Liz Simmons is an education staff writer at Forbes Advisor. She has written about higher education and career development for various online publications since 2016. She earned a master’s degree in ...

Respiratory Therapists are trained to treat patients who have difficulty breathing because of cardiopulmonary (heart-lung problems). Under the direction of a physician, respiratory therapists conduct ...

As respiratory therapists (RTs) continue to play a vital role in managing chronic illness, pulmonary disease, and post-COVID recovery, the demand for these allied health professionals is growing. And ...

Leann Ritchie enrolled at Quinsigamond Community College in Worcester four years ago to study respiratory therapy, a field she chose because of her grandfather, a retired firefighter. “He had cancer ...

A nationwide shortage of ventilators to treat COVID-19 patients has prompted governors to plead for more machines from the federal government as factories race to start building them. But ventilators ...

While the coronavirus threatens the nation's health care system, hospitals seek tens of thousands of ventilators to help patients breathe as the disease attacks their lungs. Someone needs to operate ...

If media coverage of the coronavirus pandemic was a word cloud, “ventilators” would occupy a prominent spot. And critical questions abound: Will there be enough to satisfy increased demand in the ...

Respiratory therapy students at Gwynedd Mercy University in Pennsylvania are getting unique hands-on training with devices used by respiratory therapists. And to make the experience more life-like, ...

In the most recent Democratic debate in Ohio last week, candidates spoke about who would bear health-care costs under their different plans. But none of them seemed to offer new solutions for ...

DAYTON, Ohio (WDTN) — A Dayton respiratory therapist caring for COVID-19 patients knows all too well what it’s like to be on the other side. “I feel for them in my soul just having been through that ...

Ventilators are mentioned often in critical care cases for COVID-19 patients. Talked about less are the respiratory therapists who run those devices and work with doctors and nurses on the front lines ...