This advanced clinical rotation deals with the acutely ill adult. Emphasis is placed on advanced life support techniques, physiological monitoring and patient management of the critically ill adult. This course is a study of the theories and techniques pertinent to the diagnostics used in the recognition of cardiac and pulmonary disease. This clinical rotation places emphasis on the performance of cardiorespiratory diagnostics and pulmonary rehabilitation. This course includes a presentation of those theories and concepts pertinent to the support of the critically ill infant or child.
Topics are resuscitation, physiological monitoring and ventilatory management.
This advanced clinical rotation places emphasis on the management, assessment, transport and life support of the critically ill child. It is for students who have not had high school chemistry or who desire a refresher course. Chemical formulas, equations, solutions, atomic structure, chemical bonding and basic mathematics for chemical calculations will be emphasized. Topics will include elements and compounds, atomic structure and chemical bonding, chemical equations and reaction energy, solutions, acid-base chemistry and gases. This is a course intended to introduce students to the fundamentals of organic chemistry, and basic biochemistry.