PULMONARY EDEMA AND ACUTE RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME (ARDS) (AARC)

Course overview

IN THIS COURSE, YOU WILL EVALUATE PULMONARY EDEMA. YOU WILL IDENTIFY THE ETIOLOGIES AND PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF PULMONARY EDEMA, WITH A FOCUS ON THE TREATMENT OF PULMONARY EDEMA DUE TO LEFT-VENTRICULAR HEART FAILURE. YOU WILL ALSO EVALUATE ACUTE (OR ADULT) RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME (ARDS), WHICH IS A DEVASTATING AND OFTEN FATAL INFLAMMATION OF THE LUNGS THAT USUALLY OCCURS IN CONJUNCTION WITH A SERIOUS MEDICAL CONDITION. YOU WILL THEN IDENTIFY YOUR ROLE IN THE CARE OF PATIENTS EXPERIENCING PULMONARY EDEMA OR ARDS.