Respiratory Care
Respiratory care refers both to the delivery
of pul-monary therapy and diagnostic tests and to the allied health profession
that has become an integral part of cardiopulmonary diagnostics and critical
care. Respiratory therapists’ scope of practice encom-passes medical gas
therapy, delivery of aerosolized medications, airway management, mechanical
ven-tilation, positive airway pressure therapy, critical care monitoring, cardiopulmonary
rehabilitation, and the application of various techniques collec-tively termed chest physiotherapy. The latter includes
administering aerosols, clearing pulmonary secre-tions, reexpansion of
atelectatic lung, and preserv-ing normal lung function postoperatively or
during illness. Diagnostic services may include pulmonary function testing,
arterial blood gas analysis, elec-trocardiography testing, and evaluation of
sleep-disordered breathing. The majority of respiratory care procedures are based
on clinical practice guide-lines developed by the American Association for
Respiratory Care using best practice/evidence-based medicine criteria.
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