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Course Criteria
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2.00 Credits
(Pre/Corequisite; RTT 218) Continues development of proficiency levels in skills introduced in Clinical Practices I, II, and III. In addition, the student is introduced to critical respiratory care.Case presentations are required to inte grate clinical and classroom theory. Topics include: inter mittent positive pressure breathing, chest physiotherapy, airway care, medical gas therapy, oxygen therapy, aerosol therapy, incentive spirometry, patient assessment, and respiratory care of the critical care patient.
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5.00 Credits
(Pre/Corequisites: RTT 212, RTT 213, RTT 218) Continues development of skills required in the intensive care of the respiratory patient. Case presentations are required to integrate clinical and classroom theory. Topics include; basic respiratory care of critical care patients, airway management, ventilator monitoring, arterial blood collection, blood gas analysis, and EKG.
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10.00 Credits
Provides students with an oppor tunity for in-depth application and reinforcement of adult intensive care. In addition, students are provided an opportunity for application and reinforcement of pediatric and neonatal intensive care, advanced diagnostics, and rehabilitation/home care. Topics include: mechanical ventilation initiation, patient stabilization, critical care monitoring, hemodynamic measurement, hemodynamic evaluation, bronchial hygiene, weaning mechanics, extuba-tion, arterial line sampling, advanced diagnostics, pediatric/ neonatal respiratory care, and rehabilitation/home care.
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1.00 Credits
(Pre/Corequisite: RTT 112) Provides an overview of the concepts, procedures, and equipment used in rehabilita tion and in the delivery of long-term care to persons with chronic pulmonary disorders. Topics include: cardio pulmonary rehabilitation/home care concepts, cardiopul monary rehabilitation/ home care procedures, and cardiopulmonary rehabilitation/home care equipment.
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4.00 Credits
An overview of the field of Polysomnography including: job responsibilities, credentialing, medical ethics and patient confidentiality. Normal and abnormal sleep disorders, interpreting the physiologic functions of the nervous, respiratory and cardiovascular systems. Emphasis is on basic sleep science, physiology, monitoring, electrical safety, diagnosis and treatment of sleep disorders, and neurophysiology of sleep.
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5.00 Credits
(Corequisite: RTT 310) Basic discussion of recording sleep apnea montage. Emphasis on equipment, principles of operation, associated activity related to normal and abnor mal stages of sleep, placement and calibration of the fol lowing: electroencephalography (EEG), electroculography (EOG), electrocardiography (ECG), electromyography (EMG), pulse oximetry (Sp02), inductive plethy smography and airflow thermocouple electrodes.
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5.00 Credits
(Prerequisites: RTT 301, RTT 302, RT 310; Corequisite: RTT 311) Presentation and discussion of psychomotor practices related to interpretation of polysomnograms of adult and pediatric clients. Emphasis on CPAP/BiPAP titraction, artifact recognition and troubleshooting of sleep montae results, maintenance of Polysomnography equip ment and ancillary equipment. Includes digital data acquisition and parasomnias.
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2.00 Credits
(Corequisites: RTT 301, RTT 302) Introduces students to the clinical setting in a sleep laboratory or a sleep center. Consists of departmental orientation, policies and proce dures, individual body mechanics and client transfers. Emphasis is on monitoring and working with polysomno-graphic equipment and monitoring sleep study clients, monitoring EEG, ECG, EOG, EMG, and Sp02, inductive plethysmography and airflow thermocouple electrodes and equipment.
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2.00 Credits
(Prerequisites: RTT 301, RTT 302, RTT 310; Corequisite: RTT 303) Provides student with clinical practice related to scoring and interpreting polysomnograms of adult and pediatric clients. Emphasis on CPAP/BiPAP titration, artifact recognition and troubleshooting of sleep montage results, maintenance of Polysomnography equipment and ancillary equipment.
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5.00 Credits
(Prerequisites: BIO 193; BIO 194; CHM 191; MAT 191; PHY 190 or PHY 191; Corequisites: RTT 113, RTT 193; Prerequisite/Corequisite: BIO 197) Provides students with the principles of chemistry and physics as they apply to respiratory therapy. Emphasizes specific modes of respira tory care in order to understand principles of application to patients, indications, hazards, contraindications, evalua tion of therapy, and patient assessment. Topics include: respiratory therapy chemistry and physics principles, pa tient assessment, medical gases, humidity/aerosol therapy, positive pressure breathing, incentive spirometry, postural drainage, percussion/vibration, universal precautions, and hospital safety.
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