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Aug 29, 2025
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Fall 2025 Health Sciences Catalog
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HAT 331 - Respiratory Care Techniques I
Introduces the history and global significance of the practice of respiratory care, including the beginning skills and therapies that are utilized. Major topics include the global history that led to the creation of the profession; the global need to provide quality respiratory care; principles of infection prevention and control; a review of the basic physics of respiratory care; medical gas storage, delivery and therapy; humidity and bland aerosol administration; bedside monitoring; and lung expansion and airway clearance therapies. Laboratory sessions will provide practical experience in the clinical application of the therapeutic modalities discussed.
3 credits
Prerequisite(s): Admission to upper division Respiratory Care program.
SBC: SBC: GLO, TECH
Fees This course has an associated fee. Please see www.stonybrook.edu/coursefees for more information.
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