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A&T Respiratory offers comprehensive courses, webinars, conference and resources for mastering respiratory care.
A&T Respiratory offers comprehensive courses, webinars, conference and resources for mastering respiratory care.
Pulmonary infectious diseases, classified by the World Health Organization into either acute or chronic, are any infections that affect the lungs. These diseases can range from the common cold, allergies, influenza, pneumonia, and long-term chronic illnesses such as tuberculosis. They are caused by a variety of bacteria, viruses, fungi, and parasites, which are seen as the agents responsible for initiating an infection. Treating pulmonary infections requires effectively identifying and diagnosing the disease in question, as well as optimizing the patient’s current state of health to prevent further disease progression. One of the most common non-invasive tools used to measure the effectiveness of the treatment of pulmonary infections is the use of etCO2 (end-tidal carbon dioxide) capnography. This procedure involves measuring the expired CO2 levels in patients’ airways over a period of time. This is done by placing a small, flexible tube, with a sensor on the end, in the patient’s nose for the end-tidal capnography. EtCO2 capnography helps clinicians to understand the effect of both acute and chronic pulmonary infections by providing an accurate and easy to read measure of the patient’s respiratory rate and the amount of expired CO2.
A & T Respiratory Lectures has developed a series of easily accessible and affordable educational courses focused on various aspects of Patient safety through Infection control initiatives. The course content is designed and presented by experts in the field.
Safeguarding Patients: Infection Control in Health Care (SP):
This course is approved for 2 AARC CEU's. You must complete the 2 modules to get your certificate. You will have a 10 question comprehensive post test at the end. You must acheive a passing score of 70%. You can retake the test as many time as you want. Remember, each course has a PDF download and questions are based on the the content in the PDF.
Course Objectives1. The learner should be able to describe the more recently introduced initiatives to enhance patient safety.
2. Describe some ways in which newer patient safety initiatives can be applied at bedside.
3. Describe the different pathogens in the ICU
4. Describe methods to reduce the spread of these pathogens
Interdisciplinary Studies
Rutgers – School of Health Professions (SHP)
Albert J. Heuer, PhD, MBA, RRT-ACCS RPFT, FAARC, joined Rutgers University in 1996, where he currently holds the rank of Professor. He is an adjunct faculty within the Respiratory Care Programs at Rowan University (NJ), Rush University (Chicago, Illinois) and County College of Morris (NJ).
Dr. Heuer designs and teaches courses related to health care administration and respiratory care. Dr. Heuer co-authors one textbook, co-edits two others, including the world renowned Egan’s Fundamentals of Respiratory Care. Furthermore, Dr. Heuer has published numerous articles and book chapters, and has conducted many invited presentations relating to health care administration, clinical simulations and respiratory therapy.
Dr. Heuer is a Fellow in the American Association for Respiratory Care (FAARC) and is past recipient of the Rutgers Master Educator Guild and the Rutgers Excellence in Teaching Awards. Dr. Heuer has also in the past held the positions of Treasurer, Vice President and Director-at-Large for the New Jersey Society for Respiratory Care.
