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M assasoit Communit y College SUBJECT COURSE
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RADIOLOGIC TECHNOLOGY continued
cross-section ,utilizing standard (axial, coronal, and sagittal) and customized imaging planes with models, photographs, drawings, and computer generated medical images.
RADT 325 CT Clinical Experience I 1
Provides students in the Computerized Tomography Certificate program with the opportunity to apply skills in a clinical setting. Clinical experience is gained at affiliated hospitals. Students are introduced to the operation of the computerized tomography department and are instructed in patient screening and safety, contrast administration, patient positioning, protocol selection, and filming for anatomical examinations. First semester: four hours per week.
RADT 326 CT Clinical Experience II 1
Provides a continuation of practical skills application for students in the Computerized Tomography Certificate program. Clinical experience is further developed at affiliated computerized tomography facilities. Students refine technical proficiency in patient preparation and safety, coil selection, patient positioning, protocol selection and filming. Competency evaluations are given in these areas. Second semester: Four hours per week.
RADT 327 Computerized Tomography 2
Continues to explore the methods of computerized tomography image production, including the study of computerized tomography equipment and techniques. Topics covered include image acquisition and reconstruction, image quality as it pertains to resolution, noise properties in computerized tomography, linearity, image artifacts, and image quality control. Measuring patient dose from computerized tomography scanners, advanced computerized tomography techniques, imaging moving organs, ultrafast CT scanning, and the dynamic spatial reconstructor will also be introduced.
RADT 328 CT Pathology 2
Designed to expose the student in the Computerized Tomography Certificate program to the common pathological findings on computerized tomography examinations. This program is designed to equip the student with the basic knowledge required to select proper choices for scan protocols based on patient history and physical condition. Lectures will consist of slide and film presentations under the guidance of expert guest lecturers.
Religion
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RELG 101 Introduction to World Religions 3 An introduction to the principal beliefs and practices of the world’s major religious traditions. Emphasis is on their historical development, sacred literature, and impact on human thought and action. The course does not investigate the existence of a supernatural reality but does develop an objective view of humanity’s struggle with this question. Instruction includes guest lectures, reading, media presentations, and discussions. Prerequisites: ENGL 092 Preparing for College Reading II, ENGL 099 Introductory Writing, and MATH 010 Fundamentals of Mathematics; waiver by placement testing results; or departmental approval. RELG 400 Special Study in Religion 1-4 Involves independent work on a selected topic under the direction of members of the Religion Department faculty. Limited to two courses per student. Prerequisite: approval of the department chair and division dean. Respiratory Care RESP 101 Fundamentals of Respiratory 7 An examination of the basic concepts of medical care and the role of the respiratory care Care I practitioner in the total medical realm. Emphasis is placed on career identity, professional responsibilities, and qualifications of a respiratory care practitioner. Students study the metric system, some relevant nursing care procedures, gas laws, anatomy and physiology of the respiratory system, medical gases, oxygenation, aerosol and oxygen therapy, hand resuscitators, lung volumes, chronic lung disease, and sterilization. The laboratory and the clinical components permit equipmental study and the development of pertinent nursing skills and reinforce that that is learned in class. Four lecture and one laboratory hours per week. Clinical: 16 hours. A grade of 75 (C) or higher is required for graduation. Students must attain a theory grade of 75 or higher and pass in clinical in order to continue in the program. RESP 102 Fundamentals of Respiratory 7 Care II
Introduces topics that include oxygenation, hypoxia, shunting, the dead-space unit, V/Q, airway management, methods of hyperinflation therapy - IPPB, I.S., chest physical therapy, patient assessment, complete pulmonary function technology, electrolytes, and arterial blood gas interpretation. The laboratory and the clinical components offer the practical training to the topic areas. Four lecture and one laboratory hours per week. Clinical: 16 hours. Prerequisite: RESP 101 Fundamentals of Respiratory Care I completed with a grade of 75 or higher in the lecture component and a grade of pass in the clinical component.
RESP 103 Fundamentals of Respiratory 7 Care III
Students learn to assess degrees of respiratory failure, mechanical ventilatory care, PEEP, CPAP, and weaning from the ventilator. Attempts are made to put the complications and benefits of ventilator therapy into proper perspective. Analysis of ventilators is studied. The students acquire an understanding of basic electrocardiogram interpretation and of noninvasive and invasive hemodynamic monitoring. The laboratory and the clinical components offer practical application of the topic areas in the hospital intensive care units. Four lecture and one laboratory hours per week. Clinical: 16 hours. Prerequisite: RESP 102 Fundamentals