Respiratory therapy has become a focused and highly specialized area.
Growth of respiratory therapy increases demand for therapists.
Respiratory therapy is a health care specialty that focuses on the areas of prevention, treatment, management, and rehabilitation of people with diseases of the lungs and cardiovascular system. Respiratory therapy is involved in a wide variety of life saving and life supporting situations and can be applied to every type of patient and wide variety of medical conditions.
Respiratory therapy is prescribed by a physician and, in a hospital or other medical facility, administered by a respiratory therapist. Using a variety of sophisticated and relatively simple medical devices, respiratory therapy can be applied to people with such disorders as asthma, emphysema, pneumonia, and bronchitis. Severe conditions may require equipment that will breathe for the patient during life-threatening circumstances such as severe head trauma or chest wounds.
The types and levels of respiratory therapy are determined in some cases after reviewing lab results. By measuring lung volumes or administrating gases or aerosols, respiratory care experts assist the physician in determining the type and extent of the patient's disease, as well as how well the respiratory therapy prescribed is working. Respiratory care practitioners are often called upon to offer advice and help in deciding which course of care to prescribe.
Respiratory therapy can be specialized in particular areas of pulmonary care. There is an increasing demand for therapists in the areas of newborn care, pediatrics, home care, cardiopulmonary technology, and health education and management.
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