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RESPIRATORY CARE 1101 Basic Respiratory Care 3 credit hours Role of the Respiratory Care practitioner. Basic management and maintenance of common Respiratory Care equipment to include applied therapeutic modalities. Major emphasis on oxygen and aerosol administration, arterial blood gas procedures, and pharmacologic administration. Prerequisite: Admission to the Respiratory Care Program or consent of instructor (2 lecture hours, 3 lab hours)

RESPIRATORY CARE 1102 Intermediate Respiratory Care 3 credit hours Intermediate procedures for the Respiratory Care practitioner. Theory and practice for cardiac and pulmonary pathology, positive pressure breathing, chest physical therapy, airway care and introductory mechanical ventilation. Prerequisite: Respiratory Care 1101 or consent of instructor (2 lecture hours, 3 lab hours)

RESPIRATORY CARE 1103 Advanced Respiratory Care 3 credit hours Advanced study in respiratory intensive care principles. Theory and practice to include management of life-support systems as applied in the emergency and intensive care units. Adult volume and pressure ventilation, monitoring and non-invasive positive pressure procedures. Prerequisite: Respiratory Care 1102 or consent of instructor (2 lecture hours, 3 lab hours)

RESPIRATORY CARE 1105 Respiratory Assessment and Procedures 4 credit hours Respiratory Care assessment to include vital sign and breath sound monitoring, oxygen monitoring and administration, universal/standard precautions and isolation procedures, patient and equipment safety standards, patient charting and communication, cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), and concepts in transcultural patient care. Prerequisite: Admission to the Respiratory Care Program or consent of instructor (3 lecture hours, 3 lab hours)

RESPIRATORY CARE 1111 Clinical Practice I 4 credit hours Clinical practice in the application of oxygen administration, aerosol and humidity therapy, incentive spirometry, chest physiotherapy, pharmacologic agents, therapeutic evaluation, arterial puncture, and communication skills with patient and staff. Prerequisite: Respiratory Care 1101, 1120 and 1121 or consent of instructor

RESPIRATORY CARE 1112 Clinical Practice II 4 credit hours Clinical practice in the application of non-invasive positive pressure ventilation including continuous and bi-level airway pressure therapy, airway care procedures, and the application of cardiopulmonary life-support. Previous clinical skill procedures included. Prerequisite: Respiratory Care 1111 or equivalent or consent of instructor

RESPIRATORY CARE 1113 Intensive Respiratory Care Clinical Practice 3 credit hours Clinical practice of intensive care procedures within hospital emergency rooms, surgical intensive, cardiac care, and respiratory intensive care units. Life support systems, ventilator initiation, weaning, diagnostic monitoring and spirometry included. Prerequisite: Respiratory Care 1112 or equivalent or consent of instructor

RESPIRATORY CARE 1120 Applied Cardiopulmonary Anatomy and Physiology 4 credit hours Applied cardiopulmonary anatomy and physiology as related to Respiratory Care procedures and clinical practice. Major emphasis on the pulmonary and circulatory systems, ventilation and perfusion, diffusion and transport, pulmonary function and hemodynamic measurements, central nervous system control, and fetal respiratory development. Prerequisite: Admission to the Respiratory Care Program or consent of instructor (3 lecture hours, 2 lab hours)

RESPIRATORY CARE 1121 Applied Science for Respiratory Care 4 credit hours Applied science concepts as related to Respiratory Care procedures and clinical practice. Concepts to include metabolic and respiratory acid-base balance, respiratory and cardiac formulas, blood gas data as applied to patient care, and case study interpretation and assessment. Prerequisite: Admission to Respiratory Care Program or consent of instructor (3 lecture hours, 2 lab hours)

RESPIRATORY CARE 1840 Independent Study – Individualized 1 to 4 credit hours Exploration and analysis of topics within the discipline to meet individual student-defined course description, goals, objectives, topical outline and methods of evaluation in coordination with and approved by the instructor. May be taken three times for credit as long as different topics are selected. Prerequisite: Consent of instructor (1 to 4 lecture hours)

RESPIRATORY CARE 2201 Advanced Life Support, Monitoring, and Trends 3 credit hours Advanced concepts in life support and patient monitoring to include current ventilator modes and management, hemodynamic monitoring, ventilator graphics and polysomnography. Prerequisite: Respiratory Care 1103 or consent of instructor (2 lecture hours, 2 lab hours)

RESPIRATORY CARE 2202 Pulmonary Function Testing 3 credit hours Simple and advanced spirometry to include forced vital capacity measurements, maximum voluntary ventilation, flow-volume loop procedures, before and after bronchodilator studies, carbon monoxide diffusion, nitrogen washout, exercise testing, and other pulmonary diagnostic tests. Prerequisite: Respiratory Care 1103 or equivalent or consent of instructor (2 lecture hours, 2 lab hours)

RESPIRATORY CARE 2205 Neonatal and Pediatric Intensive Respiratory Care 3 credit hours Advanced study in neonatal and pediatric respiratory intensive care principles. Theory and practice to include airway care, ventilator system management, and physiologic monitoring as applied to infants and children in the emergency and specialty intensive care units. Neonatal and pediatric advanced life-support included. Prerequisite: Respiratory Care 1103 or consent of instructor (2 lecture hours, 2 lab hours)

RESPIRATORY CARE 2206 Advanced Intensive Respiratory Care – Adult 4 credit hours Advanced clinical practice in emergency and adult intensive care units. Procedures to include clinical data evaluation, mechanical ventilation, hemodynamic monitoring, airway and chest X-ray interpretation, pharmacologic administration, and advanced cardiac life-support. Pulmonary function diagnostics included. Prerequisite: Respiratory Care 1113 or consent of instructor

RESPIRATORY CARE 2207 Advanced Intensive Respiratory Care – Neonatal-Pediatric 3 credit hours Advanced clinical practice in emergency, neonatal and pediatric intensive care units. Procedures to include data evalation, ventilatory support, high-risk transport, hemodynamic monitoring, airway and chest X-ray interpretation, and pharmacologic administration. Neonatal and pediatric advanced life-support included. Prerequisite: Respiratory Care 2205 or consent of instructor

RESPIRATORY CARE 2250 Respiratory Care Board Review 3 credit hours Comprehensive review and update of Respiratory Care, to include theory and procedures, as well as preparation for the Certified and Registered Respiratory Therapist exams through the National Board for Respiratory Care. (3 lecture hours)

RESPIRATORY CARE 2280 Advanced Clinical Assessment and Protocol 4 credit hours Advanced clinical assessment of respiratory care patients to include airway and chest X-ray interpretation, the effects of pharmacologic agents in critical care, and the initiation of protocols and clinical practice guidelines. Prerequisite: Respiratory Care 1113 or consent of instructor (3 lecture hours, 2 lab hours)

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