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On the Web
- TherapyJobs.com - Job listing service for speech therapy, physical therapy, occupational therapy, radiation therapy, respiratory therapy, massage therapy and music therapy.
- Allegany College - Respiratory Care Program - Two year Associates degree program in respiratory therapy located in Cumberland, Maryland.
- Mansfield University/Robert Packer Hospital Respiratory Therapy Program - Course descriptions, sample curriculum, faculty addresses.
- Holiday Hills Rehabilitation and Care Center - Care center and nursing home offering nursing, in-patient, respite, and pain management care, including physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy, respiratory therapy, and social services.
- Respiratory Therapy at The Michener Institute - Post secondary educational institution which offers courses and programs in health care disciplines at entry and graduate levels. Provides full and part-time, continuing and distance education.
- Foothill College Respiratory Therapy - Includes program information, an application as well as general career information.
- Gulf Coast Community College - Respiratory Therapy Program. Includes admission criteria, advisors and curriculum.
- University of Alabama at Birmingham - Respiratory Therapy Program of the School of Health Related Professions. Includes program and curriculum information, application process and faculty.
- American Association for Respiratory Care - Professional organization representing respiratory therapists. Includes membership and meeting information, industry news and job listings.
- College of Education, Nursing and Health Professions - Offers studies in teacher preparation, human services, nursing, medical technology, respiratory therapy, health science, radiologic technology, pre-dental, pre-optometry, pre-chiropractic, pre-physical therapy, and occupational therapy.
Wikipedia Articles
- Respiratory therapy - Respiratory therapy is categorized as an allied health profession in the United States and Canada. Respiratory therapists (RTs), also known as Respiratory Care Practitioners (RCP), specialize in the assessment and treatment of respiratory and cardiovascular pathologies.
- Inhalation therapy - Inhalation therapy is a discipline of medicine which deals with the oxygenation and respiratory system of clients. In the United States this discipline is referred to as Respiratory therapy.
- Metrazol - Metrazol is the commercial trademark of pentetrazol, pentamethylenetetrazol, or pentylenetetrazol (PTZ), a drug used as a circulatory and respiratory stimulant (another commercial name is Cardiazol). Larger doses cause convulsions, thus it has been used in shock therapy, as discovered by the Hungarian-American neurologist and psychiatrist Ladislas J.
- Theophylline - Theophylline, also known as dimethylxanthine, is a methylxanthine drug used in therapy for respiratory diseases such as COPD or asthma under a variety of brand names. Due to its numerous side effects, these drugs are now rarely used clinically.