Respiratory Care - Clinical Pharmacology

Catalog description

This course will study the drugs administered to treat pulmonary disease. It will also include other classifications of drugs that have an effect on cardiopulmonary status. Areas will include drug calculations, indications, classification, proper dosage, modes of administration, the physiological actions of pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, and pharmacokinetics, side effects, precautions, hazards, therapeutic effects and patient monitoring. Prerequisite: Enrollment in the Respiratory Care Program.