Respiratory Care Laboratory
The Respiratory Care Laboratory, located in the Academic Building Room 102, provides a simulated hospital environment enabling students to practice new skills, enhance skills already learned, and to gain confidence and competence. The lab has the same equipment that students will see when they attend clinical sessions at area hospitals so they can practice in a controlled environment before proceeding to work with actual patients. Laboratory Assistants open the lab weekday evenings and Saturdays to provide supervised practice time to optimize student learning and skill development.
The purposes of the laboratory are:
- Practice procedures and skills prior to clinical experience/skill testing
- Familiarization with equipment
- View videos/ DVDs/ chest x-rays and listen to audio tapes
- Review and/or remediate identified weak areas of knowledge/skill competence
- Completion of assignments
- Perform skill testing
Available resources:
- neonatal, pediatric, and adult practice manikins
- piped air, oxygen and suction in a simulated hospital room with beds
- oxygen, humidity, lung expansion, airway management, pulmonary function, and secretion clearance equipment for skill practice
- infant, pediatric, and adult mechanical ventilators
- heart and lung sound manikins
- videos / audiotapes/ computer assisted instruction
- airway, lung, and heart models
- AED and CPR equipment
- ECG simulation equipment
- cardiac monitor/ defibrillator
- national credentialing exam preparation materials
- computer with on-line access and printer
