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6.00 Credits
Clinical experience providing students with supervised practice. This includes rotation through planning, mold and radium rooms, as well as treatment units. Active participation in radiotherapy departments of affiliated hospitals. Prerequisite: RA 202. F (C)
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3.00 Credits
This course covers various methods of diagnosing and treatment malignancies. Topics include early signs of cancer, radiotherapeutic methods, surgery, chemotherapy and radium handling. Biological and radiobiological rationals for radiotherapy and methods of treatment for various sites are presented. Prerequisite: RA 300. S (C)
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6.00 Credits
Appropriate supervised clinical experience in all aspects of radiotherapy technology. Introduction to cross-sectional anatomy. Also, application of all previously learned skills in the clinical setting of the radiotherapy departments of affiliated hospitals. Prerequisite: RA 302. S (C)
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7.00 Credits
Rotations through the radiotherapy departments of affiliated hospitals. 472 hours. Prerequisite: RA 202. SS ( C)
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7.00 Credits
Rotations through the radiotherapy departments of affiliated hospitals. 480 hours. Prerequisite: RA 402. SS ( C)
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3.00 Credits
This is an introduction course designed to build on the major concepts of practice for the Respiratory Therapist. Topics include: An introduction to health care and the profession, medical gas storage and delivery, humidity and aerosol therapy, lung expansion theory, basic patient assessment and infection control procedures. Pre-requisite: Matriculation in the Respiratory Care program or permission of the department. All Respiratory Care coursework must be taken in sequential order.
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3.00 Credits
This laboratory provides practice with equipment and in therapeutic procedures described in Principles of Respiratory Care I. The focus of this laboratory is to reinforce theory and practice clinical application. Topics include: storage and delivery of medical gases, humidity and aerosol therapy devices, lung expansion theory devices, basic patient assessment and infection control procedures. Pre-requisites: Matriculation in the Respiratory Care program or permission of department. All Respiratory Care coursework must be taken in sequential order.
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3.00 Credits
This course is designed to present an overview of the science of breathing. Topics include: states of matter, basic cardiopulmonary anatomy and physiology, mechanics of ventilation, gas exchange and transport, regulation of breathing along with basic solutions and electrolyte chemistry related to cardiopulmonary care. Pre-requisites: Matriculation in the Respiratory Care program or permission of the department. All Respiratory Care coursework must be taken in sequential order.
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3.00 Credits
A course developing, in a comprehensive manner, the various classes of pharmacologic agents used in the treatment and management of cardiorespiratory diseases. Topics include: understanding of drugs, their preparations, administration and uses; mathematical principles of drug therapy, dosages and symptoms of overdose, basic mechanisms of drugs, classes of drugs, characteristic effects on various body systems (nervous, muscular, circulatory, excretory, endocrine) and drugs affecting the renal and pulmonary regulation of acid-base balance. Emphasis will be placed on the knowledge of skills and procedures necessary for the safe and effective dispensing and administration of pharmacologic agents as related to respiratory care. Prerequisites: Matriculation in Respiratory Care program or permission of the department. All Respiratory Care coursework must be taken in sequential order to keep matriculated status.
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3.00 Credits
This course will introduce the concept of positive pressure ventilation. Topics include: acid-base balance and assessing the need for mechanical ventilation, basic understanding of mechanical ventilation, physiology of positive pressure ventilatory support, initiation and adjustment of mechanical ventilation and non-invasive positive pressure ventilation. Pre-requisites: Matriculation into the Respiratory Care program or permission of the department, RC 110, RC 111, RC 112, RC 114. All Respiratory Care coursework must be taken in sequential order.
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