Schedule
Wed, 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM (8/19/2013 - 12/13/2013) Location: MAIN CLARK 3230
Fri, 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM (8/19/2013 - 12/13/2013) Location: MAIN CLARK 3230
Description
Credit Hours: 6
Prerequisites: SCI 116, SCI 225 and 226 (with labs), SCI 215, COM 101, SCI 110
This course will focus on introducing the student to the field of diagnostic medical sonography. It will include medical terminology with application to sonography. Course work will include information concerning documentation sonography, sonographic images, basic patient care techniques, infection control and universal precautions, emergency conditions, body mechanics/ergonomics, history taking and lab values. General sonographic physics principles, terminology, and clinical applications related to basic cardiovascular principles that are essential to the understanding of cardiovascular function and evaluation. Topics include anatomy of the heart, basic embryology, cardiac physiology, EKG theory, principles of cardiac hemodynamics and cardiac evaluation. Students will also be introduced to fundamental principles of vascular hemodynamics, cerebrovascular anatomy and physiology, and carotid