PH 739 Cardiopulmonary Clinical Laboratory

Prerequisite: Written consent of instructor. Pass/Fail available; audit not available. Experience and skill in the practice of taking and interpreting normal and abnormal Electrocardiograms (EKG's), Pulmonary Function Tests (PFT's), and Exercise Tolerance Tests (ETT's). Case studies with a variety of Arterial Blood Gas (ABG) test results will be offered to learn, analyze and interpret them.