Additional Admission Requirements for Respiratory Therapy Program
Students in the Respiratory Therapy Program are expected to perform the following:
GROSS MOTOR SKILLS
- Move within confined spaces
- Sit and maintain balance
- Stand and maintain balance
- Reach above shoulders (e.g., IV poles)
- Reach below waist (e.g., plug electrical appliance into wall outlets)
FINE MOTOR SKILLS
- Pick up objects with both hands
- Grasp small objects with both hands (e.g., IV tubing, pencil)
- Write with pen or pencil
- Key/type (e.g., use a computer)
- Pinch/pick or otherwise work with fingers (e.g., manipulate a syringe)
- Twist (e.g., turn objects/knobs using both hands)
PHYSICAL ENDURANCE
- Stand (e.g., at client side during surgical or therapeutic procedure)
- Sustain repetitive movements (e.g., using both hands to perform CPR)
- Maintain physical tolerance (e.g., work entire shift)
PHYSICAL STRENGTH
- Push and pull 25 pounds (e.g., position patients, move ventilators)
- Support 25 pounds of weight (e.g., ambulate patient)
- Lift 25 pounds (e.g., pick up a child, transfer patient)
- Move light objects weighing up to 10 pounds (e.g., IV poles)
- Move heavy objects weighing from 11 to 50 pounds
- Defend self against combative patient
- Carry equipment/supplies
- Use upper body strength (e.g., perform CPR, physically restrain a patient)
- Squeeze with both hands (e.g., operate a manual resuscitation bag)
MOBILITY
- Twist & Bend
- Stoop/squat
- Move quickly (e.g., response to an emergency)
- Climb (e.g., ladders/stools/stairs)
- Walk
HEARING
- Hear normal speaking level sounds (e.g., person-to-person report)
- Hear faint voices
- Hear faint body sounds (e.g., blood pressure sounds, assess placement of tubes)
- Hear in situations when not able to see lips (e.g., when masks are used)
- Hear auditory alarms (e.g., monitors, fire alarms, call bells)
VISUAL
- See objects up to 20 inches away (e.g., information on a computer screen, skin conditions)
- See objects up to 20 feet away (e.g., patient in a room)
- Use depth perception
- Use peripheral vision
- Distinguish color (e.g., color codes on supplies, charts, bed)
- Distinguish color intensity (e.g., flushed skin, skin paleness)
