| A job as a Respiratory Therapist is one of the | | | | A Respiratory therapist can detect breathing |
| noblest professions in the medical field. A Respiratory | | | | problems of a patient based on details like age, |
| Therapist job description defined in the simplest | | | | height, weight and gender. This person is also |
| manner is to help people breathe better. They work | | | | responsible in taking blood samples of patients in |
| with a team of doctors in detecting, diagnosing and | | | | order to determine the levels of carbon dioxide and |
| treatment of patients who have diseases with the | | | | oxygen in their bloodstream. |
| lungs. The scope of patients they treat could range | | | | The therapist should also know the proper medical |
| from premature babies to senior citizens. As long as | | | | treatment for every ailment. Some patients who |
| these patients have trouble breathing, Respiratory | | | | have severe for breathing problems will require the |
| Therapists are the people to the rescue. | | | | use of breathing machines. Some patients could be |
| They specialize in the field of cardiopulmonary | | | | treated with medication or physiotherapy. With |
| diseases. In the diagnosis of these ailments, they first | | | | others, a simple oxygen mask will help. |
| analyze the patient's breathing. They make the | | | | Hooking up a patient to a ventilator should be an |
| patient breathe into a machine that assesses the | | | | easy task for them. The therapist is responsible for |
| functioning of the lungs. The size of the lungs is | | | | inserting a tube into the patient's windpipe which is |
| measured as well as the quantity of air that enters | | | | connected to a machine that pumps oxygen into |
| the lungs. | | | | their lungs. |