Respiratory therapists are specialists and educators in many areas including cardiology, pulmonology, and sleep therapy.
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25 Facts About Respiratory therapists
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Respiratory therapists are clinicians trained in advanced airway management; establishing and maintaining the airway during management of trauma, and intensive care.
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Respiratory therapists initiate and manage life support for people in intensive care units and emergency departments, stabilizing, treating and managing pre-hospital and hospital-to-hospital patient transport by air or ground ambulance.
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Respiratory therapists educate, assist in diagnosis, and treat people who have heart and lung problems.
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Respiratory therapists provide a vital role in both medicine and nursing such as the initiation and maintenance of mechanical ventilation.
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Respiratory therapists are primary clinicians in conducting tests to measure lung function and teaching people to manage asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder among other cardiac and lung functions.
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Outside of clinics and hospitals, Respiratory therapists often manage home oxygen needs of patients and their families, providing around the clock support for home ventilators and other equipment for conditions like sleep apnea.
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In facilities that maintain critical care transport teams respiratory therapists are a preferred addition to all types of surface or air transport.
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In other settings respiratory therapists are found in schools as asthma educators, working with teachers and coaches about childhood symptoms of asthma and how to spot an emergency.
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Respiratory therapists are frequently utilized as complete cardiovascular specialists to place and manage arterial accesses along with peripherally-inserted central catheters.
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Registration as a full member is optional for respiratory therapists living in regulated provinces for respiratory therapists living in non-regulated provinces, registration as a full member with the CSRT is compulsory.
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Respiratory therapists therapy is a sub-specialty of physical therapy in France.
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All physioRespiratory therapists working within the United Kingdom must be registered with the Health and Care Professions Council, regardless of their area of clinical practice, in order to be allowed to work in both the public and private sectors.
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Some respiratory therapists will be available in PFT room or RCC and RCW built for focusing on difficult-weaning patients' ventilator weaning.
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Respiratory therapists are able to fulfill the role of perfusionist with appropriate training.
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Pediatric respiratory therapists are trained extensively in antenatal and intrapartum patients and family.
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Available to respiratory therapists holding certification as a certified respiratory therapist or registered respiratory therapist however the registered respiratory therapist is preferred by most institutions.
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Respiratory therapists monitor, interpret and diagnose findings from a sleep study, as well as the medical history and physical exam to make the diagnosis and decide on treatment related to sleep-disorders.
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Respiratory therapists are sometimes referred to as respiratory scientists who are specialists in pulmonary function.
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Respiratory therapists provide direct care, patient education, and care coordination.
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Current accreditation standards require Respiratory therapists to have, at minimum, an Associate of Science in Respiratory Care degree from an accredited program.
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In 2007 the American Association for Respiratory therapists Care began developing recommendations for the promotion of the field of respiratory care in the United States in response to increased concern regarding licensure and credentialing issues as well as international recognition of those practicing in the United States.
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The Committee on Accreditation for Respiratory therapists Care was asked by the AARC task force to change its accreditation standards and no longer accredit associates level respiratory care programs.
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