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Standard |
Posted:
11/13/07
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R State Standard £
Institutionally Developed
College: N/A |
VAS 205 – Therapeutic
and Interventional
Course
Description
This course includes a
description and explanation of therapeutic intervention and other diagnostic
tests that may be performed at locations other than a vascular lab to diagnosis
venous, cerebral and arterial diseases. Topics include: therapeutic
intervention, compression therapy, medical therapy, invasive diagnostic tests,
surgical therapy, noninvasive diagnostic tests, and nonsurgical intervention.
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Competency Areas |
Hours |
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Therapeutic Intervention |
Class |
2 |
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Compression Therapy |
D. Lab |
2 |
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Medical Therapy |
P.
Lab/O.B.I. |
0 |
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Invasive Diagnostic Tests |
Credit |
4 |
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Surgical Therapy |
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Noninvasive Diagnostic Tests |
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Nonsurgical Intervention |
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Prerequisite: |
AHS 104, CVT
111, DMS 133, DMS 136, DMS 202, VAS 144 |
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Corequisite: |
VAS 245 |
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Course Guide |
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Competency |
After completing this section,
the student will be able to: |
Hours |
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Class |
D.Lab
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P.Lab/ O.B.I. |
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Therapeutic
Intervention |
3 |
0
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0 |
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Demonstrate
knowledge and understanding of clinical vascular diagnostic procedures with
Arterial, Cerebral, and Venous therapies. |
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Compression
Therapy |
2 |
0
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0 |
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Medical
Therapy |
2 |
0
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0 |
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Demonstrate
knowledge of diagnostic vascular procedures emphasizing indications, utility
and limitations of the following invasive tests: a.
Intravenous & oral anticoagulants b.
Antiplatelet medications c.
Aspirin Therapy d.
Thrombolytic Agents. |
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Invasive Diagnostic Tests |
2 |
10
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0 |
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Demonstrate
knowledge of diagnostic vascular procedures emphasizing indications, utility
and limitations of these Invasive Tests to include: a.
Venography (methods, interpretation, limitations) b.
Arteriography (methods, interpretation, limitations). |
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Surgical
Therapy |
4 |
4
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0 |
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Demonstrate
knowledge and understanding of surgical therapies to include: a. Carotid endarterectomy b. Vein patch or graft c. Arterial bypass grafting d. Thrombectomy e. Embolectomy. |
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Noninvasive
Diagnostic Tests |
4 |
6
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0 |
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Demonstrate
knowledge of diagnostic vascular procedures emphasizing indications, utility
and limitations of these procedures: a. Magnetic resonance angiogram b. Magnetic resonance flow meters c. Computed tomography d. Nuclear medicine vascular
procedures |
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Nonsurgical
Intervention |
3 |
0
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0 |
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Demonstrate
knowledge and understanding of nonsurgical intervention to include: a.
Angioplasty b.
Atherectomy c.
Angioscopy |
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Suggested Resources |
Bushong, S (2004). Radiologic
Science for Technologists. (8thed.) Elsevier: ISBN-13: 978-0323025553
Daigle, R (2002). Techniques in
Noninvasive Vascular Diagnosis. (2007) Summer Publishing: ISBN: 0-9720653-0-X
Kern, M (1999), The Cardiac
Catheterization Handbook (4th ed.) Elsevier: ISBN: 0-8151-2614-X
Mosby’s Pocket Dictionary of
Medicine, Nursing & Health Professions. (5th ed.) Elsevier. ISBN-13:
978-0-323-03943-7
Snopek, A (2006). Fundamentals of
Special Radiographic Procedures (5th ed.) Elsevier: ISBN-13: 978-0721606323
Strandness, E (2002). Duplex
Scanning in Vascular Disorders (3rd ed.) Lippincott: ISBN: 0-7817-2631-X
Taber’s
Cyclopedic Dictionary. (20th ed) F. A. Davis.
ISBN-13: 978-0-8036-1207-5
Thrush, A (2005), Peripheral
Vascular Ultrasound (2nd ed.) Elsevier/Churchill Livingstone: ISBN-13:
978-0-443-07283-3
Zweibel, W & Pellerito, J
(2005). Introduction to Vascular Ultrasonography. (4th ed.)
Elsevier/Saunders:
ISBN: 0-7216-6949-2