Critical and Long Term Ailments & Neonatal Care

Critical and Long Term Ailments: COPD- Respiratory Emergencies

Upon completion of this course, you will be able to: COPD

  1. Define and discuss what is meant by the term “COPD”
  2. Identify the symptoms, describe their frequency and prevalence in the U.S.
  3. Describe the current guidelines for physician care and COPD management
  4. Identify the study’s major conclusion, including the need for better education

Respiratory Emergencies

  1. Name three diseases associated with breathing emergencies
  2. Name three breathing devices and the expected oxygen delivery each provides
  3. Describe the emergency management of choking and airway obstruction
  4. Describe the emergency treatment of the drowning and near the drowning patient
  5. Describe the emergency treatment of patients with carbon monoxide poisoning

Neonatal Care

Upon completion of this course, you will be able to:

  1. Identify and discuss the stages of fetal lung development, summarizing its functions in utero and transitions at birth.
  2. Describe the development of fetal circulation.
    Explain the role surfactant plays in the development of neonates.
  3. Identify and discuss the stages of labor and delivery, complications that can occur, and preventive steps that can be taken.
  4. Explain how to interpret neonatal radiographs, and how to treat the most common respiratory diseases affect infants and children.
  5. Describe the markers for a high-risk pregnancy, and high-risk infants.
  6. Identify the clinical signs and appropriate treatments for common neonatal.