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Equipment
<br />Equipment and instruments are available to Instruct students In the skills
<br />they will need in their chosen careers. Concorde students acquire knowledge
<br />and technical skills through demonstrations, actual operation of equipment,
<br />and the practice of techniques. Among the major items of equipment
<br />available to Concorde students are the following (by program):
<br />Dental Assistant Program
<br />The dental laboratory area has four dental operatories. The dental lab room
<br />is equipped with lathes, model trimmers, bench grinders, vibrators,
<br />sterilization equipment, hydrocolloid units, and other teaching aids.
<br />One operatory is designated for a local practicing dentist to see private
<br />patients. This provides students a unique opportunity for hands-on training
<br />and observation. This is a fully equipped, fully functional dental facility with
<br />dental x-ray units, Including digital x-rays, darkroom, and teaching and
<br />x-ray mannequins.
<br />Students enrolled in the Dental Hygiene program have access to a completely
<br />equipped and functioning dental clinic. Included in the clinical facility are four
<br />radiography units, a panoramic x-ray unit, and 12 fully equipped operatories.
<br />Students learn various technical skills in the lab before treating a patient.
<br />Some special equipment included are lathes, model trimmers, intraoral
<br />cameras, both digital and traditional x-rays, autoclaves, and automatic
<br />processors. Mannequins are used for instrument skill and instruction.
<br />Personal computers with appropriate software are also used for the benefit
<br />of the student.
<br />Medical Assistant Program
<br />This program has a laboratory stocked with medical test supplies and
<br />equipment, such as stethoscopes, glucometers, sphygmomanometers,
<br />examination and treatment tables, autoclaves, electrocardiograph machines,
<br />centrifuges, microscopes, teaching mannequins, and other teaching aids.
<br />Medical Office Administration Program
<br />This program has a fully equipped computer lab with industry -standard
<br />personal computers and software.
<br />Physical Therapist Assistant Program
<br />Equipment includes treatment tables, electromagnetic and electrical
<br />stimulation devices, biofeedback units, ultrasound, traction, thermal
<br />modalities and adaptive equipment. Therapeutic exercise equipment
<br />includes a treadmill, parallel bars, exercise balls, free weights, balance
<br />boards, and other devices that promote fine and gross motor skills. Assistive
<br />devices include wheelchairs, walkers, crutches, canes, and orthotics/braces.
<br />Assessment equipment includes stethoscopes, goniometers, postural
<br />screening boards, pulse cximeters, spirometers, and other teaching aids.
<br />Respiratory Therapy Program
<br />This program has a comprehensive laboratory equipped with oxygen devices,
<br />aerosol/humidity devices, lung expansion devices (intermittent positive
<br />pressure breathing machines, Incentive spirometers, continuous positive airway
<br />pressure machines), mechanical ventilators (respirators), airway maintenance
<br />devices (suction machines, intubation tools, artificial airways), and ancillary
<br />equipment (arterial blood gas equipment, oximetry, capnography, pulmonary
<br />function equipment, mannequins), plus a library complete with respiratory and
<br />respiratory -related medical journals, texts, and audiovisual equipment.
<br />Vocational Nursing Program
<br />The Vocational Nursing program offers catheters, nasogastric tubes, oxygen
<br />and masks, needles, syringes, suction machine, K-pad, wheelchairs,
<br />stethoscopes, sphygmomanometers, Glucoscan, thermometers,
<br />ophthalmoscope, simulated patient units, teaching mannequins/models,
<br />sterile supplies, and other teaching aids.
<br />Audiovisual Aids
<br />Concorde's programs are supported with reference books, charts, field trips,
<br />demonstrations, and other teaching aids. Speakers from business and v
<br />2020-2021 Garden Grove Catalog I Publication Date: November 30, 2020 1 Effective July 1, 2020 through June 30, 2021
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