Respiratory Care
Department Faculty
Melissa D. Dearing, BS, RRT-NPS, RCP
Contact me at:
Melissa
D. Dearing, BS, RRT-NPS, RCP
Associate Professor - Respiratory Care
HSB 202C
281.312.1596
Email: Melissa.D.Dearing@lonestar.edu
About Me:
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Associate of Science Degree in Respiratory
Care from Kingwood College in December of 1999.
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CRT
credentials in January of 2000.
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ICU and ER
therapist at Tomball Regional Hospital from 2000 – 2003
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Hermann
Children’s Hospital as a PICU primary from 2003 – current
o
RRT
credentials in January of 2005
o
Shift
Supervisor at Hermann Children’s - 2005
o
Clinical
Instructor for Kingwood College - 2005
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LoneStar-
Kingwood College in January of 2006 as Assistant Professor of Respiratory Care
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Earned Neonatal/Pediatric Specialist Credentials in
2006
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Earned BS from Midwestern State University in 2008
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Currently
seeking an MEd at Lamar University – anticipated graduation date -Sept 2010
Informative WebPages:
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Mechanical
Ventilation Lecture for Nursing
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Life Colors
Personality Assessment: http://www.lifecolorsonline.com/lifecolorslite.html
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AARC website: https://secure.aarc.org/membership/aarc_dues_system.asp
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TSRC website: http://tsrc.org/
Classes
this Semester:
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Exit Class – Seniors 2009
1.
Syllabus
·RSPT 2210: CARDIOPULMONARY
DISEASE
ü SYLLABUS
ü Class
Calendar with Assignments
ü Research
Papers: All research papers
are to be submitted to Turnitin.com
1. Paper #1
2. Paper #2
3. Paper#3
ü Homework
Assignment Information
1. How
to set up your homework assignment
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Lectures for Summer 2008: Lecture #1: Chronic
Bronchitis Lecture #2: Emphysema Lecture # 3: Asthma Lecture #4: Bronchiectasis Lecture #5: ELD/Pneumoconiosis Lecture #6: Pneumonia Lecture #7: Lung
Abscesses Lecture #8: Tuberculosis Lecture #9: Fungal
Diseases of the Lung Lecture #10: Pulmonary Edema Lecture #11: Pulmonary Embolism Lecture #12: Flail Chest Lecture #13: Pneumothorax Lecture #14: Guillain-Barre Syndrome Lecture #15: Myasthenia Gravis Lecture #16: Sleep Apnea Lecture #17: ARDS Lecture # 18: Near Drowning Lecture #19: Smoke Inhalation Lecture
# 20: Respiratory Failure |
KELLEY BUZBEE’S A&P CLASS – Syllabus: http://wwwappskc.lonestar.edu/programs/respcare/rspt1207c.htm
FUNDAMENTAL II - EVENING CLASS - SPRING 2009
·
Syllabus
for Spring 2009- Fundamentals II
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Lab Notebook – REQUIREMENT FOR THIS COURSE!!!
3. CPT
Check Off – please read prior to lab
o
Answer
Key to Egan's Study Guide Chapter 40
·
Lecture #2 - ABG
Quality Control and Maintenance Exam on Monday, Feb 16, 2009
o Remediation
for Exam #2 Due March 2, 2009
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Lecture # 3 - ABG
Puncture and Sampling
o Remediation
for ABG Puncture Exam Due April 6, 2009
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Lecture #4 - Airway
Management – Part I (Print as a handout or it will be 85 pages!)
o Remediation
for Airway Management Exam
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Lecture
# 5 - Airway Management and Emergencies - (Part II of Airway Management)
2. Remediation
for Airway Management Exam #2
RSPT 2139 – ACLS
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Syllabus
for ACLS – Spring 2009
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Link for AED
Video: http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=automatic+external+defibrillator&emb=0&aq=1&oq6=automatic+ex#
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Starting IV’s:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfQbbCx6xFU
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Intubation: http://youtube.com/watch?v=eRkleyIJi9U&feature=related
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Combitube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGty_b6K7T0
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Central Veins – IV Sites
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Peripheral Vein - IV
Sites
RSPT 1160 PRACTICUM
·
Syllabus for
Clinical - Spring 2009
1.
RSPT 2160 – 2nd
Year Evening Class
2.
RSPT 1160 – 1st
Year Evening Class
·
Clinical
Rotation Assignments – Spring 2009
1.
RSPT 2160
– Evening Class 2nd Year
2.
RSPT 1160 – Evening Class
1st Year
Previous Classes
Evening Classes - Fall 2008
RSPT 1101 Introduction to
Respiratory Care: Syllabus Fall 2008
Ø Essay Instructions
Ø Essay Assignments
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Lecture for Unit 1: Principles of Infection Control
1.
Review for Infection Control Exam
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Lecture for Unit 2: Vital Signs
1.
Blood
Pressure
2.
Temperature
Conversion
3.
Review for
Vital Signs Exam
2nd Lecture for
Unit 2: Patient
Assessment
3rd Lecture for
Unit 2:
Auscultation
Review
for Patient Assessment and Auscultation Exam (#3)
Remediation
for Patient Assessment and Auscultation Exam #3
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Lecture for
Unit 3: Pt.
Safety, Recordkeeping and Quality Resp Care
1.
Chapter 2
Answer Key
2.
Chapter 3
Answer Key
3.
Remediation
–
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Lecture for
Unit 3 part II:
Hx of Respiratory Care
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Lecture for
Unit 3: Ethics and Legal Issues in Respiratory Care
Review
for History and Ethics (part of your final for Intro)
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Picture of heart: G:\respcare\heart.doc
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Web pages for breath sounds:
http://education.vetmed.vt.edu/Curriculum/VM8754/respir/sdf/sounds/sounds.htm
http://www.rale.ca/Recordings.htm
http://medocs.ucdavis.edu/IMD/420C/sounds/lngsound.htm
RSPT 1429 Respiratory Care
Fundamentals I: Syllabus for 1429 - Fall 2008
·
Medical Terminology Schedule
1.
Study Guide For Quiz #1 (Quiz - August 29, 2008)
2. Study Guide For Quiz #2 (Quiz - September 5, 2008)
3. Study Guide for Quiz #3 (Quiz - September 12, 2008)
4. Study Guide for Quiz #4 (Quiz - September 19, 2008)
5. Study Guide for Quiz #5 (Quiz - September 26, 2008)
6. Study Guide for Quiz #6 (Quiz - October 3, 2008)
7. Study Guide for Quiz #7 (Quiz
- October 10, 2008)
8. Study Guide for Quiz #8 (Quiz - October 17, 2008)
9. Study Guide for Quiz #9 (Quiz - October 24, 2008)
10.
Study Guide for Quiz # 10 (Quiz
- October 31, 2008)
11.
Study Guide for Quiz #11 (Quiz
- November 7, 2008)
12.
Study Guide for Quiz #12 (Quiz
- November 14, 2008)
13.
Study Guide for Quiz #13 (Quiz
- November 28, 2008)
14.
Study Guide for Quiz #14 (Quiz -
December 5, 2008)
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Lecture on Medical Gas Therapy - Egan's Chapter 38
1. Answer Key to Egan's
Chapter 38 - Medical Gas Therapy
2. Power Point Case Studies -
Mrs. Wade and Mr. Johnson
3. Review for Medical Gas
Therapy Exam
4. Cheat Sheet for Medical
Gas Equations - you may not use this sheet on the Exam!!!
5. Remediation for Med Gas
Therapy Exam
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Lecture on
Humidity and Bland Aerosol - Chapter 35
1. Key Terms for Chapter 35
2. Humidity Made Simple Handout
3. Answer Key to Egan's Humidity and Bland
Aerosol - 8th edition (Use this link if you have the old text book)
4. Answer Key to Chapter 35 - 9th edition (use
this link if you have the new text book)
4. Review for Chapter 35 Exam Exam Date - October 28, 2008
5. Remediation for Humidity and Bland Aerosol Therapy (Due by Monday, November 10, 2008)
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Chest X-Rays and Lab Values
· Web page for chest films: http://www.meddean.luc.edu/lumen/MedEd/medicine/pulmonar/cxr/atlas/cxratlas_f.htm
· Review for Lab Values and Chest X Ray Exam
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Lecture for Medical Gas
Therapy II - Chapter 37 in Egan's (updated
10-29-08)
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Study Guide for Med Gas
Therapy II Exam (Exam
on November 25, 2008)
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Workbook Answers for Egan’s
Chapter 37
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Remediation for Medical
Gas Storage Exam (Due
on December 1, 2008)
RSPT 2305 Pulmonary Diagnostics: Syllabus for Fall
2008
Ø Lecture Unit 2 - Clinical
Application of Radiographic Techniques
Ø Lecture Unit 5 - Sleep
Studies
Ø Lecture Unit 7 - Chest
Tubes and Drainage
Picture of the heart: G:\respcare\heart.doc
2nd
Picture -Picture of the
heart
RSPT 2353 Neonatal/Pediatric
Cardiopulmonary Care: http://wwwappskc.lonestar.edu/programs/respcare/rspt2353.htm
ü Unit
3 Lectures
§ Chapter
6 Pediatric Assessment
§ Chapter
7 Pediatric PFT's
§ Neonatal
and Pediatric CXR Chapter 8
§ Pediatric
Airway Disorders Chapter 33
§ Chapter
34 - Asthma
§ Chapter
35 - CF
§ Chapter
36 - ARDS
§ Chapter
37 - Shock and Anaphylaxis
§ Chapter
38 - Sepsis and Meningitis
§ Chapter
39 - Thermal and Inhalation Injury
§ Chapter
40 - Head Injury
§ Chapter
41 - Submersion Injury
§ Chapter
42 - Pediatric Poisoning
§ Chapter
43 - Disorders of the Pleura
§ Chapter
44 - Neurologic and Neuromuscular Disease
§ Chapter
19-22 – Mechanical Ventilation of the Neonatal/Pediatric Patient
§ Chapter
23 – Gas Mixtures
1. Nitric
Oxide Student Lecture
§ Chapter
24- ECMO
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Links:
Life and Breath Video from AARC: http://www.aarc.org/career/be_an_rt/life_and_breath.cfm