REQUIRED COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES:

 1.  Defend the importance of laboratory and diagnostic testing in establishing a patient care management plan in an acute or chronic setting.

 2.  Predict the expected changes in laboratory testing results based on chronic and acute conditions.

 3.  Develop an accurate diagnosis and establish a treatment plan based on given patient history, laboratory and diagnostic testing results.

 4.  Describe the components of blood and its role in maintaining homeostatic milieu.

 5.  Explain how alterations in blood components affect other lab values and patientt presentation.

 6.  Describe the basic components of pharmacodynamics and pharmacokinetics.

 7.  Correlate alterations in pharmacodynamics and pharmacokinetics with alterations in lab values.

 8.  Predict the efficacy of a medication with a given pathophysiology and lab values.

 9.  Analyze a given set of pulmonary gas values and correlate to injury or illness.

 REQUIRED TOPICAL OUTLINE:

 I.    Acquisition of samples

        A.  Blood

        B.  Urine

 II.   Hematology

        A.  Synthesis of blood

        B.  Lab values

        C.  Functions of blood components

 III.  Pulmonary gases

        A.  Normal values

        B.  Alterations in values  and the pathophysiology associated with those alterations

 IV.   Normal lab values

        A.  Electrolytes

        B.  pH

        C.  Blood cells

        D.  BUN

        E.  Specific gravity

        F. Glucose

        G.  Oxygen (% and pressure)

        H.  CO2

 V.    Abnormal lab values and the pathophysiology associated with those values.

 VI.   Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics

        A.  Normal medication

        B.  Alterations in absorption, distribution, biotransformation, and elimination

 VII.  Common medication classifications

        A.  Effects on body

        B.  Indications for use