Course topics include personnel planning, staffing, development, training, and evaluation. Cross-listed as HCAD 366. Clinical exposure to the pediatric environment. The clinical will include a learning experience in the neonatal and pediatric intensive care unit. Additional opportunity is provided for rotation in a selected area of respiratory care.
Students rotate through a trauma intensive care unit.
The study of the newest developments and advances in the field of respiratory care. Topics include public health laws, institutional and professional liability, informed consent, confidentiality, legislative activities, and medico-legal issues in health care. Cross-listed as HCAD 422. BIOL 112, CHEM 105, and CHEM 110. The study of the physiology of exercise and how various exercise programs can be used to increase quality of life, decrease risks for cardiovascular disease, and reduce hypertension and fatigue.