINISTRATION IN THE NEONATE - This course is designed to explain the evolution of surfactant replacement therapy and assist in the training of those administering exogenous surfactant replacement. (2 CE contact hours) New 2004
TENSION PNEUMOTHORAX IN THE PERINATAL/PEDIATRIC PATIENT - Recognition of signs and symptoms, causes and prevention, complications, treatment, management and monitoring of neonates at risk for or with the diagnosis of tension pneumothorax. (2 CE contact hours) Revised 2007
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POLYSOMNOGRAPHY
CPAP / BIPAP: USE IN SLEEP DISORDERS - Non-invasive methods of treating sleep disorders by the use of CPAP / BIPAP. (3 CE contact hours) New 2005
HOME CPAP MACHINES NEW MODES: AUTO-CPAP AND C-FLEX - Newest modes available, including Auto-CPAP and C-FLEX, on home CPAP machines used to treat obstructive sleep apnea. (1 CE contact hour ) New 2005
NONINVASIVE PRESSURE SUPPORT VENTILATION - A comparison and contrast between BiPAP and CPAP, indications, short-term, long-term, and nocturnal uses in the acute care setting, contraindications, patient set-up, initial settings and management. (2 CE contact hours) Revised 2006
OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA: DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT - Stages of sleep, treatment, common disorders, diagnostic techniques and clinical manifestation. (3 CE contact hours) Revised 2008
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SYNOPSIS OF RESPIRATORY DISORDERS
ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME - Pathophysiology and ARDS phases, etiology, clinical features, differential diagnosis, conventional and nonconventional treatment, complications, outcome. (5 CE contact hours) Revised 2008
ASTHMA - Types of asthma (extrinsic, intrinsic, occupational, exercise-induced, bronchial aspergillosis), pathology, causes, symptoms of acute attack, treatment, status asthmaticus, sedation, continuous nebulization, long-term management. (7 CE contact hours) Revised 2006
BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA - Pathology, predisposing factors, types of pneumonia (community-acquired, hospital-acquired, typical, atypical), diagnosis, causes, common bacterial pneumonias, treatment, complications. (5 CE contact hours) Revised 2007
CHEST TRAUMA - Blunt and penetrating chest trauma, diagnosis, symptoms, management and treatment, fractured ribs and sternum, flail chest, heart and lung trauma, hemothorax, empyema. (3 CE contact hours) Revised 2008
CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE - Chronic bronchitis, emphysema, COPD, epidemiology, pathology, clinical history, diagnosis, symptoms, physical examination, ABG's, PFT's radiology, complications, treatment, prognosis. (5 CE contact hours) Revised 2008
CYSTIC FIBROSIS - DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT - How the Respiratory Therapist plays a significant role in the assessment and treatment of this complicated disease. (2 CE contact hours) Revised 2008
PNEUMOTHORAX - Lungs, pleura, types of pneumothorax (primary, secondary, iatrogenic, traumatic, tension), incidence, etiology, symptoms, diagnosis, management, treatment. (3 CE contact hours) Revised 2007
PNEUMOTROPIC CHLAMYDIA AND MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE - Recognizing the main bacterial causes of community-acquired pneumonia. Emphasis is on the characteristics of the pathogens and the illnesses they cause. (2 CE contact hours) New 2005
PULMONARY CONSEQUENCES OF HIV/AIDS - Pathogenesis of HIV, adult & pediatric pulmonary disease, diagnosis, treatment, intensive care, occupational risk & prevention, ethical issues. (2 CE contact hours) Revised 2008
PULMONARY EDEMA - Normal fluid leakage, factors affecting lung water, interstitium, driving pressures, barriers to leakage, causes, diagnosis, symptoms, treatment and prognosis. (3 CE contact hours) Revised 2007
PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS - Epidemiology, transmission, clinical manifestations, diagnosis, treatment, chemotherapy, treatment regimens, prevention of TB. (2 CE contact hours) Revised 2005
TUBERCULOSIS AND OTHER BACTERIAL DISEASES - Features of tuberculosis and other mycobacterial species including the causes, transmission, pulmonary as well as extrapulmonary signs and symptoms, current approaches to diagnosis and treatment, multidrug-resistance and measures for prevention control. (4 CE contact hours) New 2005
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THERAPEUTIC PROCEDURES
ALTERNATIVE VENTILATOR HUMIDITY - WHEN AND HOW - Focuses on the indications, rationale and application of alternative humidification methodology in ventilator management. (1 CE contact hour ) New 2008
ARTIFICIAL AIRWAYS - Indications, complications, emergencies, care, intracuff monitoring, minimal leak technique, minimum occluding volume. (3 CE contact hours) Revised 2006
EXTUBATION: GUIDELINES AND PROCEDURE - Indications, complications, evaluation parameters, step-by-step procedure. (2 CE contact hours) Revised 2008
HELIOX - Indications, rationale and application of heliox therapy. Suggested procedures are described to assist the Emergency Department and Respiratory Care Department in formulating specific guidelines for the administration of heliox. (1 CE contact hour ) Revised 2007
HYPERINFLATION AND SECRETION CLEARANCE FOR THE 21ST CENTURY - Bringing the clinician up to date in the latest hyperinflation and secretion clearance techniques. Postural drainage, hyperinflation techniques, coughing, deep breathing and devices that assist are discussed. (2 CE contact hours) Revised 2008
MANDATORY (MINIMUM) MINUTE VENTILATION - Appropriate clinical application of this mode of therapy and it's outcome is described. The BEAR 1000 ventilator is briefly discussed. (1 CE contact hour ) Revised 2006
MECHANICAL VENTILATION: AN OVERVIEW - Indications, complications, modes of operation, initiation and management. (3 CE contact hours) Revised 2006
NEW VENT MODES: VS, PRVC, PC + PS AND AUTOMODE - Newest modes available on mechanical ventilators including: volume support, pressure regulated volume control, pressure control with pressure support, and the Automode. (2 CE contact hours) Revised 2008
NITRIC OXIDE - Neonatal and adult applications, administration, gas supply system, parameters to monitor and goals of nitric oxide therapy are discussed. (3 CE contact hours) Revised 2006
NONINVASIVE PRESSURE SUPPORT VENTILATION - A comparison and contrast between BiPAP and CPAP, indications, short-term, long-term, and nocturnal uses in the acute care setting, contraindications, patient set-up, initial settings and management. (2 CE contact hours) Revised 2006
OPTIMAL PEEP DETERMINATION - PEEP indications and complications, methods of optimal PEEP determination, step-by-step static compliance procedure to determine optimal PEEP. (2 CE contact hours) Revised 2008
PRESSURE SUPPORT VENTILATION - Indications, goals, patient selection criteria, initial settings, how PSV works, theoretical advantages of PSV. (2 CE contact hours) Revised 2007
RESPIRATORY PHARMACOLOGY - Aerosol therapy, autonomic nervous system, mucociliary system, beta-adrenergic agonists, theophylline, anticholinergics, corticosteroids, cromolyn sodium, mucokinetics, mucolytics, antibiotics, virazole, pentamidine, respiratory stimulants, sedatives. (8 CE contact hours) Revised 2005
S.O.A.P. CHARTING - Subjective data, objective data (sputum, cough, chest x-ray, auscultation, ABG's, lab data, EKG), assessment, plan, S.O.A.P. vs. conventional charting. (1 CE contact hour ) Revised 2004
SUCTIONING THE AIRWAY - Indications, complications, equipment, continuous-use catheters, step-by-step procedure. (2 CE contact hours) Revised 2008
TRACHEOTOMY - Surgical procedure, types and sizing of tracheostomy tubes are discussed. (4 CE contact hours) Revised 2005
WEANING FROM MECHANICAL VENTILATION - Muscle fatigue and atrophy, work of breathing, assessment criteria, monitoring parameters, SIMV procedure, SIMV with PSV procedure, t-piece time trials (intermittent removal) procedure. (3 CE contact hours) Revised 2005
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