RT101

Identify the physical principles that are most important to respiratory physiology and respiratory care.

2. Explain behaviors of fluid at various pressures, volumes, temperatures and flows

3. Describe units of measurements and states of matter.

4. Discuss physical principles affecting force, stress, pressure and work.

5. Describe surface tension and its relationship to lung functions

6. Discuss Boyles, Charless and Graf-Lussacs laws and ideal gas law, and explain how changes in pressure, temperature and volume affect the behavior of gases

7. Describe application of physical principles to monitoring, measurement, and assessment of the lung