A couple definitions first:Character: Do you learn from your mistakes? Do you have a voice in the back of your head that helps you...
RT jobs expected to grow 21% by 2018
So you're considering the profession of respiratory therapy and are wondering what this job is like. What are the job prospects?Perusing...
22 tips to get treatments done on those busy days
So you're having a busy day. Doctors are writing orders left and right, ER is calling you every 15 minutes, and now you have ten...
My advice for new or aspiring Respiratory Therapists
So you're interested in becoming a respiratory therapist (RT). If so, you are -- in my humble opinion -- making a great career choice.First...
Important tips for Respiratory Therapy Students
What follows is a letter I have composed for all RT students. This is my advice for you to make the best of your clinical experience.Dear...
Patricia Wilcox to Attend Carter Symposium on Mental Health
This year’s 27th Rosalynn Carter Symposium will focus trauma and its long-term effect on children. It will be webcast live....
Things Respiratory Therapists do that are useful
Of course you guys know that it's inevitable that in any job you will do senseless things. The main reason for this is to protect...
Do you have your priorites in the right order?
Could you imagine a person who didn't believe priorities were essential to maintaining order in one's life? To most people, priorities...
Panic button on beeper
I have something I'd like to invent. Kind of like on your car keys you have a panic button. You push it and it makes...
Report
Report. This is where the outgoing RT relays information regarding patients to the incoming RT, and provides times the therapies...
The future roles of the respiratory therapist
As I wrote in this post, there will come a time -- probably soon -- where hospital administrators, insurance companies, and government...
The word
Genesis 12: 1-4Matthew 17: 1-9Timothy 1: 8-10Do you believe in God. Many people say they believe in God. In the United...
What can I do to prepare for RT school
Your humble question : I begin RT school this fall. I've heard that it can be quite overwhelming all the information coming at you...
Can a methacholine test be a false negative?
Your question: Can a methacholine test be a false negative?I have been tested for asthma, but my results came back negative....
The infamous nebulizer
Sometimes we neglect the basics here at the RT Cave. One of the cornerstones of treating lung diseases is with aerosolized...
Your choice: Life or death
Ezikeil 37 (12-14)Romans 8 (8-10John 11 (1-45)Basically you have two choices in life. You can choose life or you can choose death....
Where are My Glasses?!?
Carlos storms into the nurse’s office. “Are my glasses here yet?” He demands in a loud voice. “No” Amy, the nurse, says. “I haven’t...
You cannot take away all risk in life
No matter how many rules and laws you create, and no matter how good your healthcare system is, you cannot prevent people from dying. ...
Are RT licensure and certification different things?
Your Question: Are licensure and certification different things? My humble answer: Yes. You become certified...
Dust mites linked to asthma -- study
A study performed by Australian researchers shows that infants who tested positive for a dust mite allergy were more likely to develop...
Rick Frea interveiws Rick Frea 2012 style
To commemorate the fourth anniversary of the Respiratory Therapy Cave, I recently sat down with myself in the comfy confines...
Nursing Lexicon
Nursing Lexicon:1. RN Rule # 62: Whenever there is a stinky, dirty, disgusting, puky, gross, obscene, unruly patient,...
Inhaling CO2 may help with allergies -- study
Here's an interesting new study that shows that squirting carbon dioxide (CO2) up a person's nose makes allergy symptoms go...
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