Education
Respiratory Therapy Technician programs are usually found in community colleges and career and vocational schools and are _____ years long.
1 to 2 years
The _______ functions in three ways:
1. It exchanges gases between the blood and the lungs.
2. It helps regulate body temperature by cooling or warming the blood.
3. It helps maintain the blood’s electrolyte balance.
Respiratory system
This means difficulty in breathing
Dyspnea
Irreversible abnormal enlargement and destruction of the alveoli that perform gas exchange
Emphysema
2019 Median annual pay for Respiratory Therapist nationally is?
$61,330
Most programs to become a respiratory therapist are two-year programs and graduates earn an ____ degree
Associates
The respiratory system brings____ into the body through the breathing process.
oxygen
________ is dyspnea that occurs when the patient is lying down, commonly seen in patients with congestive heart failure or valve disease.
Orthopnea
Air trapped in the pleural space of the thorax resulting in a collapsed lung
Pneumothorax
This type of respiratory therapist evaluates patients and assesses their sleep health under a clinical director. A sleep lab or sleep center may be a freestanding clinic, or it may be a part of a hospital.
Sleep technologist
To work as a RT you must have an ____ degree or higher
Associates Degree
With ______ or in inhaling air, oxygen is brought into the lungs.
inspiration,
Partially-collapsed lung
Atelectasis
Acute inflammation of the lungs in response to a bacterial, viral, or fungal infection
Pneumonia
Palpation, or ___ the patient, gives the RT clues about the condition of the underlying structures
Touching
CCRI offers what kind of degree to become a Respiratory Therapist
Associates
With _____ or exhalation, carbon dioxide is removed from the lung
expiration
Inflammation and narrowing of the airways, often with overproduction of mucus, combined with heightened sensitivity
Asthma
Tuberculosis (TB) is what?
Bacterial infection in the lungs
________ in which the RT listens to body sounds with a stethoscope, is an excellent diagnostic tool.
Auscultation
How long is the RT program at CCRI?
Two years
Internal respiration ______ oxygen and carbon dioxide between blood and body cells.
Exchanges
Inflammation of the bronchial tubes
Bronchitis
The blocking of the airway through bronchiolitis (inflammation of the bronchioles) and/or asthma and/or emphysema
COPD (Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease)
_______ measures the amount of oxygen in the arterial blood.
Pulse oximetry