- Emergency Services
- Respiratory Therapy: Post Licensure
- Public Health
- Healthcare Administration
- Respiratory Therapy: Pre Licensure
- Department of Occupational Therapy
- Occupational Therapy Assistant
- Department of Public Health and Healthcare Leadership
- Center for Interprofessional Education and Practice
- Health Sciences
- Communication Sciences and Disorders
- School of Social Work
- Applied Physiology Laboratory
Facilities & Equipment
Metabolic carts
- Parvo Medics TrueMax 2400 - capable of continuously measuring oxygen uptake, carbon dioxide production and ventilatory volumes at rest and during maximal graded exercise.
- Resting Metabolic Rate
- Maximal Oxygen Consumption
- Residual Volume
- Spirometry
- Oxycon mobile - allows for the determination of metabolic response while in active state such as exercising or working. Ideal for measuring responses in settings traditional, stationary metabolic systems cannot.
- Real time telemetry monitoring
- Cardiac output measurement
- Nutritional assessment
Lactate analyzer
- Arkray Lactate Pro
- Required blood sample volume is 5µl
- Measurement completed in 60 seconds
- High data precision of CV 0.3%
- The size of a credit card, the smallest in the world
- Stores up to 20 measurement results and can average past results
Blood glucose analyzer
- One Touch Ultra2 Blood Glucose Monitoring Meter
- Small sample size (1µl)
- Fast test time - 5 Seconds
- Proven reliable clinical accuracy CV < 3.7 %
Lipid panel analysis
- Cholestech LDX
- Meets all relevant National Cholesterol Education Program (NCEP) guidelines
- Require only a simple fingerstick
- Lipid profile (TC, HDL, TRG, LDL) and glucose
- Alanine aminotransferase, aspartate aminotransferase
- High sensitivity C-reactive protein
ECG testing
- IQstress system from Midmark
- Lightweight, digital ECG
- Integrated stress analysis software
- Stress cart and a medical grade treadmill
- Speed: 0.5 – 12 MPH, zero start stop button movable emergency stop button
- Elevation: 0 – 25%
Cardiac function
- PhysioFlow
- Patented Signal Morphology-based Impedance Cardiology
- Produces continuous hemodynamic waveforms, a new hemodynamic cross display & a variety of cardiovascular reports (Cardiac Output, Contractility Index, Early Diastolic Filling Ratio, Systemic Vascular Resistance and Left Cardiac Work
Treadmills
- True PS 100
- Landice L7
- Midmark Medical-grade exercise treadmill
Bikes
- SciFit Pro2 recumbent bike
- Complete knee-to-elbow motion range enables both core exercise and cardio training.
- Low profile seat back provides lumbar support and ideal biomechanical positioning for this exercise
- Bi-directional exercise
- Iso-Strength safe, accommodating strength program
- True PS 100 recumbent bike
- Multi-setting, adjustable seat that optimizes range of motion while minimizing pressure on soft tissues.
- Heart rate monitoring system and wireless telemetry system
- 2 Monark 827E bikes
- 2 Schwinn Airdyne bikes
Pulse oxymeters
- 2 Smiths medical FingerPrint
- Lightweight, highly portable
- Provides SpO2 and pulse rate measurements
- Integrated printer allows real-time & trend printing
- 3 Ohmeda TruSat
- Up to 35h of uninterrupted battery life
- Extreme durability
Spirometry
- SpiroLab III
- Highly portable desktop spirometer with large test memory capacity and built in printer
- MIR turbine flow sensor requires no calibration and complies with the severe ATS 24/26 waveforms.
- FVC, VC with breathing pattern plus MVV tests with real time curves.
- Measured parameters: FEV1, FEV1/FVC%, FEV3, FEV3/FVC%, FEV6, FEV1/FEV6%, PEF, FEF25%, FEF50%, FEF75%, FEF25-75%, FET, Vext, Lung Age, FIVC, FIV1, FIV1/FIVC%, PIF, IVC, IC, ERV, FEV1/VC%, VT, VE, Rf, ti, te, ti/t-tot, VT/ti