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Program Description
The Respiratory Care Technology program emphasizes specialized training
in areas such as pulmonary and cardiac medications, assessment
of diseases and conditions, critical respiratory care, advanced
critical care monitoring, pulmonary function testing, and
pediatric and neonatal respiratory care. Graduates qualify
to take the (CRT) Certified and (RRT) Registered Respiratory
Therapy exam.
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Length or Program
Seven quarters
Entrance Date
Respiratory Therapist program sequence begins fall quarter.
Academic advisor will schedule general core and prerequisite
courses quarterly.
Entrance Requirements
OTC Placement Exam
Age
18 years of age or older
Education
High School Diploma or GED
Additional Requirements
Criminal background check and medical packet required.
Salary Range
Salary Range $26,000 to $30,000 annually
Job Market
The United States predicts that respiratory therapy will be
one of the fastest growing careers from now to 2010. The profession
is expected to grow in the coming years due to largest increase
in elderly population, the impact of environmental programs,
technological advances in the treatment of heart attacks.
Personal Traits Required
Skills required to successfully perform the work of a Respiratory
Therapist include the ability to interact with patients and
other health professionals, ability to stand on one’s
feet for extended periods of time, ability to lift 30 pounds,
emotional stability, considerable patience and concern for
others, function well as a team member, possess manual dexterity
and fine motor coordination, capacity to perform well under
stress or in emergency situations.
The following schedule is an example of the courses students
should take each quarter. Students who do not follow the suggested
sequence may require more than seven quarters to complete
the program.
Degree Curriculum
| Course |
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Title |
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Credit
Hours |
| |
|
|
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| 1st Quarter |
 |
| BIO 193 |
|
Anatomy and Physiology |
|
5 |
| CHM 191 |
|
Chemistry I |
|
5 |
| MAT 191 |
|
College Algebra (or MAT 196) |
|
5 |
| PSY 191 |
|
Introductory Psychology |
|
5 |
| SCT 100 |
|
Introduction to Microcomputers |
|
3 |
| |
| 2nd Quarter |
|
| BIO 194 |
|
Anatomy and Physiology II |
|
5 |
| BIO 197 |
|
Introduction to Microbiology |
|
5 |
| AHS 156 |
|
Introductory Physics (or PHY 191) |
|
5 |
| ENG 191 |
|
Composition and Rhetoric |
|
5 |
| |
|
|
|
|
| 3rd Quarter |
|
| RTT 111 |
|
Pharmacology |
|
5 |
| RTT 112 |
|
Introduction to Respiratory therapy |
|
5 |
| RTT 113 |
|
Respiratory Therapy Lab I |
|
5 |
| RTT 193 |
|
Cardiopulmonary Anatomy and Physiology |
|
10 |
| |
|
|
|
|
| 4th Quarter |
|
| RTT 209 |
|
Clinical Practice I |
|
2 |
| RTT 210 |
|
Clinical Practice II |
|
2 |
| RTT 211 |
|
Pulmonary Disease |
|
5 |
| RTT 212 |
|
Critical Respiratory Care |
|
5 |
| SPC 191 |
|
Fundamentals of Speech (or ENG 195) |
|
5 |
| |
|
|
|
|
| 5th Quarter |
|
| RTT 213 |
|
Mechanical Ventilation Equipment & Airway Care |
|
5 |
| RTT 214 |
|
Advance Critical Care Monitoring |
|
2 |
| RTT 218 |
|
Clinical Practice III |
|
2 |
| RTT 219 |
|
Clinical Practice IV |
|
2 |
| ENG 193 |
|
Literature & Composition |
|
5 |
| |
|
|
|
|
| 6th Quarter |
|
| RTT 215 |
|
Pulmonary Function Testing |
|
1 |
| RTT 216 |
|
Pediatric and Neonatal Respiratory Care |
|
3 |
| RTT 227 |
|
Rehabilitation and homecare |
|
1 |
| RTT 220 |
|
Clinical Practice V |
|
5 |
| |
|
|
|
|
| 7th Quarter |
|
| RTT 217 |
|
Advance Respiratory Care Seminar |
|
5 |
| RTT 222 |
|
Clinical Practice VI |
|
10 |
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Total Hours Required |
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128 |
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