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May 12, 2024
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2023-2025 Catalog Volume XXXI Ver 1
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RTP 1010 Fundamentals of Respiratory Therapy
Lecture: 3 Lab: 0 Practica: 0 Total Credits: 3
This course provides students with an introduction and comprehensive survey of the respiratory care profession. This course emphasizes the application of physics and chemistry as the foundation for specific modes of respiratory care principles employed in patient care including indications, hazards, contraindications, evaluation of therapy, and patient assessment. Topics that will be discussed include the history of respiratory therapy, patient assessment, medical gas storage, equipment, and therapy, humidity and aerosol therapy, lung expansion therapy, airway clearance techniques, imaging and laboratory data interpretation, patient safety and infection control procedures, medical ethics, respiratory therapy research, e-medicine, and disaster and pandemic management.
Prerequisite(s): Program Admission
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