Respiratory Care, A.A.S.
The Respiratory Care program prepares eligible students to provide management of respiratory care to patients seen in hospitals, intensive care units, emergency rooms, and diagnostic laboratories. Instructors educate students in diagnostic, therapeutic, and technologic arts as applied to the adult, neonatal, and pediatric patient. Upon successful completion of the program, students are eligible to take the following certification exams administered by the National Board for Respiratory Care: Certified Respiratory Therapist (CRT) and Registered Respiratory Therapist (RRT). Students who earn the Certified Respiratory Therapist (CRT) credential may apply for a Respiratory Care Practitioner lice
Courses
- MATH 1102 — Mathematics for Health Sciences 3 Credit Hours
- RESP 1101 — Basic Respiratory Care 3 Credit Hours
- RESP 1102 — Intermediate Respiratory Care 3 Credit Hours
- RESP 1103 — Advanced Respiratory Care 3 Credit Hours
- RESP 1105 — Respiratory Assessment and Procedures 4 Credit Hours
- RESP 1111 — Clinical Practice I 2 Credit Hours
- RESP 1113 — Intensive Respiratory Care Clinical Practice 1 Credit Hour
- RESP 1120 — Applied Cardioplumonary Anatomy and Physiology 4 Credit Hours
- RESP 1121 — Science for Respiratory Care 5 Credit Hours
- RESP 2201 — Advanced Life Support, Monitoring, and Trends 4 Credit Hours
- RESP 2202 — Pulmonary Function Testing 3 Credit Hours
- RESP 2205 — Neonatal and Pediatric Intensive Respiratory Care 3 Credit Hours
- RESP 2206 — Advanced Intensive Respiratory Care - Adult 2 Credit Hours
- RESP 2207 — Advanced Intensive Respiratory Care - Neonatal-Pediatric 1 Credit Hour
- RESP 2250 — Respiratory Care Board Review 4 Credit Hours
- RESP 2280 — Advanced Clinical Assessment and Protocol 4 Credit Hours