What are respiratory therapists? how can they help an asthma patient?!


Question: What are respiratory therapists.? how can they help an asthma patient.?
Answers:
Respiratory therapist work in the cardiopulmonary department. Meaning that they deal with the heart and lungs. They can do EKG'S. sleep studies, PFT's, stress tests, and methylcholine challenge (helps to determine if you have asthma or not). They sometimes can intubate a person in respiratory distress and then do ventilator management. They suction mucus out of people who have a hard time coughing it up. They do chest compressions on a person in cardiac arrest...... they bag a person in respiratory distress..... do trach care...... are there for delivers--- vag or section..... they tend to newborns in distress and help suction the amniotic fluid when the baby is first born..... they attend all codes.... give COPDer's and asthmatics treatments..... Their job is endless and there is so many things that they can do.


For asthmatics.... they can give them a test to determine if they have asthma or not. From there they Dr. will read the test and diagnose that patient with asthma if the test results say so. From there, the Dr. orders preventative asthmatic meds along with rescue inhalers/meds. When the patient comes through ER or is admitted in the hospital, the RT gives him/her a neb treatment if needed.Health Question & Answer

Respiratory therapists are specialists who treat respiratory and cardiovascular pathologies. They can diagnose a patient who has asthma and help them out with it.Health Question & Answer



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