DMS216 Ultrasound Scanning
Diagnostic Medical Sonography Department
Course Description: This course introduces students to ultrasound scanning of the abdomen, pelvis, superficial anatomy and the fetus. Emphasis will be placed on ultrasound scanning principles and protocols with correlated hands on scanning exercises. Students will learn the process of routine sonographic examination, follow professional protocols in obtaining ultrasound images, and learn to optimize those images to a diagnostic standard.
Credit Hours: 2.00
Prerequisites: None
Corequisites: None
DMS105L Ultrasound Physics and Instrumentation Lab
Diagnostic Medical Sonography Department
Course Description: Correlated laboratory and scanning exercises using modern Diagnostic Medical ultrasound instrumentation.
Credit Hours: 1.00
Prerequisites: None
Corequisites: DMS105
DMS106L Ultrasound Physics and Instrumentation II Lab
Diagnostic Medical Sonography Department
Course Description: This laboratory course will support DMS106. The student will continue to learn basic operating controls of the ultrasound instrument, and apply the basic concepts of frequency, velocity, sound attenuation in tissue, power and intensity, image formation, focal zones, transducer selection, image optimization, harmonics, spectral and color Doppler principles, on ultrasound instruments in the scanning lab. Student will also learn to set up and maintain a suitable scanning environment.
Credit Hours: 1.00
Prerequisites: DMS105
Corequisites: DMS106
DMS108 Ultrasound Physics and Instrumentation II
Diagnostic Medical Sonography Department
Course Description: This course is a continuation of DMS107. The student will continue to learn the basic concepts of ultrasound physics, frequency, and velocity, sound attenuation in tissue, power and intensity, image formation, focal zones, transducer selection, image optimization, harmonics, spectral and color Doppler principles. Students will learn how they are applied to basic ultrasound instrumentation controls, digital signal and image processing, image quality and Doppler flow analysis. Concepts of acoustic artifacts will be introduced. The ALARA principles, biological effects and safety will be stressed. The student will learn to perform measurements. Concepts also discussed are pre and post processing enhancement, documentation and recording capabilities, picture archiving, digital imaging and communication in medicine, 3D/4D imaging and emerging technologies.
Credit Hours: 2.00
Prerequisites: DMS107, DMS107L
Corequisites: DMS108L
DMS106 Ultrasound Physics and Instrumentation
Diagnostic Medical Sonography Department
Course Description: This course is a continuation of DMS105. The student will continue to learn the basic concepts of ultrasound physics, frequency, and velocity, sound attenuation in tissue, power and intensity, image formation, focal zones, transducer selection, image optimization, harmonics, spectral and color Doppler principles. Students will learn how they are applied to basic ultrasound instrumentation controls, digital signal and image processing, image quality and Doppler flow analysis. Concepts of acoustic artifacts will be introduced. The ALARA principles, biological effects and safety will be stressed. The student will learn to perform measurements. Concepts also discussed are pre- and post-processing enhancement, documentation and recording capabilities, picture archiving, digital imaging and communication in medicine, 3D/4D imaging and emerging technologies.
Credit Hours: 3.00
Prerequisites: DMS105
Corequisites: None
DMS105 Ultrasound Physics and Instrumentation
Diagnostic Medical Sonography Department
Course Description: The student will learn the basic concepts of ultrasound physics, frequency, velocity, sound attenuation in tissue, power and intensity, image formation, focal zones, transducer selection, image optimization, harmonics, spectral and color Doppler principles. Students will learn how they are applied to basic ultrasound instrumentation controls, digital signal and image processing, image quality and Doppler flow analysis. Concepts of acoustic artifacts will be introduced. The ALARA principle, biological effects, and safety will be stressed. The student will learn to perform measurements, pre and post processing enhancement, documentation and recording capabilities, picture archiving, digital imaging and communication in medicine. The student will be introduced to 3D/4D imaging and emerging technologies. The student will apply and manipulate these principles on ultrasound instruments in the scanning lab.
Credit Hours: 3.00
Prerequisites: PHY120
Corequisites: None
DMS107 Ultrasound Physics and Instrumentation
Diagnostic Medical Sonography Department
Course Description: The student will learn the basic concepts of ultrasound physics, frequency, velocity, sound attenuation in tissue, power and intensity, image formation, focal zones, transducer selection, image optimization, harmonics, spectral and color Doppler principles. Students will learn how they are applied to basic ultrasound instrumentation controls, digital signal and image processing, image quality and Doppler flow analysis. Concepts of acoustic artifacts will be introduced. The ALARA principle, biological effects, and safety will be stressed. The student will learn to perform measurements, pre and post processing enhancement, documentation and recording capabilities, picture archiving, digital imaging and communication in medicine. The student will be introduced to 3D/4D imaging and emerging technologies. The student will apply and manipulate these principles on ultrasound instruments in the scanning lab.
Credit Hours: 2.00
Prerequisites: PHY120, PHY120L
Corequisites: DMS107L
DMS108L Ultrasound Instrumentation Lab II
Diagnostic Medical Sonography Department
Course Description: This laboratory course will support DMS108. The student will continue to learn basic operating controls of the ultrasound instrument, and apply the basic concepts of frequency, velocity, sound attenuation in tissue, power and intensity, image formation, focal zones, transducer selection, image optimization, harmonics, spectral and color Doppler principles, on ultrasound instruments in the scanning lab. Student will also learn to set up and maintain a suitable scanning environment.
Credit Hours: 1.00
Prerequisites: DMS107, DMS107L
Corequisites: DMS108
EMS213 Trauma
College of Health Science Emergency Medical Services Department
Course Description: This course presents the epidemiology, pathophysiology, psychosocial impact, presentations, and management of Trauma. Topics include trauma systEMS; mechanism of injury; hemorrhage, shock, soft tissue, burn, head, face, spine, thoracic, abdominal and orthopedic trauma; environmental emergencies and trauma skills. This course includes NAEMT Pre-Hospital Trauma Life Support (PHTLS) Certification.
Credit Hours: 4.00
Prerequisites: EMS209
Corequisites: EMS244