REST 453 - Respiratory Therapy Disease Management

Credits: 3

Provides the necessary pulmonary disease management information respiratory therapists need to improve long-term pulmonary disease care and improve patient quality of life. This course will focus on the key components of pulmonary disease education for COPD, pulmonary fibrosis, asthma, pulmonary hypertension, and cystic fibrosis. The course also provides instruction on pulmonary function technology, tobacco cessation, pulmonary rehabilitation, patient education, and many other vital areas of effective pulmonary disease management.

Prerequisite(s): Admission into the respiratory therapy program with junior/senior status or permission of instructor

Term(s) Offered: Fall

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