Respiratory Therapy
As a Respiratory Therapist, you deal with one of the critical life-sustaining functions of the human body - breathing.
You will deal with life and death issues on a daily basis. You will conduct diagnostic testing procedures and administer treatments to improve patients' breathing, as well as implement and monitor life support equipment.
You will assist physicians in the diagnosis and management of cardio-pulmonary deficiencies and abnormalities, and use sophisticated equipment to measure lung function and monitor heart functions. You might treat newborns, trauma victims, drowning victims, and patients suffering from asthma, bronchitis, coronary heart disease, emphysema, and pneumonia.
What skills will I learn?
- Oxygen Therapy
- Bronchodilator
- Chest Physiotherapy
- Patient Teaching and Instruction
- ECG
- Ventilator and Airway Management
- Bronchoscopy Assistant
- Arterial Blood Gas Analysis
- Pulmonary Function Testing
- Home Respiratory Care
- Trauma and CPR Team
- Pulmonary Rehabilitation
- NICU monitoring
- Hemodynamic monitoring
- Chest tube theory
- Advanced pharmacology
- ACLS protocol
- Renal affects on the respiratory patient
Where can I work?
- RT's work primarily in hospital and clinical environments
- Skilled Nursing Facilities
- Pulmonary Physicians offices and clinics
- Rehabilitation Hospitals
- Registries
- Respiratory Therapy Instruction
- Pulmonary Function and Sleep Labs
- Government Hospitals and Research Facilities
- Equipment Sales, Repair, and Manufacturing
- Pharmaceutical Sales
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