Program Description:
The Respiratory Care program is a sequence of courses that prepares students for careers in the field of Respiratory Care. Learning opportunities develop academic and professional knowledge and skills required for job acquisition, retention, and advancement. The program emphasizes specialized training in areas such as pulmonary and cardiac pharmacology, medical gases, humidity/aerosol therapy, positive pressure ventilation, incentive spirometry, patient assessment, postural drainage, percussion/vibration, assessment of diseases and conditions, critical respiratory care, advanced critical care monitoring, pulmonary function testing, and pediatric and neonatal respiratory care.
In addition, the goal and mission of the Respiratory Care Program is “to prepare graduates with demonstrated competence in the cognitive (knowledge), psychomotor (skills), and affective (behavior) learning domains of respiratory care practice as performed by registered respiratory therapists (RRTs).
Program graduates receive a Respiratory Care Associate Degree which qualifies them to apply to take the examinations to become a Registered Respiratory Therapist. The Therapist Multiple-Choice Examination is designed to objectively measure essential knowledge, skills, and abilities required of entry-level respiratory therapists, as well as determine eligibility for the Clinical Simulation Examination. To work in the state of Georgia, all respiratory care practitioners must apply and be granted a license. The CRT and/or RRT credentials are used as the basis for the licensure in all of the 49 states that regulate the practice of respiratory care.
The Respiratory Care Technology program at Georgia Northwestern Technical College is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation for Respiratory Care (CoARC) (www.coarc.com).Georgia Northwestern Technical College Respiratory Care CoARC #200485. CoARC accredits respiratory therapy education programs in the United States. To achieve this end, it utilizes an ‘outcomes based’ process. Programmatic outcomes are performance indicators that reflect the extent to which the educational goals of the program are achieved and by which program effectiveness is documented. Programmatic Outcomes Data can be found at https://coarc.com/students/programmatic-outcomes-data/.
Commission on Accreditation for Respiratory Care (CoARC)
264 Precision Blvd.
Telford, TN 37690
(817) 283-2835
www.coarc.com
Entrance Dates:
Beginning of any semester for pre-occupational curriculum. Spring semester for occupational curriculum.
Entrance Requirements:
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17 years old for entrance into Health Technology pre-occupational curriculum |
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18 years old for entrance into Health Technology programs |
Pre-Occupational Curriculum (28 Credit Hours)
Occupational Curriculum (50 Credit Hours)