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Course Criteria
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4.00 Credits
Prerequisites: RAD 204, 213, RAD 207, RAD 200, RAD 210 Corequisite: RAD 227 LEC 3 hrs LAB 3 hrs., Course Fee $100 The student will become acquainted with the various components to a radiologic quality assurance program stressing the significant role a quality assurance program must play in the field of radiography. The student will also study the effect of various appropriate types of electromagnetic radiation and their effect upon living tissues and stresses the importance of radiation protection for patients and personnel. A complete review of all radiography procedures will also be discussed.
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2.00 Credits
Prerequisite: RAD 207, RAD 200, RAD 210, RAD 204, RAD 213 Corequisites: RAD 220, RAD 227 LEC 2 hrs., LAB 0 hrs. The course presents the advanced imaging techniques required by nuclear medicine, diagnostic medical sonography, radiation therapy, mammography, computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging. The basic concepts and principles of cardiac and vascular interventional radiography will also be discussed.
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2.00 Credits
Prerequisite: RAD 213, RAD 207, RAD 200, RAD 210, RAD 204 Corequisites: RAD 220, RAD 224 LEC 0 hrs., LAB 16 hrs. per week, Course fee $100 This course provides the student with an opportunity to refine skills learned in previous radiography clinical courses. Continuous practice is performed to improve technique and procedures. Students will complete all remaining competencies for the program.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: RAD 227, RAD 224, RAD 220 LEC 0 hrs., LAB 32 hrs. per week, Course fee $100 This twelve-week course provides the student the opportunity to exercise independent judgment and discretion in the technical performance of medical imaging procedures. Students will complete the terminal competency evaluations for the program. This final session of clinical education ensures that the student is ready for employment. Recreation
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2.00 Credits
LEC 2 hrs., LAB 0 hrs., Course fee $20 Demonstrates the methods and materials used in arts and crafts projects for a variety of settings. Emphasis is on those skills necessary to teach arts and crafts. (This course is open only to students in curriculum 2940 or 5134.)
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5.00 Credits
Prerequisite: Completion of pre-professional phase of Respiratory Therapy program and permission of Program Coordinator LEC 4 hrs., LAB 3 hrs., Course fee $65 An introduction to respiratory care, including history of the profession, ethical and legal responsibilities of the respiratory therapist; medical terminology, basic respiratory care procedures including the physics, physiology and administration of medical gas therapy, and basic patient communication and assessment skills. Basic respiratory care procedures, humidity and aerosol therapy, hyperinflation therapy, chest physiotherapy and bronchial hygiene; an overview of microbiology as applied to respiratory care; infection control; and equipment sterilization procedures.
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2.00 Credits
Prerequisite: Permission of Program Coordinator LEC 2 hrs., LAB 0 hrs. An overview of general pharmacology, including routes of administration, federal regulations, dosages and calculations, and safety precautions; an in-depth study of drugs administered to the respiratory patient, including chemical structure, mechanism of action, indications, contraindications, physiologic effects and side-effects.
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2.00 Credits
Prerequisite: BIO 101, 102 and permission of Program Coordinator LEC 2 hrs., LAB 0 hrs. A study of physiologic mechanisms of the cardiopulmonary system, including a review of the anatomy of the pulmonary and circulatory systems; ventilatory mechanics, gas diffusion, physiology of internal and external respiration, oxygen transport, carbon dioxide elimination, acid-base balance, ventilation perfusion relationships; and the neurologic control of ventilation.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisites: RTH 199, 202, 203, 210 Corequisites: RTH 205, 206, 211 LEC 2 hrs., LAB 3 hrs., Course fee $65 Techniques of patient assessment and diagnostic evaluation of the cardiopulmonary system, including physical assessment, arterial blood gas analysis, pulmonary function testing, noninvasive monitoring of oxygenation and ventilation; an overview of laboratory tests, chest radiographs, electrocardiograph testing and interpretation and hemodynamic monitoring.
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2.00 Credits
Prerequisites: RTH 203 and permission of Program Coordinator LEC 2 hrs., LAB 0 hrs. An overview of the pathophysiology of diseases of the cardiopulmonary system with an emphasis on pathophysiologic processes such as hypoxemia, hypoventilation, diffusion defects and ventilation perfusion mismatch; a survey of diseases encountered by the respiratory therapist, including pathophysiology, diagnostic methods and findings, clinical manifestations, treatment and prognosis.
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