Arts, Letters and Science — Health Occupations RESPIRATORY THERAPY Joyce E. Wanta, Technical Director Farrell M. Calton, Medical Director The Department conducts a Respiratory Therapy Education program in affiliation with the McKay-Dee Hospital Center and St. Benedict's Hospital in Ogden; as well as the LDS and Primary Children's Hospitals in Salt Lake City. The curriculum is designed to prepare competent and adaptable respiratory therapists. A separate application is required for this program (in addition to the standard Weber State College admission application). For details regarding the application procedure, prospective candidates should contact the office of the Technical Director of the program. The total curriculum is seven quarters in length, including one summer session. The first two quarters are spent in filling Respiratory Therapy prerequisites and some general education areas. Respiratory Therapy courses begin spring quarter of the freshman year and continue through five quarters. Candidates for the program are enrolled as Pre-Respiratory Therapy majors during the autumn and winter quarters of the freshman year. To be eligible for consideration in the official class selection, each candidate must: (1) complete personal interviews, (2) present a satisfactory high school and/or college achievement record; and (3) complete all the Pre-Respiratory Therapy course requirements. During winter quarter each year, Respiratory Therapy majors will be selected for enrollment in spring quarter. Prior to acceptance into the official class (spring quarter) students must complete the following courses: Health Occupations 130, 120; Chemistry 111; Zoology 201; Physics 101; and Mathematics (minimum of 101 or score of 23 or better on math pre-test). Students who successfully complete the Respiratory Therapy program are awarded the associate of science degree. To become a Registered Inhalation Therapist, one must complete a year of experience in respiratory therapy (beyond formal training) and then apply to the American Registry of Inhalation Therapists to take the National Board Examinations. Arts, Letters and Science — Health Occupations Courses of Instruction 199. Introduction to Respiratory Therapy—An introduction to the history, methods, techniques, and equipment used in the maintenance of the pulmonary and/or cardiac patient through the use of oxygen and other gases. S (5) 200. Administration of Oxygen and Other Gases—The survey of the anatomical, physiological and pathological conditions for which the administration of oxygen and other gases is useful. Su (6) 202. Humidification and Aerosolization—The study of humidity control and the use of therapeutic aerosols in the aid and supportive treatment of the pulmonary patient. Su (4) 204. Ventilation—An introduction to resuscitative measures and the essentials of ventilation as it applies to the assistance and/or control of specific disease syndromes related to respiratory function. A (5) 206. Ventilation—Continued. Taught concurrently with RT 204. A (4) 208. Lung Physiotherapy and Monitoring—Lung physiotherapy techniques, pulmonary function studies and blood gas analysis. W (6) 210. Equipment and Maintenance—A survey of the equipment and apparatus used by the respiratory therapist in a modern hospital. W (3) 286. Applied Clinical Applications—Experience in the Clinical settings of emergency, medicine, obstetrics, pediatrics, general and thoracic surgery, and neurosurgery units of an affiliated hospital. A (7) 287. Applied Clinical Applications (continued). W (7) 289. Applied Clinical Applications (continued). S (7) 156 157