Comprendre la respiration

Description

In this course, you will learn:

• By utilising diagrams and computations, explain and demonstrate the concepts of oxygenation, ventilation, oxygen transport and consumption, gas diffusion between air and blood...
• Assess the quantity and quality of oxygenation in a patient.
• Differentiate between normal and unhealthy conditions.

Syllabus:

1. Without oxygen, no life on earth
2. Respiratory anatomy: from the mouth to the pulmonary alveoli
3. Ventilation and lung volumes
4. Physicists of respiration
5. The Oxygen Waterfall
6. Hemoglobin, carrier of oxygen in the blood
7. The colors of oxygen
8. Carbon Dioxide (CO2): much better than body waste
9. Breathing at altitude or on a plane: an adaptation to hypoxia
10. Physical exertion increases oxygen consumption
11. The fetal lung is the placenta of its mother
12. Air pollutants, carbon monoxide (CO) and smoking
13. Asthma obstructs and inflames the small bronchi
14. Chronic bronchitis and emphysema reduce the elasticity of the lungs
15. Pulmonary edema: the heart and lungs are inseparable
16. Breathing and well-being: yoga and hypnosis
17. Respiratory physiology supplements: surfactant, compliance, fibros