Respiratory Therapist Course Descriptions
Traditional Program
- RT-101 Principles of Respiratory Therapy
I
- 3.00 hrs lecture
- Units: 3.0
- Prerequisite: Admission to the RT program
- Corequisite: BIOL-104, PHYS-103 unless already completed
- Description: This course presents basic theory and rationale
for respiratory care. It includes the history and organization
of respiratory therapy services, basic cardiopulmonary anatomy
and physiology, and medical gas therapy theory. (GR)
- RT-101L Beginning Clinical Practice
- 3.00 hrs lab
- Units: 1.00
- Prerequisite: Admission to the RT program or RT-103
- Corequisite: RT-101, 102, and RT-145
- Description: This course introduces students to the care
of patients requiring respiratory therapy modalities. It also
covers beginning level assessment skills, patient interviewing
techniques, and the establishment and monitoring of therapeutic
equipment systems. (CR)
- RT-102 Beginning Laboratory
- 6.00 hrs lab
- Units: 2.00
- Prerequisite: Admission to the RT program
- Corequisite: RT-101 and 103 unless already completed
- Description: This course provides laboratory practice of
beginning-level therapist skills including administration
of medical gases, medicated aerosols, and incentive spirometry
techniques. (CR)
- RT-103 Basic Patient Care
- 1.50 hrs lab
- Units: 0.50
- Prerequisite: Admission to the RT program
- Description: This course provides simulated practice of
patient care skills in a multimedia setting. (CR)
- RT-104A Principles of Respiratory Therapy
II
- 3.00 hrs lecture
- Units: 3.00
- Prerequisite: Admission to the RT program: Completion of
semester 1 of RT program
- Description: This course is designed to study hyperinflation
therapy, principles of humidification and aerosol therapy,
chest assessment, cardiac anatomy and physiology, and acid
base balance. (GR)
- RT-104B Principles of Respiratory Therapy
III
- 3.00 hrs lecture
- Units: 3.00
- Prerequisite: Admission to the RT program: Completion of
BIOL-104, PHYS-103 and semester 1 of RT program.
- Description: This course includes study of airway management,
advanced respiratory physiology including oxygenation and
hypoxia. Respiratory pharmacology, equipment cleaning and
sterilization, and mechanical ventilation are introduced.
(GR)
- RT-105A Intermediate Laboratory I
- 3.00 hrs lab
- Units: 1.00
- Prerequisite: Admission to the RT program: Completion of
semester 1 of RT program
- Corequisite: RT-104A, RT-104B and RT-105B unless already
completed
- Description: This course provides laboratory practice of
intermediate-level therapist skills including chest assessment,
hyperinflation therapy, chest physical therapy and airway
management. (CR)
RT-105B Intermediate Laboratory II
- 1.50 hrs lab
- Units: 0.50
- Prerequisite: Admission to the RT program: Completion of
semester 1 of RT program
- Corequisite: RT-104A and B and RT-105A unless already completed
- Description: This course provides laboratory practice of
intermediate-level therapist skills especially those related
to artificial ventilation. (CR)
- RT-106 Intermediate Clinical Practice
I
- 6.00 hrs. lab
- Units: 2.00
- Prerequisite: Admission to the RT program: Completion of
semester 1 of RT program
- Corequisite: RT-104A and B and RT-105A unless already completed
- Description: This is a supervised clinical experience course
at area hospitals. It emphasizes the practice of beginning
and intermediate-level problem-solving and technical skills
including assessment, oxygen therapy, humidity and aerosol
administration, and chest physical therapy OR hyperinflation
therapy, airway management and beginning artificial ventilation.
(CR)
- RT-107 Intermediate Clinical Practice
II
- 12.00 hrs. lab
- Units: 4.00
- Prerequisite: Admission to the RT program: Completion of
semester 1 of RT program
- Corequisite: RT-104A and B and RT-105A unless already completed
- Description: This is a supervised clinical experience course
at area hospitals. It emphasizes the practice of beginning
and intermediate-level problem-solving and technical skills
including assessment, oxygen therapy, humidity and aerosol
administration, and chest physical therapy, hyperinflation
therapy, airway management and beginning artificial ventilation.
(CR)
- RT-108 Basic Principles Respiratory
Pathophysiology
- 1.00 hrs. lab
- Units: 1.00
- Prerequisite: Admission to the RT program: Completion of
semester 1 of RT program
- Description: This course emphasizes the principles of common
pathophysiologic conditions encountered by respiratory therapy
practitioners. (GR)
- RT-130A Advanced Respiratory Therapy
I
- 2.50 hrs lecture
- Units: 2.50
- Prerequisite: Admission to the RT program: Completion of
first year of RT program and RT 134
- Description: This course provides an introduction to the
theory of advanced respiratory care with emphasis on refinement
of patient assessment techniques, problem solving ability
and development of sound clinical judgments. (GR)
- RT-130B Advanced Respiratory Therapy
II
- 1.50 hrs lecture
- Units: 1.50
- Prerequisite: Admission to the RT program: Completion of
semesters 1,2, and 3 of RT program
- Description: This course presents concepts of advanced respiratory
care with emphasis on recognition, interpretation, and treatment
of cardiopulmonary anatomical and physiological alterations
of the body as a consequence of disease or trauma. (GR)
- RT-130L Advanced Clinical Practice
- 6.00 hrs lab
- Units: 2.00
- Prerequisite: Admission to RT program: Completion of first
year of RT program and RT-134
- Corequisite: Completion of or concurrent enrollment in
RT-130A, 131A, 132 and 133 or equivalent
- Description: This is a supervised clinical experience course
at area hospitals. It emphasizes the practice of advanced-level
technical skills including procedures employed in emergency
care situations, artificial airway maintenance and discontinuance,
arterial blood sampling measurements, and initiation and termination
of mechanical ventilatory life support. (CR)
- RT-131A Principles of Mechanical Ventilation
I
- 2.50 hrs lecture
- Units: 2.50
- Prerequisite: Admission to RT program: Completion of first
year of RT program and RT-134
- Description: This course presents the scientific basis for
continuous mechanical ventilatory interventions employed in
clinical practice of respiratory care with an emphasis on
classification, selection, setup, maintenance, complications,
adjuncts to and discontinuance of mechanical ventilatory life
support. (GR)
- RT-131B Principles of Mechanical Ventilation
II
- 2.50 hrs. lecture
- Units: 0.50
- Prerequisite: Admission to RT program: Completion of semesters
1, 2, and 3 of RT program
- This course presents special problems in mechanical ventilation
as they apply to specific disease entities and trauma, and
emphasizes interpretation of hemodynamics and pulmonary monitoring
systems on the patient requiring cardiovascular and respiratory
life support. (GR)
RT-132 Advanced Laboratory
- 3.00 hrs lab
- Units: 1.00
- Prerequisite: Admission to the RT program: Completion of
first year of RT program and RT-134.
- Corequisite: RT-130A unless already completed
- Description: This course provides laboratory practice of
advanced respiratory therapy skills, including establishment,
stabilization, maintenance and discontinuance of endotracheal
and tracheotomy tubes; arterial blood sampling techniques;
radiographic and electrocardiogram interpretation; and invasive
and non-invasive monitoring. (CR)
- RT-133 Mechanical Ventilation Laboratory
- 4.50 hrs lab
- Units: 1.50
- Prerequisite: Admission to the RT program: Completion of
first year of RT program and RT-134
- Corequisite: RT-131A unless already completed
- Description: This course provides laboratory practice of
advanced level therapist skills related to the application
of mechanical ventilation including ventilator readiness,
circuit changes, maintenance, and adjunctive procedures.
- RT-134 Neonatal and Pediatric Respiratory
Care
- 1.00 hrs lecture
- Units: 1.00
- Prerequisite: Admission to the RT program: Completion of
first 2 semesters of RT program and BIOL-104, 106, or 107,
PHYS-103 or equivalent
- Description: This course addresses fetal development and
special problems in the adaptation of respiratory care procedures
and techniques to the needs of the neonate and developing
child. (GR)
- RT-134L Clinical Practicum in Neonatal
and Pediatric Respiratory Care
- 4.50 hrs lab
- Units: 1.50
- Prerequisite: Admission to the RT program: Completion of
first 2 semesters of RT program.
- Description: This course offers clinical application of
respiratory care procedures and techniques to the needs of
the premature ill neonate and developing child. (CR)
- RT-135 Computer Simulation for Respiratory
Care
- 1.50 hrs lab
- Units: 0.50
- Prerequisite: Admission to the RT program: Completion of
semester 1,2, and 3, of RT program
- Corequisite: RT-130B 131B, and 136 unless already completed
- Description: This course prepares students for the Respiratory
Care National Board Clinical Simulation Examination which
requires specialized knowledge in solving patient management
problems written in a branching logic format. Students will
practice basic computer skills involving data entry and retrieval.
(GR) (first time), (CR) (subsequent enrollment).
- RT-136 Critical Care Clinical Practice
- Prerequisite: Admission to the RT program: Completion of
semesters 1,2, and 3 of RT program
- Corequisite: RT-130B and 131B unless already completed
- Description: This is a supervised clinical experience course
at area hospitals. Advanced level respiratory care skills
including cardiopulmonary assessment, management, evaluation,
and decision-making processes involved in the care of the
ICU patient are emphasized. The student in this course practices
as a member of the hospital health care team. (CR)
- RT-137 Home Respiratory Care and Pulmonary
Rehabilitation
- 0.50 hrs lecture
- Units: 0.50
- Prerequisite: Admission to the RT program: Completion of
semesters I and 2 of RT program
- Description: This course provides an overview of the respiratory
therapist's involvement in the home care industry and rehabilitation
of the patient coping with chronic cardiopulmonary disease.
Decision making, formulation of care plan, and patient teaching
are emphasized in this course. (GR)
- RT-138 Specialty Rotations in Respiratory
Care
- 1.50 hrs lab
- Units: 0.50
- Prerequisite: Admission to the RT program: Completion of
semesters 1,2, and 3 of RT program
- Description: This is a supervised clinical experience course
at area home care establishments, local hospitals, and pulmonary
physicians' office. Students will have the opportunity to
select experiences that match their interests including individual
rotations with physicians, participation in ongoing pulmonary
rehabilitation programs and visitation of patients receiving
respiratory home care. (CR)
- RT-139 Pulmonary Function Testing
- 1.00 hrs lecture
- Units: 1.00
- Prerequisite: Admission to the RT program: Completion of
semesters 1 and 2 of RT program
- Description: This course provides an in-depth survey of
various pulmonary laboratory methods to detect the pres-ence
and degree of respiratory impairment/disease. (GR)
- RT-139L Clinical Practice in Pulmonary
Function Testing
- 1.50 hrs lab
- Units: 0.50
- Prerequisite: Admission to the RT program: Completion of
semesters 1 and 2 of RT program
- Corequisite: Completion of or concurrent enrollment in
RT-139
- Description: This course provides supervised clinical experience
at area hospitals. Various pulmonary laboratory methods for
detecting the presence of respiratory impairment/disease are
emphasized. (CR)
- RT-145 Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation
(CPR) Basic Life Support (BLS)
- 0.50 hrs lecture
- Units: 0.50
- Prerequisite: Admission to RT/RN program; others with space
availability
- Description: This course meets the American Heart Association
requirements for basic life support CPR training for health
care professionals only (GC)
- RT-195 Cooperative Education -Vocation
- 4.00 hrs lecture
- Units: 4.00
- Work experience education for students employed in jobs
directly related to a major. Units received are based on hours
worked. (GC)
- RT-365 Supervised Tutoring
- 10.00 hrs lab
- Units: 0.00
- Prerequisite: Instructor or Counselor referral
- Description: Individualized tutoring to assist students
to develop a learning methodology and skills enhancement in
a subject. Not applicable to Associate degree. (NG)
Mobility Program
- RTM-150A Advanced Respiratory Care
I
- 2.50 hrs lecture
- Units: 2,50
- Prerequisite: Admission to RT Mobility program
- Corequisite: RTM bridge course unless already completed
- Description: This course provides an introduction to advanced
clinical theory, therapeutics and diagnostics in the critical
care setting with emphasis on refinement of patient skills,
problem-solving ability and development of sound clinical
judgement. (GR)
- RTM-150B Advanced Respiratory Care
II
- 1.50 hrs lecture
- Units: 1.50
- Prerequisite: Admission to RT Mobility program
- Corequisite: RTM bridge course, RTM-150A unless already
completed
- Description: This course presents concepts of advanced respiratory
care with emphasis on recognition, interpretation, and treatment
of cardiopulmonary anatomical and physiological alterations
of the body as a consequence of disease or trauma. (GR)
- RTM-150L Advanced Laboratory for RCP
- 3.00 hrs lab
- Units: 1.00
- Prerequisite: Admission to RT Mobility program
- Corequisite: RTM bridge course unless already completed
- This course provides laboratory practice of advanced respiratory
therapy skills, including artificial airway care, arterial
blood sampling techniques, radiographic and electrocardiogram
interpretation, evaluation of chest tube function, and review
of ventilator application. (CR)
- RTM-151A Advanced Ventilator Management
- 2.00 hrs lecture
- Units: 2.00
- Prerequisite: Admission to RT Mobility program
- Corequisite: RTM bridge course unless already completed
- Description: This course presents the scientific basis for
continuous mechanical ventilatory interventions employed in
clinical practice of respiratory care with an emphasis on
classification, selection, setup, maintenance, complications,
adjuncts to and discontinuance of mechanical ventilation.
(GR)
- RTM-151B Advanced Respiratory Pathophysiology
- 2.00 hrs lecture
- Units: 2.00
- Prerequisite: Admission to RT Mobility program
- Corequisite: RTM bridge course, RTM-151A unless already
completed
- Description: This course presents special problems in mechanical
ventilation as they apply to specific disease entities and
trauma, and emphasizes interpretation of hemodynamics and
pulmonary monitoring terms on the patient requiring cardiovascular
and respiratory life support. (GR)
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