Respiratory Therapy - Athens Technical College

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Program Format: Campus Program Level: Associate

Respiratory Therapy from Athens Technical College is a Campus Associate Respiratory Care degree that prepares you for a Healthcare career. Respiratory Therapy is a profession that focuses on neonatal, pediatric, and adult patients with disorders of the lungs and heart. Respiratory therapists work both in hospitals and in home care treating patients with asthma, bronchitis, emphysema, croup, infant respiratory distress syndrome, cystic fibrosis, sleep apnea, adult respiratory distress syndrome, silicosis, pneumonia, pulmonary embolus, and pulmonary edema. The Respiratory Therapy program is a professional course of study designed to prepare an individual to practice critical respiratory care in a hospital setting and respiratory care in the home setting. The curriculum covers human anatomy and physiology, cardiopulmonary anatomy and physiology, medical microbiology, pharmacology, heart and lung diseases and their treatment, proper use of respiratory therapy equipment such as mechanical ventilators and arterial blood gas analyzers, care of pediatric and critically ill neonatal and adult patients, and the interpretation of data from advanced cardiac and pulmonary diagnostic equipment. Graduates are eligible to take the National Board for Respiratory Care examination to become a registered respiratory therapist (RRT). View more details on Athens Technical College . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Respiratory Care courses.

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Athens Technical College details

Athens Technical College address is 800 U.S. Hwy 29 North, Athens, Georgia 30601. You can contact this school by calling (706) 355-5000 or visit the college website at www.athenstech.edu/ .
This is a 2-year, Public, Associate's--Public Rural-serving Medium according to Carnegie Classification. Religion Affiliation is Not applicable and student-to-faculty ratio is 17 to 1. The enrolled student percent that are registered with the office of disability services is 3% or less .
Awards offered by Athens Technical College are as follow: Less than one year certificate One but less than two years certificate Associate's degree Two but less than 4 years certificate.
With a student population of 5,111 (all undergraduate) and set in a Rural: Fringe, Athens Technical College services are: Remedial services Academic/career counseling service Employment services for students Placement services for completers . Campus housing: No.
Tuition for Athens Technical College is $2,060. Type of credit accepted by this institution Dual credit Advanced placement (AP) credits . Most part of the informations about this college comes from sources like National Center for Education Statistics

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