Introduction to Cardiology CARD 1101

Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

• Describe cardiology and the professional role of the Cardiology Technologist.
• ​State significant dates, people and milestones in the history of Cardiology as it relates to Electrocardiography.
• Describe the normal cardiac anatomy and physiology.
• Describe electrophysiology and hemodynamics at a basic level in the normal heart
• Describe various non-invasive and invasive cardiac diagnostic studies currently performed at an introductory level
• Identify a variety of common abnormal cardiac conditions and syndromes and describe basic strategies of treatment.
• Describe cardiac pathophysiology at a basic level as if correlates to cardiac arrhythmia
• Describe, at an introductory level, appropriate patient assessments for various cardiac diseases.
• Correlate knowledge of basic cardiac pharmacology to various cardiac diseases
• Describe the importance of obtaining an adequate patient cardiac history
• Identify normal and abnormal heart and breathing sounds.
• Identify basic pacing modes and their corresponding ECGs

Effective as of Spring/Summer 2023