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The CRT and RRT designations are the standard credential in respiratory care for licensure requirements in the portions of the United States that have enacted a Respiratory Care Act. States that license respiratory therapists sometimes require the practitioner to maintain their NBRC credentialing to maintain their license to practice. [2]
Northwest New Jersey Consortium Respiratory Care Education - Randolph; University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-North - Newark; University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-South - Stratford
However, the RRT credential is preferred in the vast majority of healthcare facilities in the United States. The RRT is considered an advanced respiratory therapist, a CRT an entry level. It is very difficult and almost unheard of for a Respiratory Care Department manager to achieve management level without being registered.
Respiratory therapists educate, assist in diagnosis, and treat people who have heart and lung problems. Specialized in both cardiac and pulmonary care, respiratory therapists often collaborate with specialists in pulmonology and anaesthesia in various aspects of clinical care of patients.
A Respiratory Care Act is a common term for a law enacted allowing for the practice of Respiratory Care in a given state, province, region or nation. [1] The name of the law may differ slightly but typically Respiratory Care is the identifier title.
Pages in category "Respiratory therapist credentials and certifications" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Alabama Society for Respiratory Care; Alaska Society for Respiratory Care; Associazione Scientifica Interdisciplinare per lo Studio delle Malattie Respiratorie (AIMAR) Associazione Italiana Pneumologi Ospedalieri (AIPO) American Association for Respiratory Care (AARC) (United States) American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP) (United States)
Pulmonary function testing has diagnostic and therapeutic roles and helps clinicians answer some general questions about patients with lung disease. PFTs are normally performed by a pulmonary function technologist, respiratory therapist, respiratory physiologist, physiotherapist, pulmonologist, or general practitioner.