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Course Criteria
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2.00 Credits
Focuses on the most important clinical laboratory procedures and on procedures used by the respiratory therapist. Specifically, instructs in patient assessment, oxygen administration, humidity and aerosol therapy, chest physical therapy, hyperinflation therapy, and monitoring expired gases. Parallel: AHSC 325. Open only to respiratory therapy students.
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2.00 Credits
Provides an overview of the basics of pharmacologic therapeutics, focusing on dosages and solutions and bronchodilator drugs. Indications, side effects, mechanism of action, and route of administration are discussed. Prerequisite: CHEM 101; BIO 113. Open only to respiratory therapy students.
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3.00 Credits
Outlines general cardiorespiratory diseases of the adult, including acute and chronic disorders. Respiratory therapeutics applied to these disorders are discussed. Prerequisite: AHSC 311. Open only to respiratory therapy students.
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3.00 Credits
Includes artificial airways, monitoring, supportive therapy, principles of ventilatory care and maintenance, as well as physiologic effects and complications of airway pressure therapy. Prerequisite: AHSC 325. Parallel: AHSC 356. Open only to respiratory therapy students.
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2.00 Credits
Focuses on the most important clinical laboratory procedures and equipment used by the respiratory therapist to support critically ill patients. Specifically, instructs in mechanical ventilators, pressure and heart rate monitors, pulmonary mechanics devices, and arterial blood gas sampling. Prerequisite: AHSC 325, 326. Parallel: AHSC 355. Open only to respiratory therapy students.
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3.00 Credits
Outlines and discusses both normal and abnormal lung volumes and capacities, mechanics of ventilation, inspiratory and expiratory flows, and diffusion of the lung. Additionally, specialty diagnostic techniques such as x-rays, bronchoscopy, ventilation/perfusion scans, and exercise testing are overviewed. Prerequisite: AHSC 355. Open only to respiratory therapy students.
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3.00 Credits
Applies cardiopulmonary assessment techniques, information gathering, and communications skills in providing general respiratory care in the clinical setting, including medical gas, humidity and aerosol therapy delivery, and treatment modalities. Prerequisite: AHSC 325, 326. Open only to respiratory therapy students.
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4.00 Credits
Introduces variations in oxygen delivery and basic mechanical ventilation. Treatment modalities and hemodynamic monitoring on mechanically ventilated patients will be integrated. Prerequisite: AHSC 385. Open only to respiratory therapy students.
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3.00 Credits
Outlines fetal physiology, cardiorespiratory transition, and respiratory management of neonatal pathologies, including respiratory distress syndrome. Cardiorespiratory techniques for the pediatric patient as well as pediatric trauma and transport are reviewed. Prerequisite: AHSC 315, 325. Open only to respiratory therapy students.
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2.00 Credits
Examines research in respiratory care and applies basic statistics and concepts of research design. Prerequisite: AHSC 350. Open only to respiratory therapy students.
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