Undergraduate Catalog 2011-2012
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DHS 8110 Physical Assessment and Management of Medical Emergencies
Credit HoursRecitation/Lecture HoursStudio HoursClinical HoursLab Hours


This course is designed to give the student a basic understanding of disease states that may trigger medical emergencies and the means to prevent these emergencies through careful preoperative assessment and treatment modification. Through both didactic and laboratory experiences, students will further develop the assessment skills necessary for treating a patient with a significant medical problem as well as recognize and manage medical emergencies.
200

DHS 8200 Pain and Anxiety Control
Credit HoursRecitation/Lecture HoursStudio HoursClinical HoursLab Hours


Through lecture and lab, this course is designed to provide the student with basic and current concepts of pain control, local anesthetics and nitrous oxide sedation. The course will provide for the safe and effective administration of local anesthetics and nitrous oxide sedation. It will include the rationale for pain control, a review of essential anatomy and neurophysiology, the pharmacology of anesthetic and vasoconstriction agents, medical emergencies and legal considerations. There will be detailed instruction in local anesthesia and nitrous oxide delivery techniques in a clinical laboratory setting.
200

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