Cardiopulmonary
Science
New Orleans
•Respiratory therapists
are able to work in
a variety of challenging settings that are sure to fit your interests. Some of these include hospitals, rehabilitation and skilled nursing facilities, sleep diagnostic laboratories, physicians’ offices, patients’ homes, home health agencies, medical equipment supply companies, and educational institutions.
RESPIRATORY THERAPY
Respiratory therapists are members of the health
care profession who provide evaluation, diagnostic testing, treatment, and
education of patients with breathing disorders.
Respiratory therapists work flexible hours, 8 &
12 hour shifts, days, evenings, nights in one of the fastest growing
specialties in health care.
Medication Administration
Airway
Management
and CPR
Patient Assessment and Management of Breathing Machines (Ventilators)
Management
of Critically
Ill Patients
Evaluation and
Diagnostic Testing for Pulmonary Diseases
Asthma Educators
Therapist-Driven Protocols
Evaluation of Therapy
•Become a health care professional involved in the care and treatment of a wide variety of patients, from the premature infant with undeveloped lungs, to the child with asthma, to the trauma victim unable to breathe, to the elderly patient with emphysema.
•Become
a critical thinker involved in assisting physicians in making life-altering decisions.
•Become
a vital part of a hospital’s lifesaving response team.
