Why Choose Respiratory Care?

• If you like the excitement of assisting patients in emergency and critical care situations,
• If you want your work to be a blend of using state-of-the-art technology and providing bedside patient care,
• If you like having the flexibility to work with patients of different ages and clinical conditions,
• If you enjoy learning about how the body works, what happens in disease and how to restore normal function,
• If you care about helping other people to manage their disease and improve their quality of life,
• If you have have experienced family members or friends having difficulty breathing or receiving care from a Respiratory Care Practitioner,
• If you would enjoy seeing a patient who was under your care in the intensive care unit, now being discharged and knowing that you played a part in the patient's ability to go home,
• If you want to earn competitive wages and have the flexibility to move nearly anywhere in the country (or the world) and have excellent job opportunities,
• If you want to attend an intensive program that thoroughly prepares you to pass national board exams and enter a medical profession as your career,
• if you would like to become an expert in areas relating to hear and lung disorders and treatement,

...then you may be interested in becoming a respiratory therapists! Respiratory Care is a growing health care field providing a rewarding professional work environment, competitive salaries, opportunties for continued learning and the satisfaction of knowing that you have made a difference.