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5.00 Credits
Prerequisites: BIO 2113, BIO 2114, CHM 1111, MAT 1111. Introduces the physiologic and pharmacologic basis of pulmonary and cardiac medications. Focuses on the preparation and calculation of dosages and mixtures and general principles of pharmacology. Topics include: drug preparation, dosage calculation, mixture preparation, pharmacology principles, bronchoactive drugs, and cardiopulmonary system related drugs.
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5.00 Credits
Prerequisites: BIO 2113, BIO 2114, CHM 1111, MAT 1111, PHY 1110. Corequisites: RTT 113, RTT 193. Prerequisite/ Corequisite: BIO 2117. Provides students with the principles of chemistry and physics as they apply to respiratory therapy. Emphasizes specific modes of respiratory care in order to understand principles of application to patients, indications, hazards, contraindications, evaluation of therapy, and patient assessment. Topics include: respiratory therapy chemistry and physics principles, patient assessment, medical gases, humidity/aerosol therapy, positive pressure breathing, incentive spirometry, postural drainage, percussion/ vibration, universal precautions, and hospital safety.
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5.00 Credits
Corequisite: RTT 112. Provides students with the opportunity to gain hands-on experience with basic respiratory therapy equipment. Students perform simulated clinical exercises as well as bedside assessments and cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Topics include: patient assessment, medical gases, humidity/aerosol therapy, positive pressure breathing, incentive spirometry, postural drainage, percussion/vibration, and medical ethics.
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10.00 Credits
Prerequisite: BIO 2113; BIO 2114; MAT 1111. Provides an in-depth study of cardiac and pulmonary anatomy and physiology, and the diagnostic procedures commonly used in the hospital to evaluate these systems. Emphasizes the heart-lung relationship and clinical applications of these phenomena in the cardiopulmonary system. Topics include: respiratory function; ventilatory mechanisms; gas transport; laboratory analysis; natural and chemical regulation of breathing; circulation, blood flow and pressure, and cardiac function; and renal physiology.
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2.00 Credits
Prerequisites/Corequisites: RTT 111, RTT 112, RTT 113. Introduces students to clinical practice in basic respiratory care procedures. Topics include: introduction to clinical affiliate, medical gas therapy, oxygen therapy, aerosol therapy, incentive spirometry, patient assessment, and cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
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2.00 Credits
Prerequisite/Corequisite: RTT 209. Continues to develop skills used in the clinical practice. Topics include: medical gas therapy, oxygen therapy, aerosol therapy, incentive spirometry, and patient assessment.
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5.00 Credits
Prerequisites: RTT 111, RTT 112. Provides students with information concerning assessment of etiology, pathophysiology, treatment, and prognosis of common cardiopulmonary, cardiovascular, and pulmonary diseases and conditions. Topics include: infectious diseases and conditions, respiratory diseases and conditions, neuromuscular diseases and conditions, cardiovascular diseases and conditions, patient assessment, laboratory tests, chest radiographs, and trauma.
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5.00 Credits
Prerequisites: RTT 112, RTT 113. Provides students with knowledge on all phases of adult critical care and continuous mechanical ventilation. Topics include: mechanical ventilation history, adult critical care, continuous mechanical ventilation, ventilator implementation, ventilation monitoring, ventilator weaning, and ventilator discontinuance.
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5.00 Credits
Prerequisites: RTT 112, RTT 113. Prerequisite/Corequisite: RTT 212 Provides instruction in the theory, setup, operation, and maintenance of mechanical ventilators and equipment used to establish and maintain both adult and pediatric airways and emergency airway disorders. Topics include: ventilator operation, ventilator maintenance, emergency airway disorders, adult airway establishment and maintenance, pediatric airway establishment and maintenance, fiber optic bronchoscopy, thoracentesis, chest tube maintenance, arterial blood gas sampling, and non-invasive ventilatory support.
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2.00 Credits
Prerequisites: RTT 112, RTT 113, RTT 193. Provides a study of advanced critical care techniques for hemodynamic and noninvasive monitoring. Topics include: arterial pressure monitoring, central venous catheters, pulmonary artery catheters, cardiac output measurement, and noninvasive monitoring techniques.
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