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Clinical Diagnostic & Patient Procedures
This course is designed to further expand the student’s knowledge and application of clinical skills and patient procedures. This course includes an introduction to safety measures and regulatory requirements in the clinical laboratory, urinalysis, hematology, microbiology, serology concepts and procedures, physical therapy modalities, and the performance of electrocardiography. Students will also become certified in first aid and CPR.
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Medical Instrumentation
This course will provide an overview of instrumentation systems used in clinical medicine and biomedical research. We will review some circuit theory, and its application to bioinstrumentation. Systems for measuring biologic signals will be discussed including bio potentials, stress and strain, pressure, temperature, and optical properties. Electrical hazards, safety, measuring instruments and techniques will be discussed. There will be applications of theory, calibration, operation, and clinical application of cardiovascular diagnostic instrumentation and methods of hemodynamic data collection, calculation, analysis, and implication
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Intro to Cardiovascular Technology
This course is an overview of the cardiovascular technology field, from diagnostic and interventional cardiology to radiology, and the differences between the two. Related medical terminology, and the different national accrediting bodies, societies, and examination bureaus are discussed. This course introduces students to patient care, education, and management. The curriculum emphasizes patient identification, patient transportation with proper body mechanics, medical-legal ethics, patient confidentiality, and the required pre-procedure tests for cardiac diagnostic tests. Students are introduced to hemodynamic monitors and record baseline vital signs, and to explain procedures and answer questions for patients and families. The curriculum includes an introduction to supervised basic hemodynamic monitoring before, during, and after procedures, including arrhythmia recognition.
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Non-Invasive Testing
This course provides the student with an introductory overview of the anatomy, physiology, and basic electrophysiology of the heart. Students will master use of the electrocardiogram (ECG) and utilize a systematic approach to the analysis and interpretation of cardiac rhythms. As the student progresses through the course, each will correlate the electrocardiogram (ECG) characteristics, possible causes, signs and symptoms, and emergency management for sinus, atrial, junctional, ventricular and atrioventricular blocks. The student will develop an understanding of components of a pacemaker system, explain the differences in single-chamber and dual-chamber pacemakers and troubleshoot common pacemaker malfunctions. The student will develop the skills necessary to analyze a 12-lead EKG using a systematic approach to identify the progression of an acute myocardial infarction.
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Clinical I
This course reinforces knowledge from the core courses and requires the student to draw knowledge from concepts learned and apply them to the clinical and laboratory setting. Students refine assessment skills and review the analysis techniques used to determine the heart's overall health. Students will correlate the electrocardiogram (ECG) characteristics, possible causes, signs and symptoms, and emergency management for sinus, atrial, junctional, ventricular and atrioventricular blocks. The student will develop an understanding of components of a pacemaker system, explain the differences in single-chamber and dual-chamber pacemakers and troubleshoot common pacemaker malfunctions. The student will develop the skills necessary to analyze a 12-lead EKG using a systematic approach to identify the progression of an acute myocardial infarction. Prerequisites: CVT101 Clinical Diagnostic & Patient Procedures, CVT103 Introduction to Cardiovascular Technology
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Intro to Cardiac Sonography
This course provides the student with the basic principles echocardiography. Students will develop an understanding of the indications for cardiac echocardiography and a review of the associated cardiac anatomy. Students will discuss basic physics and instrumentation involved. Students will identify the basic cardiac views of the heart and correlate the structures to identify each view and the associated protocols. To assess the hemodynamic status, fluid status and life-threatening conditions, students will also develop an understanding of echocardiography principles, echocardiography approach, exam techniques and cardiac pathology.
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Vascular Imaging and Pathology
This course provides a basic overview of the anatomy and physiology of the vascular system. Students will be introduced to the use of diagnostic imagining with the use of Doppler for examining vasculature of the body. The student will develop an understanding of the diseases affecting the circulatory system. This course provides a history of diagnosis and treatment modalities for vascular conditions identified. Alternate diagnostic modalities will be discussed in conjunction with ultrasound. The student will identify routine vascular tests performed and skills to perform basic vascular tests commonly performed in vascular laboratories.
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Advanced Cardiac Sonography
This course reinforces knowledge from the core courses and requires the student to draw knowledge from concepts learned and apply them to the clinical and laboratory setting. Students refine assessment skills and review the analysis techniques used to determine the heart's overall health. This course reinforces knowledge of the effects of systemic diseases on the cardiovascular system as it relates to echocardiography through case study reviews. Students will also develop an understanding of the pathology involved in congenital heart disease experienced in the adult patients, Students will describe the principles, echocardiographic approach, and technical considerations of intraoperative and interventional echocardiography. Students will also develop an understanding of specialized echocardiography applications like 3-D, contrast, and intracardiac echocardiography. Prerequisite: CVT105 Introduction to Cardiac Sonography
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Phlebotomy (WV Only)
This course will enable the student to become knowledgeable about the functions of the clinical laboratory and the phlebotomist. Students will be exposed to the terminology and the anatomy and physiology necessary to be a phlebotomist and will also have hands-on experience in phlebotomy techniques. This course will also explore the various departments and testing that occur within the clinical laboratory.
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Clinical II
This course reinforces knowledge from the core cardiovascular technician courses and requires the student to draw knowledge from concepts learned and apply them to the clinical and laboratory setting. Students refine assessment skills and review the analysis techniques. Students will apply techniques of diagnostic imagining with the use of Doppler for examining vasculature of the body. The student will develop an understanding of the diseases affecting the circulatory system. Students explore alternate diagnostic modalities and identify routine vascular tests performed and skills to perform basic vascular tests commonly performed in vascular laboratories.
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Certification Prep
This course will prepare cardiovascular technology students to take the cardiovascular technician certification exam.
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Clinical III
Students reinforce knowledge from the core courses and require the student to draw knowledge from concepts learned and apply them to the clinical and laboratory setting. Students refine assessment skills and review the analysis techniques used to determine the heart's overall health. This course reinforces knowledge of the effects of vascular and systemic diseases on the cardiovascular system as it relates to echocardiography.
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