2022 - 2023 Undergraduate Bulletin - NMU Bulletin

RSP 372 Airway Care 3 cr.

• Offered: Fall
• Prerequisites: Successful completion of RSP 271 through 277, and RSP 374.
• Bulletin Year: 2022 - 2023 Undergraduate Bulletin | View the current NMU Catalog.

Airway management, including types of artificial airways, indication, sections, complications, patient safety and maintenance. Laboratory manipulation of airways, tracheostomy tubes and care, nasal, oral and endotracheal suctioning and aseptic technique.

RSP 371 Common Acute Pulmonary Problems 3 cr.

• Offered: Fall
• Prerequisites: Successful completion of RSP 271 through 277 and RSP 374.
• Bulletin Year: 2022 - 2023 Undergraduate Bulletin | View the current NMU Catalog.

Study of etiologies and pathologies of critical respiratory abnormalities, disease and injuries from neonatal through geriatric. Effects of congenital defects, acquired conditions, traumas and multiple system failures upon ventilation and respiration.

RSP 277 Respiratory Care Clinical Experience I 4 cr.

• Offered: Winter
• Prerequisites: Admission to Respiratory program.
• Bulletin Year: 2022 - 2023 Undergraduate Bulletin | View the current NMU Catalog.

Student will work in hospital bedside care and pulmonary rehab environments under supervision, acquiring and evaluating clinical data, setting up equipment, initiating and performing prescribed therapies, delivering medications, teaching patients and evaluating effects. This experience will extend into the summer.

RSP 276 Therapeutic Modalities 4 cr.

• Offered: Winter
• Prerequisites: Admission to Respiratory Therapy program.
• Bulletin Year: 2022 - 2023 Undergraduate Bulletin | View the current NMU Catalog.

Aerosol and humidy therapy; medical gas therapy; breathing exercises, lung inflation and bronchial hygene principles and therapies. Setting goals, meeting criteria, selecting therapeutic modalities and evaluating effects. Laboratory practice in setting up and adjusting equipment, using stethoscope and performing basic chest exam.

RSP 275 Cardiopulmonary Diagnostics 4 cr.

• Offered: Winter
• Prerequisites: Admission to Respiratory Therapy program.
• Bulletin Year: 2022 - 2023 Undergraduate Bulletin | View the current NMU Catalog.

Assessment of cardiopulmonary system, monitoring and diagnostics: PFTs; ABGs; hemodynamics; ECG; non-invasive cardiopulmonary diagnostics; exercise testing; sleep studies. Laboratory practice performing tests and interpreting results.

RSP 274 Essentials of Neonatal Respiratory Care 4 cr.

• Offered: Winter
• Prerequisites: Admission to Respiratory Therapy program.
• Bulletin Year: 2022 - 2023 Undergraduate Bulletin | View the current NMU Catalog.

Fetal circulation and lung development. Fetal origins of cardiopulmonary disease. Anatomy and physiology of the neonatal lung, pathophysiology of prematurity and respiratory management of the high-risk newborn.

RSP 273 The Cardiopulmonary System 4 cr.

• Offered: Fall
• Prerequisites: Admission to Respiratory Therapy program.
• Bulletin Year: 2022 - 2023 Undergraduate Bulletin | View the current NMU Catalog.

Functional and cardiopulmonary anatomy and physiology; mechanics of ventilation and cardiac output. Musculoskeletal and nervous systems of the lungs and thorax, myocardial mechanics and total body fluid volume. Concepts of ventilation/perfusion ratio and regional changes, deadspace and shunting.

RSP 272 Respiratory Pharmacology 2 cr.

• Offered: Fall
• Prerequisites: Admission to Respiratory Therapy program.
• Bulletin Year: 2022 - 2023 Undergraduate Bulletin | View the current NMU Catalog.

Basic pharmacologic principles. Autonomic nervous system, catacholamines and mechanisms of bronchospasm and bronchodilation. Classes and types of pulmonary agents and calculating doses.

RSP 271 Introduction to Oxygen Therapy 3 cr.

• Offered: Fall
• Prerequisites: Admission to Respiratory Therapy program.
• Bulletin Year: 2022 - 2023 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.

RSP 106 Introduction to Respiratory Therapy 1 cr.

• Offered: Winter
• Bulletin Year: 2022 - 2023 Undergraduate Bulletin | View the current NMU Catalog.

RT's role in health promotion and education, disease prevention and treatment, homecare, hospitals, subacute, SNFs, hospice and doctors' offices. Licensing, credentialing and professional organizations. Introduction to medical ethics, professionalism and patients' rights and responsibilities. Includes CPR and infection control.