CVT 220 - Critical Care Applications

Description
This course is designed to teach students the theory, application, and evaluation of critical care measures for cardiovascular interventional complications and emergencies. This course will provide students with an in-depth knowledge of procedural care for a declining patient or complication occurred during or after a cardiac catheterization procedure. Students will learn protocols for managing patients coming into the cardiac cath lab with existing critical care needs.

Credit Hours: 3
Contact Hours: 3
Prerequisites/Other Requirements: None
English Prerequisite(s): None
Math Prerequisite(s): None
Course Corequisite(s): None
Academic Program Prerequisite:
Consent to Enroll in Course: Department Consent Required
Dual Enrollment Allowed?: No
Course Fees: $157.00
Number of Times Course can be taken for credit: 1
Programs Where This Course is a Requirement:
Cardiovascular Technology, A.A.A.S., Cardiovascular Technology, Certificate

General Education Requirement:
None
General Education Learner Outcomes (GELO):
NA
Course Learning Outcomes:

Explain complications and emergencies that can occur during cardiovascular interventional procedures.
Describe patient signs and symptoms that can indicate the onset of complications and emergencies during cardiovascular interventional procedures.
Identify specific complications and emergencies occurring in cardiovascular interventional procedures.
Predict plans of action for procedural complications and emergency cases presented to the cardiovascular interventional department.
Determine measures to resolve complications or emergencies presented in the cardiovascular interventional department.
Determine basic life support and advanced cardiac life support activities needed in the cardiovascular interventional department.
Describe appropriate treatment protocols for patients coming into the cath lab with existing critical care needs.

Course Outline:

Wk 1: Airway Management, Oxygen Delivery Devices, and High-Risk

Patient Management

Wk 2: Anaphylaxis, Vasovagal Response, and Allergic Reactions,

Hypertension/Hypotension

Wk 3: Chest Pain, Shortness Of Breath, Shock-All Types

Wk 4: ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction (Acute STEMI)

Wk 5: Unstable Angina/Non-ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction (UA/NSTEMI)

Wk 6: Dysrhythmias, Renal Crisis, Diabetic Crisis

Wk 7: Tamponade and Dissection

Wk 8: Cerebrovascular Accident (CVA), Transient Ischemic Attack (TIA),
and Thrombosis

Wk 9: Pulmonary Edema, Pulmonary Embolism, Acute Pulmonary Hemorrhage

Patient Management

Wk 10: ACLS protocol

Wk 11: ACLS protocol continued

Wk 12: Attaining Hemostasis for Access Site Bleeding

Wk 13-14: Case Studies

Wk 15: Review and Final Exam

Approved for Online and Hybrid Delivery?:
No
Instructional Strategies:
Lecture: 30-40%

Audio-Visual Content: 15-25%

Group and Indiviudal Assignments: 15-25%

Discussion/Participation: 20-30%
Mandatory Course Components:
NA
Equivalent Courses:
NA

Name of Industry Recognize Credentials: None

Course-Specific Placement Test: NA
Course Aligned with ARW/IRW Pairing: NA

Mandatory Department Assessment Measures:
NA

Course Type:
Program Requirement- Offering designed to meet the learning needs of students in a specific GRCC program.
Course Format:
Lecture - 1:1
Total Lecture Hours Per Week: 3
Total Fieldwork Hours Per Week: NA
People Soft Course ID Number: 105186
Course CIP Code: 51.9999
Maximum Course Enrollment: 25
School: School of Health & Exercise Science
Department: Allied Health
Discipline: CVT
First Term Valid: Fall 2023 (8/1/2023)
1st Catalog Year: 2022-2023
Name of Course Author:
Julie Lackscheide

Faculty Credential Requirements:
Certification/License Requirement (list below), Other (list below), Program Accreditation Requirement (list below)
Faculty Credential Requirement Details:
1) Bachelor’s degree
2) Hold a cardiovascular credential from at least one of the concentrations identified in these
Standards;
3) Have at least two years’ experience in cardiovascular health care;

Course Review & Revision Year: 2027-2028