Respiratory

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Submitted by hothothot on April 30, 2008

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Respiratory

Surface and air transport: transport via helicopter, fixed wing or ground transport

Transport Respiratory therapists are required to earn the CRT and RRT credentials, and since many specialize in newborn and pediatric transports they also need the NPS credential. Life support credentials may also be required. Respiratory therapists are a valuable component of the transport team because they treat critically ill patients in emergency transit and dispatch to critical care units. So valuable that a handful of air ambulance programs now require respiratory care practitioners aboard every such trip, even when the patients respiratory functioning isn’t an issue.
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