Respiratory Care: Video & Digital Content

Topics include the processes of respiration; the organs involved in respiration; why cells need oxygen; structure and functions of the lungs; relationship between the brain and the respiratory system; and a detailed look at what’s behind the “simple” act of breathing.

Presenting interviews with both young and veteran RRTs, the video describes the 2-year and 4-year training programs that lead to the position and the duties an RRT performs, such as evaluating a patient’s breathing capacity, setting up and initializing a ventilator, guiding patients through ventilator or nebulizer treatments—and perhaps even joining a rapid response medical team.