Cardiovascular Sonography AOS

FHS100 Fundamentals of Health Sciences
This course introduces the student to the fundamentals of working and functioning as a medical professional. Students are introduced to the 10 major systems of the human body such as the reproductive, lymphatic, cardiovascular, skeletal, muscular, nervous system, integumentary system. This course features review of basic anatomy, function, development, normal variants, and congenital defects.

MAT101 Mathematics
This course introduces the student to effective study habits, review of basics math skills, learning strategies, and early introduction to medical concepts. Students will review the metric system, decimals, working with fractions, rations, and conversions. Students will become familiar with basic algebra and logarithms as well as learning how to solve equations.

ENG102 English
This course serves to introduce students to the general principals of written communication, grammar, and oral communication skills. Students will learn methods of effective writing short memos, documentation of case histories, the use of outlines, rough drafts, final drafts, and other principles of professional writing. An oral presentation will help prepare students to enhance effective communication.

BEH103 Behavioral Sciences
This course presentation encompasses exploring and understanding cultural diversity, types of cultural communication, and general psychology principles. This course prepares students to learn how to critically think and relate with a wide variety of people coming from various cultures in and out of the medical community. This module will use a variety of teaching tools to include current events, role playing, and an active research project focusing on presentation of various cultures and their belief system.

VAS101 Vascular Sonography
The Vascular Lecture portion of this course trains the student in anatomy of the Cerbrovascular System, the lower and upper extremities of the arteries and veins. The examination of the abdominal aorta and dialysis grafts serves to help student sonographers understand the theory of sonography of the vascular structures of the body. These principles include understanding of hemodynamics, blood flow, stenoses, and Doppler, and evaluation of significant disease process. Students will be taught the arterial and venous blood flow paths within the human body and theories of blood flow will be analyzed. These theories include to: Bernoulli’s principle and Bernoulli’s equation, Poiseuille’s Law, and the concepts of disturbed and turbulent blood flow and Doppler evaluations

VAS101L Vascular Laboratory
The Vascular Lab serves to educate student sonographers in the practical and clinical aspect of sonography examinations on the vascular structures of the body. These exams include arteries and veins. Its goal is to enable the student sonographers evaluating vascular anatomical structures identify pathologies. Students become proficient with protocols related to the vascular system and learn to perform Color Doppler, Duplex Doppler, Continuous Wave Doppler, and standard 2-D ultrasound and Ankel brachial index studies. Students will be trained upon completion of the course to take the Cardiac Credentialing International Exam and the American Registry of Diagnostic Medical Sonography exam.

CLP101V Clinical Laboratory Prep

PHY101 Physics and Instrumentation
This course prepares the student to know how to use of any ultrasound machine. The knobology and ultrasound components of a machine are examined. The principles of sound and ultrasound are examined, the technical aspects of ultrasound, sound waves, theories, and practical application of this theory to help image and enhance images are explained. The goal of this course is to provide students with the ability to operate an ultrasound machine and to pass the Physics and Instrumentation specialty exams, such as the American Registry for Diagnostic Medical Sonography (ARDMS) and the Cardiac Credentialing International (CCI) exam within the professional field of ultrasound

PHY101L Physics Laboratory Prep
This module strives to train the sonographers in the technical aspects of ultrasound, sound waves, theories, and practical application of this theory to enhance image optimization. Students will practice sonography protocols with specific exercises towards applying the principles learned in the Physics 100 lecture and Physics 101 laboratory portion of the course.

CLP101P Clinical Laboratory

CAR200 Cardiovascular Sonography A
This is the first module of the echocardiography course. The course begins with studying the anatomy and physiology of the heart. The student will be able to identify all the structures and layers of the heart. The vessels of the aortic arch, the coronary arteries and veins are identified in relationship to the blood supply of the various segments of the heart. Basic embryology is described as well as limited congenital heart defects are explained. This is a technical course in that the scope of learning can be used only in the specific, medical, technical environment of the medical imaging field of echocardiography. Blood Flow, blood velocities, cardiac measurement by M-mode, 2-D, 3D and Doppler basics are evaluated.

CAR200L Cardiovascular A Laboratory
Cardiac Module A Laboratory; This is the corresponding class of cardiac scanning. The sonographer will be performing various anatomic ultrasound images based on the anatomy learned in the lecture portion of module A. Various views will be described and demonstrated in both the sagittal and transverse plans. The vessels of the aortic arch, the pulmonary veins, the pulmonary artery and all four cardiac valves will be identified and evaluated with m-mode, continuous wave and Doppler ultrasound. Doppler velocities will be examined with the use of the Bernoulli equation, and Simpson’s method. Students will begin the process of evaluating the heart based on various ultrasound probe views. Utilization of ultrasound knobology and use of the pre and post processing system of the ultrasound machine with demonstrate increased sonographic optimization for better picture quality.

CLP200CA Clinical Laboratory Prep

CAR201 Cardiovascular Sonography B
Module B is the sequential lecture portion following module A. The didactic portion covers the Pathophysiology of the heart. The normal and abnormal ultrasound appearances of the heart are demonstrated with ultrasound case studies and class discussions. The student will evaluate specific types of pathology and the corresponding cross correlation with X-Ray, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Computerized Axial Tomography, and EKG. Students will become familiar with stress testing, Transesophageal echocardiography (TEE), pharmacologic treatment plans, and preliminary reporting by the sonographer. The use of PACS and DICOM will be explained and demonstrated. The proper techniques on how to take accurate measurements will be demonstrated. A comprehensive plan of patient preparation, patient communication and patient care will be described and demonstrated.

CAR201L Cardiovascular B Laboratory
This is the corresponding class of cardiac scanning Module B laboratory portion. Students will be trained in a total cardiac protocol for evaluating the heart, the coronaries, pulmonary veins and the heart valves. The use of color Doppler, pulsed wave and continuous wave as well as m-mode will be also utilized for evaluation of the heart. The student will be evaluating pathology and writing the initial impressions. This is the more advanced scanning portion of the course. The application and scope of this laboratory and the corresponding lecture portion is classified as the technical core curriculum and can be used in a specific medical and technical environment in the Medical Imaging field.

CLP201CB Clinical Laboratory Prep

EXT200 Externship (Externship hours will begin after didactic and laboratory hours are completed)