Clinical Skills: Respiratory rate assessment

Last updated: June 19, 2025

Clinical Skills: Respiratory rate assessment

Critical Care Week 2

Critical Care Week 2

Cardiovascular system anatomy and physiology

Coronary circulation

Abnormal heart sounds

ECG cardiac hypertrophy and enlargement

ECG cardiac infarction and ischemia

Atrial fibrillation

Supraventricular arrhythmias: Pathology review

Heart blocks: Pathology review

Class III antiarrhythmics: Potassium channel blockers

Class II antiarrhythmics: Beta blockers

Class IV antiarrhythmics: Calcium channel blockers and others

Calcium channel blockers

Apnea, hypoventilation and pulmonary hypertension: Pathology review

Atrial septal defect

Premature atrial contraction

Atrioventricular nodal reentrant tachycardia (AVNRT)

Ventricular tachycardia

Bronchodilators: Beta 2-agonists and muscarinic antagonists

Anatomic and physiologic dead space

Ventricular arrhythmias: Pathology review

Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome

Long QT syndrome and Torsade de pointes

Adrenergic antagonists: Alpha blockers

Ventricular fibrillation

Pericardial disease: Pathology review

Action potentials in pacemaker cells

Cardiomyopathies: Clinical

Syncope: Clinical

Premature ventricular contraction

Heart failure: Clinical

Ventricular septal defect

Cardiomyopathies: Pathology review

Heart failure: Pathology review

Pulmonary hypertension

Acute respiratory distress syndrome

Aortic aneurysms and dissections: Clinical

Peripheral vascular disease: Clinical

Valvular heart disease: Clinical

Pericardial disease: Clinical

Pulmonary embolism

Restrictive lung diseases

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD): Clinical

Obstructive lung diseases: Pathology review

Chronic bronchitis

Coronary artery disease: Clinical

Diffuse parenchymal lung disease: Clinical

Restrictive lung diseases: Pathology review

Lung volumes and capacities

Compliance of lungs and chest wall

Gas exchange in the lungs, blood and tissues

Anatomy of the lungs and tracheobronchial tree

Acute respiratory distress syndrome: Clinical

Respiratory alkalosis

Respiratory acidosis

Respiratory system anatomy and physiology

Pneumonia: Pathology review

Pneumonia: Clinical

Klebsiella pneumoniae

Chlamydia pneumoniae

Mycoplasma pneumoniae

Streptococcus pneumoniae

Pleural effusion: Clinical

Legionella pneumophila (Legionnaires disease and Pontiac fever)

Imaging features of COVID-19 (LifeBridge Health)

Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Rheumatic heart disease

Deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism: Pathology review

Cardiac conduction velocity

Cardiac tamponade

Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis

Diffusion-limited and perfusion-limited gas exchange

Ventilation-perfusion ratios and V/Q mismatch

Oxygen-hemoglobin dissociation curve

Oxygen binding capacity and oxygen content

Pulmonary edema

Respiratory distress syndrome: Pathology review

Angina pectoris

Unstable angina

Myocardial infarction

Prinzmetal angina

Peripheral artery disease

Aortic dissection

Pulseless electrical activity

Mitral valve disease

Endocarditis: Pathology review

Infective endocarditis: Clinical

Restrictive cardiomyopathy

Valvular heart disease: Pathology review

Pulmonary valve disease

Aortic dissections and aneurysms: Pathology review

Saccular aneurysm

Atherosclerosis and arteriosclerosis: Pathology review

Marfan syndrome

Peripheral artery disease: Pathology review

Metabolic acidosis

Metabolic and respiratory acidosis: Clinical

Metabolic alkalosis

Metabolic and respiratory alkalosis: Clinical

Acid-base disturbances: Pathology review

Acid-base map and compensatory mechanisms

Upper respiratory tract infection

Clinical Skills: Respiratory rate assessment

Lung cancer: Clinical

Hypertension: Clinical

Class I antiarrhythmics: Sodium channel blockers

Regulation of pulmonary blood flow

Clinical Skills: Mechanical ventilation - conventional ventilators

Standards of care for COVID-19 patients

Coronavirus disease 19 (COVID-19)

Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Tuberculosis)

Tuberculosis: Pathology review

Zones of pulmonary blood flow

Carbon dioxide transport in blood

Clinical Skills: BiPAP and CPAP

Bundle branch block

Adrenergic antagonists: Beta blockers