RT 9040 - Advanced Monitoring

3 Credit Hours
Description
Description: This doctoral-level course provides a study of advanced cardiopulmonary monitoring used in critical care units. Basic description of advanced monitoring equipment and key points of a therapist’s role in specialty units will be discussed. Calculations and interpretations of hemodynamic data obtained from pulmonary artery catheters and central lines will be discussed. General care of an adult ECMO patient in the cardiovascular unit will be discussed. Advanced mechanical ventilator wave forms will be interpreted and discussed to enhance ventilator to patient synchrony. Advanced respiratory therapy equipment and procedures such as bronchoscopy and Nitric Oxide will be discussed. Ultrasound guided arterial line insertion techniques will be discussed and demonstrated. Specific focus on the recent literature on advanced bronchoscopy procedures, nitric oxide and inhaled vasodilators, and extracorporeal membrane oxygenation will be discussed for doctoral students.