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  • RC 221: Comprehensive Patient Management

    3.00 Credits
    Carlow University

    This course is designed to provide the student a comprehensive understanding of various aspects of patient care encountered within respiratory practice. Topics to be discussed include the patient interview process, physical assessment of the patient, chest X-ray evaluation, EKG assessment, clinical laboratory tests, techniques in the diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary disease, patterns of cardiopulmonary dysfunction, and arterial blood gas sampling and interpretation. The student will also initiate the physiological approach to etiology, management, and prognosis of the various respiratory diseases
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  • RC 227: Advanced Pathophysiology in Respiratory Care

    3.00 Credits
    Carlow University

    Respiratory clinicians will discuss and investigate new respiratory care pathophysiologicial principles structure, and theories including new advances in the pathology of ARDS and COPD patients, bronchiolitis obliterans with organizing pneumonia, sudden infant death syndrome, pertussis, SARS - severe acute respiratory syndrome, lymphangioleiomyomatosis, hantavirus, the effect of thyroid disorders on the human body, pulmonary alveolar proteinosis, and rhabdomyolysis, new findings in neuromuscular disorders encountered in respiratory medicine (ALS, GBS, myasthenia gravis, muscular dystrophy, atypical atrophies), atypical pneumonia pleural and interstitial diseases, renal failure
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  • RC 240: Cardiopulmonary Anatomy and Physiology

    3.00 Credits
    Carlow University

    This course is designed to provide the students with information about the anatomy and physiology of the cardiopulmonary system including the pulmonary system, circulatory system, oxygen transport, diffusion, applied physiology of gas laws, physical principles of gases found in the respiratory system, and how they relate to other body systems. Students will be instructed on extensive respiratory physiologic considerations, including normal and abnormal lung alterations within cardiopulmonary diseases
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  • RC 250: Respiratory Care Equipment Lab I

    1.00 Credits
    Carlow University

    This course is designed to allow the students the opportunity to apply information from Respiratory Care Equipment I in a laboratory setting. The student will practice techniques for administering nebulizers, oxygen set-ups, incentive spirometry, intermittent positive pressure breathing, chest physical therapy, use of flutter valves, peak flow meters, and other respiratory modalities
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  • RC 251: Respiratory Care Equipment Lab II

    1.00 Credits
    Carlow University

    This course is designed to allow the students the opportunity to apply information from Respiratory Care Equipment II in a laboratory setting. The student will practice techniques for intubation, extubation, tracheostomy procedures and trach care, use of alternative airway devices and also proper set-up of a mechanical ventilator and patient circuit
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  • RC 255: Mechanical Ventilation Concepts I

    3.00 Credits
    Carlow University

    This course contains a comprehensive overview of mechanical ventilation concepts that encompasses ventilator settings, alarm parameters, indications, contraindications, patient selection, scenario-based application, review of pneumatic principles, physiological effects of positive pressure, and complications associated with mechanical ventilator implementation
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  • RC 256: Mechanical Ventilation Concepts Lab I

    1.00 Credits
    Carlow University

    The students are expected to utilize the relevant laboratory equipment and concepts in support of the mechanical ventilation concepts course (RC 355). Procedures emphasized include initial ventilator set-up for invasive and non-invasive ventilation, patient/ventilator system assessment techniques, proper circuit changes and administration of aerosols to ventilated patients. The basic principles and techniques of neonatal and pediatric ventilation are also discussed
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  • RC 265: Mechanical Vent Cncpts II & Crit Care

    3.00 Credits
    Carlow University

    This course is a continuation of Mechanical Ventilation Concepts I, covering advanced modes of mechanical ventilation, ventilator graphics, and special techniques used in ventilatory support. The students will also be instructed on advanced cardiopulmonary monitoring procedures and techniques utilized in the management of patients in the critical care setting. Topics include EKG assessment and interpretation, hemodynamic techniques and monitoring, interpretation of obtained hemodynamic values, Swan-Ganz catheter indications and applications, blood pressure monitoring, and arterial line indications and applications
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  • RC 275: Neonatal & Pediatric Resp Care W/ Lab

    2.00 Credits
    Carlow University

    This course is a continuation of Mechanical Ventilation Concepts I, covering advanced modes of mechanical ventilation, ventilator graphics, and special techniques used in ventilatory support. The students will also be instructed on advanced cardiopulmonary monitoring procedures and techniques utilized in the management of patients in the critical care setting. Topics include EKG assessment and interpretation, hemodynamic techniques and monitoring, interpretation of obtained hemodynamic values, Swan-Ganz catheter indications and applications, blood pressure monitoring, and arterial line indications and applications
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  • RC 277: Medical Ethics and Legal Principles in Respiratory Care

    3.00 Credits
    Carlow University

    This course will provide students with an introduction to basic ethical and legal topics in healthcare and respiratory care practice. Ethical and legal principles, definitions, applications, and case study scenarios will be utilized to emphasize knowledge, learning, and practical applications in respiratory care
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