Respiratory Therapy AAS

Nursing students in a clinical skills lab practice patient care. One student stands beside a hospital bed working with a medical mannequin, while two other students in scrubs talk and smile in the background. The room is bright with medical equipment and supplies visible throughout the lab.

Teaches the duties, responsibilities and skills associated with the practice of respiratory therapy. Students will learn principles of cardiopulmonary anatomy, physiology, pathophysiology, and care. General education requirements will be taken at CCA and content specific to respiratory therapy will be offered at Pickens Technical College. Students must apply to Pickens Technical College to enter the program after general education requirements are met.

All courses with the prefix RCA must be taken at Pickens Technical College and transferred back to CCA.

Degree Requirements: 78

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