SCB Medical College To Offer Course on Respiratory Therapy
Cuttack: The Srirama Chandra Bhanja Medical College and Hospital, (SCB Medical College) a public medical college in Cuttack, has recently announced that it will offer a professional certificate course on Respiratory Therapy. The objective of the course is to equip professionals with the skills required for treatment of critical COVID-19 patients.
The course will be a one-year certificate course and will commence from the September, 2021-22 session & the State government has approved 20 seats for the same. The course will be conducted by the Centre of Excellence (CoE) in Pulmonary Medicine department.
"While the basic qualification for pursuing the certificate course on Respiratory Therapy is Plus Two Science pass, nurses having requisite qualification too can get enrolled in it. It has also been planned to offer a three-year-degree course in Respiratory Therapy," Head of Pulmonary Medicine department Prof Manoranjan Patnaik told The New Indian Express
The concept of the course has been derived from the United States of America where ICUs and ventilators are managed by respiratory therapists. The course will help nurses in monitoring patients, ICUs and ventilators and play a vital role in treatment of Covid patients.
"Apart from the course curriculum, training will be imparted on different diagnostic techniques like bronchoscopy, thoracoscopic and endobronchial ultrasound (EBUS) and pulmonary function test (PFT) procedures," Prof Patnaik said.
SCB as the nodal centre for post-Covid management, high quality health rehabilitation services are being provided by the CoE. "It is the first in Eastern India to have an EBUS machine with radial probe facility which has been operating since June and helps in diagnosing lung cancer and other pulmonary diseases," Prof Patnaik informed.
A degree course in respiratory therapy is also expected to be launched soon.
