Registered Respiratory Therapist
A Registered Respiratory Therapist (RRT) is an advanced therapist who has passed standardized written and clinical simulation examinations administered by the National Board for Respiratory Care (NBRC). In addition, to the certified therapist (CRT) entry level skills, RRTs have advanced education and training in patient assessment, in the development and modification of patient care plans, and in assuring the appropriate utilization of respiratory care resources. An RRT is a graduate of an associate or baccalaureate degree producing educational programs approved by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP) and where applicable, is licensed by the state and is practicing within the scope of that license.
Registered Respiratory Therapists in Miami, FL
Certified Neonatal / Pediatric Respiratory Therapist
The care and treatment of premature infants, newborns and children. This includes management of mechanical ventilation, assessment, diagnostics and generalized respiratory treatments.
Certified Neonatal Pediatric Respiratory Therapists in Miami, FL
Certified Pulmonary Rehabilitation Respiratory Therapist
The respiratory therapist can assist the chronic pulmonary patient in returning to an optimal role in society by providing an effective program. It includes bronchopulmonary drainage, exercise therapy, and patient education.
Certified Pulmonary Rehabilitation Respiratory Therapists in Miami, FL
Registered Respiratory Therapy Educator
The focus of patient and family education activities is to promote knowledge of disease process, medical therapy, and self help. Respiratory therapists are uniquely qualified to provide this service in regard to cardiopulmonary diseases and injury.
Registered Respiratory Therapy Educators in Miami, FL
Registered Home Health Respiratory Therapist
Home care fosters individual responsibility for self-management of chronic respiratory conditions. It includes individualized assessment based plans of care service developed to promote safe, proper, and sustained use of prescribed respiratory therapy medications, equipment, and techniques in the home.
Registered Home Health Respiratory Therapists in Miami, FL
Registered Pulmonary Diagnostics Respiratory Therapist
Included in the area of pulmonary diagnostics are the following; collection and analysis of physiological specimens, interpretation of physiological data, administration of tests of the cardiopulmonary system, and the conduct of both neurophysiological and sleep disorders studies.
Registered Pulmonary Diagnostics Respiratory Therapists in Miami, FL
Registered Critical Care Respiratory Therapist
Mr. Nestor Rivera is a Registered Critical Care Respiratory Therapist in Miami, FL
with special training and skill in advanced respiratory care beyond that of a respiratory therapist.
As a Registered Critical Care Respiratory Therapist, Nestor Rivera, RRT performs
critical respiratory treatments in emergency rooms. Critical Care Respiratory Therapy - Registered is
the treatment of critically ill or injured patients with cardiorespiratory issues. Significant diseases and conditions treated by
Registered Critical Care Respiratory Therapists include viral respiratory infections, chronic lung diseases, and chest trauma.
Medical tests, procedures and therapies provided by Registered Critical Care Respiratory Therapists
include chest x-rays, blood gas laboratory testing, aerosol-based medication administration, and mechanical ventilation support.
Respiratory emergencies are commonplace in the treatment of critical care patients. Included in the assessment measurements conducted by the respiratory therapist in the critical care settings are arterial blood gas puncture and analysis, intrarterial monitoring, bedside measurements of lung mechanics, hemodynamic monitoring, and inspired and expired gas measurements. This is coupled with the initiation and management of mechanical ventilation patients.
Registered Critical Care Respiratory Therapists in Miami, FL
