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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
Continues the clinical use of diagnostic tests and procedures. Emphasizes evaluation of chest radiographs, electrocardiography, and monitoring hemodynamics. Lecture and laboratory. Prerequisite: RSTH 304, RSTH 331.
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2.00 Credits
Comprehensively studies cardiopulmonary diseases and their adverse effects. Course content includes disease etiology, pathology, pathophysiology, clinical features, prognosis, treatment, and prevention. Prerequisite: RSTH 304, RSTH 331, RSTH 341. Corequisite: RSTH 323, RSTH 332, RSTH 342, RSTH 366.
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2.00 Credits
Comprehensively studies cardiopulmonary diseases and their adverse effects. Course content includes disease etiology, pathology, pathophysiology, clinical features, prognosis, treatment, and prevention. Prerequisite: RSTH 304, RSTH 331, RSTH 341. Corequisite: RSTH 323, RSTH 332, RSTH 342, RSTH 366.
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2.00 Credits
General introduction to the clinical setting; assessment of patients with respiratory disease. Develops work habits and patient-care techniques. Students must obtain current cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) certification from the American Heart Association before the end of the quarter. Prerequisite: RSTH 341. Corequisite: RSTH 342.
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2.00 Credits
Applies specific therapeutic techniques, including oxygen and humidity therapy, aerosol therapy, airway management, lunginflation techniques, and chest physiotherapy. Prerequisite: RSTH 341, RSTH 391; AHA CPR certification. Corequisite: RSTH 342, RSTH 381, RSTH 392L.
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4.00 Credits
Applies therapeutic techniques in continuous mechanical ventilation; special procedures, operation and postanesthesia room, and arterial blood-gas laboratory. Prerequisite: RSTH 343, RSTH 381, RSTH 392. Corequisite: RSTH 382, RSTH 404.
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2.00 - 4.00 Credits
Management of the patient with cardiopulmonary failure. Theory and capabilities of various life-support and monitoring systems. Prerequisite: Postprofessional student, senior standing, or consent of instructor.
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4.00 Credits
Continues the theory, practice, and knowledge of mechanical ventilation--providing an integrated approach to respiratory care in the critical-care arena. A systems-based approach used to incorporate respiratory care concepts, such as planning and implementing of protocols, best-practice guidelines, etc. Presentations, projects, and critical evaluation used to increase critical-thinking skills and patient-care skills. Prerequisite: RSTH 354.
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2.00 Credits
Principles and techniques of advanced emergency cardiac care: review of basic CPR, endotracheal intubation, and the use of airway adjuncts. Monitoring and dysrhythmia recognition. Essential and useful drugs for cardiac life support. Intravenous techniques. Appropriate use of devices for elective cardioversion or defibrillation, stabilization, and transportation. Use of circulatory adjuncts. Acid-base balance, drug therapy, and therapeutic interventions.
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2.00 Credits
Fetal development and circulation. Prenatal risk factors. Newborn resuscitation; newborn and pediatric assessment. Etiology, pathophysiology, course, treatment, and outcome of respiratory diseases as they relate to problems in pediatrics and neonatology. Discusses ECMO, high-frequency ventilation, and nitric oxide. Prerequisite: RSTH 304, RSTH 331.
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