Working day after day, year after year, in a busy high acuity ICU, we all have become a “second family.”

The public doesn’t hear much about respiratory therapists, especially during this COVID nightmare. But they have been the unsung heroes.

So who are the respiratory therapists, and what do they do?

Respiratory therapists are specialized health care professionals trained in critical care and cardio-pulmonary medicine.

They work therapeutically with people suffering from acute critical conditions plus cardiac and pulmonary diseases.

College-educated with an associate’s degree or a Bachelor’s degree, they put in hundreds of hours in their training with theory and clinical practice.

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