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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
Credit Hours: 400 Basic respiratory care therapeutics, equipment function, clinical indications and contraindications Includes medical gas therapy, oxygen delivery devices, humidity and aerosol therapy, hyperinflation therapy, chest physical therapy, and basic airway management Prerequisite(s): Course Corequisites: RTH 110, RTH 112, RTH 121LB, RTH 246 Information: This course is open only to those students who have been admitted to the RTH program Offered: Fall
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Credit Hours: 100 This is the Lab portion of RTH 121 Prerequisite(s): Course Corequisites: RTH 110, RTH 112, RTH 121, RTH 246 Offered: Fall
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Credit Hours: 300 Study of patient assessment and monitoring of the cardiopulmonary impaired patient Includes bedside respiratory assessment, clinical laboratory studies assessment, oxygenation and ventilation, pulmonary function measurements, clinical application of chest radiography, and basic interpretation of electrocardiogram tracing Prerequisite(s): RTH 110, 112, 121, and 246 Course Corequisites: RTH 123LB, RTH 124, RTH 125LC, RTH 162 Information: This course is open only to those students who have been admitted to the RTH program Offered: Spring
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Credit Hours: 100 This is the Lab portion of RTH 123 Prerequisite(s): Course Corequisites: RTH 123, RTH 124, RTH 125LC, RTH 162 Offered: Spring
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Credit Hours: 300 Principles of pharmacology and drug receptor theory as it relates to patients with cardiopulmonary disease Includes general principles of pharmacology, drug dose calculations, central and peripheral nervous system, bronchodilators, drugs used to control airway mucus and edema, and drugs used in the management of ventilator patients and patients with cardiorespiratory disorders Prerequisite(s): RTH 110, 112, 121, and 246 Course Corequisites: RTH 123, RTH 123LB, RTH 125LC, RTH 162 Information: This course is open only to those students who have been admitted to the RTH program Offered: Spring
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Credit Hours: 100 Clinical application of all prerequisite and concurrent respiratory care course work Includes hospital/clinical site orientations, review of hospital respiratory department administration, departmental policies, procedures, reporting system, and medical record data entry, utilization of the medical record to retrieve information, therapist observation, medical gas therapy, and patient assessment and monitoring Also includes aerosol therapy administration, hyperinflation therapy, evaluation of the effectiveness of therapy, and patient care plans Prerequisite(s): RTH 110, 112, 121 and 246 Course Corequisites: RTH 123, RTH 123LB, RTH 124, RTH 162 Information: This course is open only to those students who have been admitted to the RTH program Offered: Spring
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Credit Hours: 550 Continuation of RTH 125 Includes infection control procedures, medical asepsis, equipment disinfection, and processing, aerosol and humidity therapy, medical gas therapy, IPPB therapy, incentive spirometry, and chest physiotherapy Also includes airway management and care, basic cardiopulmonary resuscitation, arterial blood gases, and case study presentation Prerequisite(s): RTH 123/123LB, 124, 125LC, 162 Course Corequisites: Information: This course is open only to those students who have been admitted to the RTH program Offered: Summer
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Credit Hours: 300 Introduction to the concepts of mechanical ventilation for the adult patient Includes establishing the need for mechanical ventilation, non-invasive versus invasive mechanical ventilation, the physiologic basis of ventilatory support, physical principles of positive pressure ventilation, physical assessment of the critically ill patient, and respiratory monitoring in the intensive care unit Prerequisite(s): RTH 110, 112, 121/121LB, 246 Course Corequisites: RTH 123, RTH 123LB, RTH 124, RTH 125LC Information: This course is open only to those students who have been admitted to the RTH program Offered: Spring
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3.00 Credits
Credit Hours: 200 Study of critical care principles and procedures in the adult patient Includes airway management, selected adult mechanical ventilators and troubleshooting, care of the mechanically ventilated patient, and home mechanical ventilation Prerequisite(s): RTH 135 Course Corequisites: RTH 241LB, RTH 243, RTH 243LB, RTH 245LC Information: This course is open only to those students who have been admitted to the RTH program Offered: Fall
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Credit Hours: 100 This is the Lab portion of RTH 241 Prerequisite(s): Course Corequisites: RTH 241, RTH 243, RTH 243LB, RTH 245LC Offered: Fall
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