Compliance Sector:
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- Infection Control for Healthcare Professionals
- Preventing Workplace Violence
- Adult Cardiac Assessment
- Adult Cardiac Assessment Fast Track
- Myocardial Damage in Adults
- Myocardial Damage in Adults Fast Track
- Adult Physical Assessment
- Advanced Adult Physical Assessment
- Block Party and Other Cardiac Arrythmias
- Block Party and Other Cardiac Arrythmias Fast Track
- Understanding Cardiac Medications
- Understanding Cardiac Medications Fast Track
- Adult Cardiac Risk Factors
Neonatal Respiratory Assessment Fast Track
Description
4.0 Contact Hours
This module includes the anatomy and physiology of the respiratory system, normal and abnormal findings of the respiratory system in your daily assessment, and a very brief description of gas exchange, oxygenation and mechanical ventilation. It also includes a case scenario that puts into practice the learner
Objectives
*Describe the basic anatomy and physiology of the newborn respiratory system
*List the six key categories of a complete newborn respiratory assessment
*Differentiate the typical and atypical findings in a newborn respiratory assessment
*Explain the physiology of gas exchange at the alveolar level
*Describe the key elements of mechanical ventilation, nitric oxide and ECMO
*Integrate respiratory assessment techniques and critical thinking ability by the use of case scenarios