RCP 487 - Expert Mechanical Ventilation

(F,W,S)
Lecture Hours: 2
Lab Hours: 0
Credit Hours: 2

Recognition of levels of quality in mechanical ventilation. Practicing clinicians balance experience with current evidence-based recommendations for mechanical ventilation in order to develop a hierarchy of quality care. Includes selection of new modes, patient-ventilator synchrony, the reduction of medical errors and ventilator associated pneumonia.

Prerequisites: RRT credential and admission to the degree completion program