Vocabulary
What does cardiopulmonary disorder mean?
Disease of the heart and/or lungs.
Respiratory therapists are also considered what?
Respiratory care practitioners
What is the growth percentage of respiratory therapists?
19%
What is the minimum requirement for respiratory therapists?
Associates degree
What state does not require RT's to be licensed?
Alaska
What is an arterial blood sample?
A blood sample taken from an artery instead of a vein.
Where do majority of the respiratory therapists work?
Hospitals
What lasting effect will result in the increase of growth of respiratory therapists?
Covid-19
Training is offered at what level?
Postsecondary
How many states require the RRT credential for licensure?
6 states
What is the testing of multiple sleep parameters called?
Polysomnography
Like most other health occupations, what are respiratory therapists exposed to?
Infectious diseases
Why are jobs declining for respiratory therapy technicians?
Because of changes in the credentialing in the field of respiratory therapy.
How many degree advancement (DA) are there?
17
What does CPR stand for?
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation
What helps patients that are suffering from breathing disorders?
Oxygen or oxygen mixtures
True or false: Respiratory therapists can set the oxygen flow levels for oxygen masks of their own choosing.
False
List one contributing factor for the increase of respiratory therapists.
Advancement in inhalable medications, treatment of lung transplants, heart attack and accident victims, premature infants, and smoking air pollution.
One way someone can be a respiratory therapy technician is by a one-year certification program, but what is the other way?
Completing the first year of the associates degree in respiratory therapy.
How can some advance in their job of being a respiratory therapist?
By moving from general care to the care of critically ill people who have significant problems in other organs like their heart or kidneys.
What is the treat prescribed after surgery to help return a patient's lungs to their normal level of functioning?
Chest physiotherapy
Therapists let patients use what to help patients breathe?
Ventilators
What is the major cause for the growth of respiratory therapists?
Large growth in the middle aged/older population who are at risk for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).
What is one speciality area respiratory therapists may advance to?
Adult critical care, neonatal/pediatric respiratory care, sleep disorders and therapeutic intervention, and pulmonary function technology.
What is licensure largely based on?
Meet requirements of the national board of respiratory care (NBRC).