Official Course Information
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Respiratory Care Courses:
| RCP101 - Respiratory Care 1 |
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4 Catalog Description: Introduces major concepts of respiratory care, including cardiopulmonary assessment, oxygen therapy, pulmonary function testing, and the therapeutic rationale for these procedures. Laboratory includes hands-on practice of respiratory care procedures and critical thinking skills. Three class hours and two laboratory hours Prerequisite or concurrent registration in BIO 105: Corequisite: RCP LB1 full catalog description » |
| RCP103 - Cardiopulmonary Anatomy/Physiology |
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3 Catalog Description: Examines the control and function of the cardiopulmonary system and how it relates to other body organ systems. Explores cardiac and pulmonary physiology and pathophysiology in the neonatal, pediatric, adult, and geriatric patient. Prerequisite or concurrent registration in BIO 105. full catalog description » |
| RCP114 - Respiratory Care 2 |
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4 Catalog Description: Provides rationale and delivery of airway management, bronchial hygiene therapy, hyperinflation therapy, humidity and aerosol medication procedures. Three class hours and two laboratory hours. Prerequisite RCP101 and RCP 103; Corequisite RCP LB4 full catalog description » |
| RCP115 - Mechanical Ventilation 1 |
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3 Catalog Description: Introduces the principles, effects, and classification of mechanical ventilation. Discusses current theory relative to modes, initiation, monitoring, and graphical interpretation. Three credit hours. Two lecture hours, two and a half lab hours. Prerequisites RCP 101 and RCP 103. Corequisite RCP LB5. full catalog description » |
| RCP116 - Mechanical Ventilation 2 |
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2 Catalog Description: A continuation of RCP 115. Discusses current theory in the management of a patient on mechanical ventilation, weaning from life support, and home care ventilation issues. Case studies involving all aspects of RCP 115 and RCP 116 in the management of multiple disease states and trauma care. Two credit hours. One lecture hour, two and a half lab hours. Prerequisite RCP 115. Corequisite RCP LB6. full catalog description » |
| RCP117 - Respiratory Pharmacology |
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1 Catalog Description: Introduces general and specific respiratory pharmacological principles, including drug calculations, the autonomic nervous system, and delivery methods. Explores drugs used in the treatment of asthma, chronic bronchitis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and other pulmonary disorders. full catalog description » |
| RCP118 - Clinical Practice 1 |
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1 Catalog Description: Opportunity to practice cardiopulmonary assessments, respiratory care procedures, critical thinking, and professionalism in a supervised clinical rotation at an area hospital. 128 clinical hours. Prerequisite RCP114 and RCP 115.. full catalog description » |
| RCP202 - Cardiopulmonary Pharmacology |
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2 Catalog Description: Introduces general pharmacological principles and management relative to the cardiopulmonary system. Includes management and treatment of specific cardiopulmonary disorders and drugs used in advanced cardiac life support (ACLS). Prerequisite: RCP117. full catalog description » |
| RCP203 - Neonatal and Pediatric Respiratory Care |
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3 Catalog Description: Explores neonatal and pediatric respiratory care beginning with the developmental changes in utero, the transition at birth, and the continuing development thereafter. Examines the risks and problems associated with these developments and the procedures and rationales for delivering the appropriate respiratory care. Reviews specific neonatal and pediatric disease states, and their treatment relative to respiratory care. Prerequisite: RCP116, RCP 117, and RCP 118. full catalog description » |
| RCP204 - Cardiopulmonary Disease |
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2 Catalog Description: Examines categories of pulmonary diseases including etiology, detection, management, treatment, and prognosis. Prerequisite: RCP114 and RCP 116. full catalog description » |
| RCP209 - Cardiopulmonary Diagnostics |
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3 Catalog Description: Introduces equipment used to monitor patients and diagnose cardiopulmonary diseases. Interprets clinical information obtained from pulmonary function testing, electrocardiography, and hemodynamics. Prerequisite: RCP114 and RCP 116. full catalog description » |
| RCP210 - Clinical Practice2 |
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3 Catalog Description: Provides respiratory care clinical experiences at specialty sites such as hospital operating rooms, sleep medicine clinics, and pulmonary function testing areas. Applies cardiopulmonary assessment, critical thinking and respiratory care knowledge to adult patients. Requires demonstration of knowledge by completing a mock certification exam. Supervised respiratory care at adult critical care rotation sites (384 hours required). Prerequisite: RCP118. full catalog description » |
| RCP216 - Clinical Practice 3 |
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3 Catalog Description: Provides respiratory care clinical experiences in home care, hyperbaric oxygen therapy, neonatal/pediatric intensive care, pulmonary rehabilitation, long-term care and adult critical care sites. Fine-tunes cardiopulmonary assessment skills by applying four academic terms of respiratory care knowledge to patient care. Specialized supervised respiratory care rotations (384 hours required). Prerequisite: RCP210. full catalog description » |
| RCP218 - Respiratory Care 3 |
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2 Catalog Description: Reinforces the total respiratory education through the use of prior national board exam questions in an interactive format. Introduces teaching skills through preparation and presentation of a classroom lecture. Requires demonstration of knowledge by completing a mock registry exam. Prerequisite: RCP 210. full catalog description » |
| RCP219 - Introduction to Sleep Medicine |
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3 Catalog Description: An overview of the sleep disorders most commonly seen in the polysomnography laboratory. Discusses the causes and symptoms of each and presents specific features which will be seen in the polysomnogram and multiple sleep latency test. Stresses the importance of obtaining an accurate assessment, including an in depth patient history, and pertinent clinical data by way of the polysomnography test. Also presents the clinical differences in these disorders among pediatric and adult patients.3 Credit hours full catalog description » |