Eduardo Mireles-Cabodevila is Director, Medical Intensive Care Unit,Medical Director, Simulation and Advanced Skills Center Assistant Professor of Medicine Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University Respiratory Institute Cleveland Clinic Cleveland, Ohio

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• Section I. Foundations of Respiratory Care1. Early History of Respiratory Care2. The Profession of Respiratory Care3. Quality, Patient Safety, and Communication4. Principles of Infection Prevention and Control5. Ethical and Legal Implications of Practice6. Physical Principles of Respiratory Care7. E-Medicine in Respiratory Care8. Fundamentals of Respiratory Care ResearchSection II. Applied Anatomy and Physiology9. The Respiratory System10. The Cardiovascular System11. Ventilation12. Gas Exchange and Transport13. Solutions, Body Fluids, and Electrolytes14. Acid-Base Balance15. Regulation of BreathingSection III. Assessment of Respiratory Disorders16. Bedside Assessment of the Patient17. Interpreting Clinical and Laboratory Data18. Interpreting the Electrocardiogram19. Analysis and Monitoring of Gas Exchange20. Pulmonary Function Testing21. Review of Thoracic Imaging22. Flexible Bronchoscopy and the Respiratory Therapist23. Nutrition AssessmentSection IV. Review of Cardiopulmonary Disease24. Pneumonia25. Obstructive Lung Disease. Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), Asthma,and Related Diseases26. Interstitial Lung Disease27. Pleural Diseases28. Pulmonary Vascular Disease29. Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS)30. Respiratory Management of Trauma, Obesity, Near Drowning, and Burns31. Acute Heart Failure32. Lung Cancer33. Neuromuscular and Other Diseases of the Chest Wall34. Disorders of Sleep35. Neonatal and Pediatric Respiratory DisordersSection V. Basic Therapeutics36. Airway Pharmacology37. Airway Management38. Emergency Cardiovascular Life Support39. Humidity and Bland Aerosol Therapy40. Aerosol Drug Therapy41. Storage and Delivery of Medical Gases42. Medical Gas Therapy43. Lung Expansion Therapy44. Airway Clearance Therapy (ACT)Section VI. Acute and Critical Care45. Respiratory Failure and the Need for Ventilatory Support46. Mechanical Ventilators47. Physiology of Ventilatory Support48. Patient-Ventilator Interactions49. Initiating and Adjusting Invasive Ventilatory Support50. Noninvasive Ventilation51. Extracorporeal Life Support52. Monitoring the Patient in the Intensive Care Unit53. Discontinuing Ventilatory Support54. Neonatal and Pediatric Respiratory CareSection VII. Patient Education and Long-Term Care55. Patient Education and Health Promotion56. Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation57. Respiratory Care in Alternative Settings58. Ethics and End of Life