Respiratory therapists are health care providers that are trained to provide respiratory care for patients. Although 75% of all respiratory therapists work in hospitals, there are a variety of other places that therapists can work such as teaching students respiratory therapy skills, research, clinics, physicians’ offices, home care, cardiopulmonary diagnostic laboratories, and skilled nursing facilities. There is a steady increase in demand for respiratory care practitioners due to advances in the cardiopulmonary medical science and from 2005-2009 it increased 9.3%. Now days, I’m sure it has advanced even more. Western medicine was begun by the “father of medicine”, Hippocrates. He believed that there was an essential substance in the air that was distributed to the body by the heart. Erasistratus came up …show more content…
with the theory that air entered the lungs and was transferred to the heart and Galan believed that inspired air contained a vital substance that charged the blood through the heart. There wasn’t much advancement in the following years until the seventeenth century, when Boyle published Boyle’s law in regards to a relationship between gas volume and pressure. In the eighteenth century, Charles described the relationship between gas temperature and volume which is what we now know as Charles law. The roles of the therapist have changed over the years, as well.
In the 1940’s, respiratory therapists were called oxygen technicians. The only thing they did was set up oxygen tanks, masks, and nasal catheters. In the 1950s, respiratory therapists were known as inhalation therapists because they were able to deliver aerosol meds. In the 1960s, therapists were responsible for ventilator setup, ABGs, and PFTs. The term “respiratory therapist” became designated in 1974. Another part of respiratory therapy that has advanced is oxygen therapy. It was produced in large scale in 1907 where it was used for nasal catheters, oxygen tents, and oxygen mask. In the 1940’s, it was widely prescribed in hospitals. In the 1960’s, the modern versions of the nasal cannula, oxygen mask, partial rebreathing and nonrebreathing mask were available. In the 2000’s, home therapy oxygen and concentrators were developed. The first aerosolized medications were given in 1910. In the 1940’s, bronchodilators were introduced to help with asthma. Since then, newer delivery devices such as dry powder inhalers have been introduced. The first negative pressure tank ventilator was developed in
1832. The Iron Lung was developed in 1928 to help with polio epidemic. The original positive pressure ventilator was developed for use during anesthesia but was later changed for hospital wards. The early mechanical ventilators provided controlled ventilation only but in the 1990’s, volume support ventilation, pressure regulated volume control and adaptive support ventilation was introduced. We have come a long way with the advancement in respiratory care, and I look forward to seeing what’s coming next.
When I am older I would love to be a Nurse Practitioner, I enjoy helping people when they are sick and taking care of them. Another reason I want to be a Nurse Practitioner is because my sister is also a Nurse Practitioner.
The career that interests me the most is Occupational Therapy. I chose to interview Debbie, a Registered Occupational Therapist who received her Bachelor’s in Occupational Therapy from Western Michigan University. She is working at Lynwood Manor which is a long-term rehabilitation facility.
There are many responsibilities in being a Respiratory Therapist. Which include, performing diagnostic and therapeutic procedures. Diagnostic procedures are the arterial blood gas analysis, pulmonary function studies, sleep studies, and more. Therapeutic procedures a...
Imagine going up for the perfect lay-up, you make the shot but when you land you twist awkwardly and land on your knee. Laying on the ground, you feel the pain surging through your knee, the first line of defense is an athletic trainer, however if this accident happened when you fell on a wet kitchen floor you could expect much the same care from a physical therapist Athletic Trainers are the first to respond to sport related in game injuries, and provide care after injuries. In contrast physical therapist are not only there to fix accidental injuries, and treat chronic bone and joint they help with plans of care and rehabilitation for athletes and non-athletes after injuries. Physical Therapy play a important role in todays healthcare. Physical Therapy are experts of improving and storing motion , they contribute to their patients ‘ quality of life by keeping them healthy , fit , active and in medications . The first school of Modern Physical Therapy opened in Boston, MA , So Physical Therapy have been around for a long time. The Physical Therapy Association Organized by Mary McMillan. It later became the American Physical Therapy Association.World War ll brings changes to Physical Therapy was done at hospitals as patients recovered from injuries , surgeries or other ailments.
During the interview, the Physical Therapist I conferred with was very thorough and straightforward in his responses to the questions that were given. I decided to interview another one of my mother’s fellow co-workers, Mr. Stephen Chan, considering his new experiences in the Physical Therapy field. I met with Mr. Stephen Chan at the Kaiser Permanente Outpatient Orthopedic Clinic that is located in Union City. The essential subject matters that we discussed consisted of his Major and Minor in college, the Residency Program that he takes part in, variations of attitudes, and advantages in the workforce.
Medical technology today has achieved remarkable feats in prolonging the lives of human beings. Respirators can support a patient's failin...
I find occupational therapy to pique my drive to teach people valuable life skills as well as learn from those people and their experiences. Being an occupational therapist would allow me to have one-on-one interactions with patients and establish meaningful relationships over the course of time. It would also give me the dutiful privilege and responsibility of instilling confidence in others and helping them realize their full potential in self-suffiency. All of my personal experiences, challenges, educational backgrounds, and professional interactions have guided me toward pursuing my goals of gaining experience working in all populations, enabling patients to thrive in their daily lifestyle, and spread public awareness of what OT has
I chose a career as a medical assistant because of the rewards I knew I would experience on a daily basis. Seeing a patient smile because I have helped them understand, or just making them feel comfortable with their visit, is just one of the many perks of my job. Upon graduating from an accredited college such as The College of Health Care Professions (CHCP), I now work for one of the most reputable hospitals in my area. Within two short years of committed studies, I obtained my associate of applied science degree, and then went on to obtain my certification as a medical assistant. There is nothing I have found more fulfilling, strong, secure, or rewarding then choosing to become a medical assistant,
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Physician Assistant is a career choice that entails various specialties and flexibilities that attracts many. Those who desires a path to practice medicine as soon as possible, PA 's lateral mobility allows that to happen. Compared to medical school, PA school requires less time and amount less debt. As the population grows and chronic diseases spreads, The future projection of PA is growing faster than the average careers.
Caring for people is my passion. My senior year of high school is when I witnessed my grandmother live on a ventilator for about a week. It awakened a new level of passion in me to care for people with cardiopulmonary problems. The Respiratory Therapy Care profession has intrigued me with how they improve the quality of life in their patients. I will enjoy working closely with patients in addition to working high tech equipment. By entering into this program and graduating out of this program I know that this will satisfy my personal goals for the next five years in many ways. The continues challenges of trying to figure out what’s wrong the heart that day or what’s wrong with the lung the next day will always keep me on my toes. It will always
I moved to the united states of America on February 14 2002, I came here to start afresh and begin a new life of opportunity, I must admit I never knew what to really expect other than what I've seen on television as such, it was a dream come through for me. However upon my arrival I realized and experienced that it was really as expected but in order to live a good life I had to work hard to achieve it. In my family I am the first son of my father and that automatically puts a lot of responsibility on me, responsibility on me to care for my parents, siblings and even my grand parents this has been hammered repetitively in me, we are an African family and the culture is different even the norms as well,
My mom said that my aunt and cousins have also an asthma when they were kids, this situation motivate me to take this course so that I can help all the patients with the lung and heart problems. Skyline college offer a respiratory care program that is accredited for two-year program and the program also offers an Associate of Science Degree in Respiratory Care which allows a graduate to become a licensed Certified Respiratory Therapist and also affords the opportunity to attain a higher level of credentialing (Registered Respiratory Therapist) that provide instruction and clinical practice. A student like me will learn from dedicated instruction who have practical experience in the field and will gain valuable hands-on experience through 800 hours of clinical and practice coordinated with sites in San Francisco and San Mateo
Respiratory assessment is a significant aspect of nursing practice. According to the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, respiratory rate is the best indicator of an ill patient and it is the first observation that will demonstrate a problem or deterioration in condition (Philip, Richardson, & Cohen, 2013). When a respiratory assessment performed effectively on a patient, it can result in upholding patient’s comfort and independence in progress of symptom management. Studies have acknowledged that in spite of the importance of the respiratory rate (RR) it is documented rarely than the other vital signs in the hospital settings (Parkes, 2011). This essay will highlight the importance of respiratory assessment and discuss why nurses
I completed a Master’s degree in Clinical Psychology where I learned the process of independently developing an idea into a research question and successfully executing it. Upon completion of the Master’s degree in Clinical Psychology, I went on to pursue a rigorous two-year clinical training program termed as M.Phil (Master’s of Philosophy) degree in Clinical Psychology. This training is based on Boulder model and is offered at the Institute of Human Behavior and Allied Sciences (IHBAS), University of Delhi, India. Throughout the M.Phil training, I was actively involved in psychological assessment and therapeutic management of patients who presented with psychiatric conditions, ranging from depression, anxiety disorders, personality disorders,