About the Course
Treat the Beat3 with Airway Management is designed to provide the Respiratory Therapist the cognitive knowledge and psychomotor skills to effectively function as a team member of a hospital code team and with experience, manage the airway of the code call. The information that is presented in this course is standardized by the American Heart Association and the Emergency Nurses Association.
Emphasis is placed on opening the airway, managing the airway, securing the airway and finally maintaining the airway. Airway adjuncts, oxygen delivery and monitoring systems, and suctioning systems are presented. The new science of ACLS is also included in this presentation with ECG practice strips and interventions that are required to know for the ACLS examination.
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Course Objectives
Upon successful completion of this course the learner will be able to:
Describe high-quality CPR. Describe the limitations of pulse oximeter monitoring. State 6 ways to administer oxygen.
Describe the EC technique for bag/mask ventilation. State the hazards of increase tidal volume, forceful ventilations and hyperventilations. State 2 ways to maintain the airway. State 2 ways to secure the airway. State 4 indications of ET placement. State 4 primary ways to confirm ET placement. State 2 secondary was to confirm ET placement. Identify sinus rhythm, bradycardia, tachycardia, ventricular fibrillation, asystole, PEA and state 2 interventions of each. Designate the task that need to be delegated in a code call. Describe the difference between cardioversion and defibrillation. Describe the adjunctive therapies of acute coronary syndrome. Verbalize the steps to determine an ischemic stroke.