Introduction to Oxygen Therapy - NMU Bulletin

RSP 271 Introduction to Oxygen Therapy 3 cr.

• Offered: Fall
• Prerequisites: Admission to Respiratory Therapy program.
• Bulletin Year: 2023 - 2024 Undergraduate Bulletin | View the current NMU Catalog.

Goals and administration of medical gas therapy; evaluation of its effects. Mechanisms of external respiration, oxygen transport and hypoxmia. Laws and clinical guidelines governing use. Limitations, complications and contraindications. Lab practice with equipment.