Respiratory Therapeutics

Electronic Medical Records & Medical Record Entries

Common medical abbreviations, patient medical record elements, respiratory documentation, physician and verbal orders, Five Rights verification, and EMR hard stops.

Oxygen & Mixed Gas Therapy

Therapeutic respiratory gases, gas storage and delivery systems, cylinder safety, regulators, flowmeters, blenders, oxygen and Heliox duration calculations, Heliox flowmeter correction, and oxygen concentrators.

Oxygen Delivery Devices

O2 indications, contraindications, and hazards; low- and high-flow delivery devices; Rule of Fours; Venturi entrainment; HFNC; and oxygen analyzer calibration.

Humidification Delivery

Humidity fundamentals, ISB, active and passive humidification, HME indications and contraindications, and bland aerosol therapy with cool vs warm goals.

Medication Delivery Modalities

Aerosol particle size, MDI and spacer technique, small volume nebulizer setup and administration, ventilator medication delivery, DPI use, and SPAG indications.

Controlled Breathing & Airway Clearance Techniques

Directed cough techniques, normal cough phases, manually assisted cough, huff cough, autogenic drainage, pursed-lips breathing, diaphragmatic breathing, and mechanical insufflation-exsufflation.

Hyperinflation Therapy

IPPB indications, contraindications, disadvantages, therapeutic settings, administration procedure, incentive spirometry, and sustained maximal inspiration coaching.

Airway Clearance Therapy

Chest physiotherapy, postural drainage, percussion, vibration, PEP devices, vibratory expiratory resistance, IPV, and high-frequency chest wall oscillation.

Module Exam

Comprehensive 50-question module exam covering respiratory documentation, gases, oxygen delivery, humidification, medication delivery, controlled breathing, hyperinflation therapy, and airway clearance.