MSRT 6470 - Adult Critical Care Specialty (ACCS)

Credits: (3)
Typically Taught Spring Semester: Full Sem
Description: This course prepares the advanced-practice respiratory care practitioner (RCP) to effectively evaluate, assess, manage and provide appropriate care to critically ill adult patients. This course extensively covers advanced airway and cardiovascular management, mechanisms of respiratory failure, analysis of laboratory and imaging results, specialty medical gasses and pharmacological agents, management of patients with infectious disease and sepsis, assisting and performing advanced procedures, and end-of-life care in the adult population. This course will prepare the practitioner for an advanced critical care specialty credentialing examination (ACCS).
Pre-requisite(s): Acceptance into MSRT program.