PHA 542 - Clinical and Interpretive Skills III

Institution:

Rocky Mountain College

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Description:

Summer semester. 2 semester hours. This three-semester course will present common laboratory diagnostics employed in the evaluation of disease processes. Students develop proficiency in performing and analyzing such routine procedures as a CBC, a urinalysis, gram stains, and cultures. Students will develop skills and screening techniques in interpreting clinical laboratory values in relation to disease, therapy, and prognoses common to the delivery of primary care medicine. Students will also employ proper methods of performing various clinical procedures, such as intravenous catheter insertion, intramuscular injections, passing nasogastric tubes, applying plaster casts, phlebotomy, suturing and sterile technique, wound care (pre/post op), vital signs, intubation, catheterization, ear irrigations, and removal of foreign bodies. Also, this course will present fundamentals of radiology and imaging techniques and other factors involved in the roentgenographic evaluation of disease. Performing and interpreting of electrocardiograms will be presented.

Credits:

2.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

rocky.edu

Phone Number:

(406) 657-1000

Regional Accreditation:

Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities

Calendar System:

Semester

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