CVI 233S - Invasive Cardio I Clinical

16 Credit Hours

A full-time clinical internship completed at an affiliated local or out-of-town hospital. Students will broaden and perfect their cardiac catheterization lab skills. Emphasis of this course is placed in the clinical skills necessary to perform circulating, recording and scrubbing positions as well as intensive training in many of the various procedures. These include, but are not limited to coronary angiography, coronary angioplasty, pacemakers, Swan Ganz, intra-aortic balloon pumping, and thrombolytic therapy. Written reports, review of current professional literature, and attendance at conferences are required. The student will be required to return to Southeast Technical Institute for one week during the Spring Semester in order to participate in a exam review course. Information regarding the review course and its schedule will be provided to the student prior to the start of the Spring Semester.

Prerequisites: CV, HC, CVI, general courses & Permission of Program Chair

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