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5.00 Credits
Banner Title: Clinical Practice V In this course, students develop skills required in the intensive care of respiratory patients. They complete case presentations to integrate clinical and classroom theory. Topics include basic respiratory care of critical care patients, airway management, ventilatory monitoring, arterial blood collection, blood gas analysis, and EKG. Corequisite: RTT 217 Offered Spring term
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10.00 Credits
Banner Title: Clinical Practice VI This course provides students with an opportunity for in-depth application and reinforcement of adult intensive care, pediatric and neonatal intensive care, advanced diagnostics, and rehabilitation and home care. Topics include initiation of mechanical ventilation, patient stabilization, critical care monitoring, hemodynamic measurement and evaluation, bronchial hygiene, weaning mechanics, extubation, arterial line samples, advanced diagnostics, pediatric and neonatal respiratory care, and rehabilitation and home care. Prerequisite: RTT 220 with a grade of C or better, RTT 217 with a grade of C or better, RTT 227 with a grade of C or better, RTT 215 with a grade of C or better Students who have superior performance all college course work within the Athens Technical College Respiratory Therapy Curriculum are eligible to apply for a remote internship at a clinical facility outside of the standard Athens Technical College clinical facilities defined as clinical facilities which have students from RTT 209, RTT 210, RTT 218, RTT 219, RTT 220. Offered Summer term
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1.00 Credits
Banner Title: Rehabilitation and Home Care This course provides an overview of the concepts, procedures, and equipment used in rehabilitation and in the delivery of long-term care to persons with chronic pulmonary disorders. Topics include cardiopulmonary rehabilitation and home care concepts, cardiopulmonary rehabilitation and home care procedures, and cardiopulmonary rehabilitation and home care equipment Corequisite: RTT 217 Offered Spring term
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3.00 Credits
Banner Title: Intro to Microcomputers This course introduces the fundamental concepts and operations necessary to use microcomputers. Course content emphasizes basic functions and familiarity with computer use. Topics include computer terminology and an introduction to the Windows environment, networking, word processing, spreadsheets, presentation graphics, and databases. Prerequisite: Provisional admission Offered quarterly
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5.00 Credits
Banner Title: Introduction to Sociology This course provides students with a sociological analysis of society, its culture, and structure. Instructors present sociology as a science with emphasis placed on its methodology and theoretical foundations. Topics include basic sociological concepts, socialization, social interaction and culture, social groups and institutions, deviance and social control, social stratification, and social change. Prerequisites: ENG 099 with a grade of C* or better and RDG 098 with a grade of C* or better or placement by diagnostic testing Offered quarterly
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5.00 Credits
Banner Title: Fundamentals of Speech This course introduces the fundamentals of oral communication. Topics include selection and organization of materials, preparation and delivery of individual and group presentations, and analysis of ideas presented by others. Prerequisites: ENG 099 with a grade of C* or better and RDG 098 with a grade of C* or better or placement by diagnostic testing Offered quarterly
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6.00 Credits
Banner Title: Intro to Surgical Technology This course provides an overview of the sur gical technology profession and develops the fundamental concepts and principles necessary to participate on a surgical team. Topics include orientation to surgical technology, asepsis and the surgical environment, principles of the sterilization process, basic instrumentation and equipment, and application of sterilization principles. Students must pay a $25 supply fee when registering for this course. Prerequisites: AHS 101, AHS 104, AHS 109, ENG 101, MAT 101, PSY 101, SCT 100 Corequisites: SUR 108, SUR 109, SUR 110 Offered Winter term
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5.00 Credits
Banner Title: Principles of Surgical Tech This course provides continued study of surgical team participation by introducing case preparation and procedures and creation and maintenance of the sterile field. Topics include surgical supplies, accessory equipment, wound management, surgery principles, minimal invasive surgery, and outpatient surgical procedures. Students must pay a $25 supply fee when registering for this course. Prerequisites: SUR 101 with a grade of C or better, SUR 108 with a grade of C or better, SUR 109 with a grade of C or better, SUR 110 with a grade of C or better Corequisite: SUR 112 Offered Spring term
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3.00 Credits
Banner Title: Surgical Microbiology This course introduces the fundamentals of surgical microbiology. Topics include historical development of microbiology, cell structure and theory, microbial function, human and pathogen relationships, infectious processes, blood-borne and airborne pathogens, defense microorganisms, infection control, and principles of microbial control and destruction. Prerequisites: AHS 101, AHS 104, AHS 109, ENG 101, MAT 101, PSY 101, SCT 100 Corequisites: SUR 101, SUR 109, SUR 110 Offered Winter term
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3.00 Credits
Banner Title: Surgical Patient Care This course introduces a complex diversity of surgical patients. Topics include physiological diversities and needs, special patient needs, preoperative routine, intraoperative patient care, surgical emergencies, documentation and assessment skills, postoperative patient care, and care of the caregiver. Students must pay a $10 supply fee when registering for this course. Prerequisites: AHS 101, AHS 104, AHS 109, ENG 101, MAT 101, PSY 101, SCT 100 Corequisites: SUR 101, SUR 108, SUR 110 Offered Winter term
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