ICV Clinical Education IV

Catalog description

This course provides a continuation of clinical experience in the cardiovascular interventional clinical environment. Emphasis is placed on enhancing the student's skills and abilities in patient care and lab interpretation, pharmacologic intervention, hemodynamic evaluation, advanced ECG recognition, radiation safety, anatomy and pathology, imaging procedure, preparation of sterile equipment and maintenance of supplies, within the interventional cardiac/vascular environment. Upon completion, students should be able to provide supervised assistance to cardiovascular technologists during diagnostic and interventional procedures.