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2.00 Credits
This course is designed to provide students with an understanding of the fundamentals of mechanical ventilation. The focus will be placed on the way mechanical ventilators function, basic terminology, classification, technological and mathematical concepts, graphical displays and the interrelationship between pressure, volume, flow and time as related to mechanical ventilator function. Prerequisite(s): AHS 105; BIO 132; BIO 133; RT 105.
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3.00 Credits
This course is designed to give Respiratory Therapy students insight into special considerations involved in the respiratory care of the neonatal and pediatric patient. Emphasis will be given to lung embryology and morphology, abnormal cardiopulmonary and congenital anomalies of the newborn and overall respiratory care of the distressed neonate. Also discussed will be respiratory disease of infancy and childhood. Particular attention will be given to the specialized equipment used to maintain, monitor, and treat the neonatal pediatric patient. Prerequisite(s): Prerequisite: AHS 105; AHS 114; BIO 132; BIO 133; and all preceding RT courses.
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3.00 Credits
This class is designed to give second year Respiratory Therapy students insight into the organization and structure of the Intensive Care Unit; included will be discussion of the roles, relationships and stresses upon the ICU health care team. Also discussed will be infection control in, and psychological implications of, the ICU environment. Major course emphasis will center on Hemodynamic Monitoring as well as assessment and treatment of the patient with specific pathologic conditions commonly seen in the ICU. The interrelations between organ systems and disease entities in the critically ill patient will also be discussed. Prerequisite(s): AHS 105; AHS 114; BIO 132; BIO 133; and all preceding RT courses.
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4.00 Credits
This course is a continuation of RT 107. The development of clinical skills in the physiological assessment of the patient and care of the adult patient will be re inforced.Students will have an opportunity for observation of surgery in the Operating Room and also receive an introduction to selected critical care procedures Students will be assigned 2 eight hour clinical days each week.. In addition, students will be introduced to some non hospital based aspects of Respiratory Therapy such as diagnostic testing laboratories, physician medical practices, home care, and Sleep Diagnostic Laboratories. Prerequisite(s): RT 107.
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6.00 Credits
This clinical course is designed to provide an in depth introduction into the role of the respiratory therapist in the Acute Critical Care setting for adult, pediatric and neo natal patients. In addition the clinical practicum is designed to polish the skills learned in previous clinical rotations and serve overall as the final preparation for employment at the entry level in Respiratory Therapy. Students will be assigned 3 eight hour days per week. Prerequisite(s): RT 208, RT 211, RT 205, AHS 208.
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3.00 Credits
This course is designed as a follow up to RT 111, Introduction to Mechanical Ventilation. It is designed for senior Respiratory Therapy students as a more advanced and detailed presentation of topics initially raised in the introductory course with an emphasis on clinical applications and also the addition of an introduction to neonatal mechanical ventilation. Ventilator graphics, high frequency ventilation, non invasive mechanical ventilation, acute respiratory distress syndrome, lung protective strategies, newer ventilator modes and formats, airway pressure therapy and weaning from mechanical ventilation will all be studied. Laboratory sessions will focus on operating characteristics of selected mechanical ventilators as well as clinical simulations. Prerequisite(s): AHS 105; AHS 114; BIO 132; BIO 133; and all preceding RT courses.
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2.00 Credits
This is the first of four semesters of Seatime. It is designed to introduce AMBO students to the basic activities of field and aquatic research, often while on a research vessel. Students will be taught introductory field sampling methods, including water quality techniques, basic navigation, biological sampling, and data acquisition and analysis. In addition, instructors will reinforce techniques learned in MS 101 such as knot tying, boat handling and seamanship. Corequisite(s): OCO 111 and MS 101.
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2.00 Credits
This is the second semester of Seatime. In this course students continue to use water quality and biological sampling methods, plus technologically advanced equipment. Collection and identification of algae and invertebrates is emphasized. Prerequisite(s): SEA 113
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2.00 Credits
In Seatime III students will build on their previous sampling and data analysis experiences. Additionally, they will extensively employ geographic orientation instruments, side scan sonar and GPS and remote photography, to generate subsurface marine habitat maps of our study areas in western Casco Bay. Commensurate with the above activities, students will participate in a long term survey documenting the size distribution of the lobster population in our study areas. Prerequisite(s): SEA 114
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2.00 Credits
Seatime IV is viewed as a capstone course, one that requires the participants to demonstrate their proficiency in all aspects of our field activities. As part of the capstone, each student, with the assistance of a faculty member, designs and implements a project addressing an oceanographic or biological topic in Casco Bay. Students' using the techniques acquired in their Seatime class collect and analyze relevant data and generate a report which is presented to the department as part of a student seminar series. Past projects have included: Current Structure in Portland Harbor, Distribution of Shallow Water Fish Populations, Documenting the Onset of the Spring Plankton Bloom, Detailed Habitat and Specie Distribution Mapping. Prerequisite(s): SEA 211.
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