RC160 — Cardiopulmonary Diagnostics
This course is designed to increase the respiratory students’ knowledge and understanding of cardiopulmonary diagnostic assessment. Standard diagnostic testing and assessments are presented to include physical examination, blood chemistries and hematology, imaging studies, pulmonary function testing, bronchoscopy, thoracentesis, electrocardiograms, and hemodynamics. At the end of this course, students will have the ability to know which assessments/testing to use when evaluating a patient, and how to analyze the data gathered from these assessments to appropriately evaluate their patients and detect potential problems.