Respiratory Therapy Batterjee Medical Colleges

Overview

The Respiratory Therapy programme from Batterjee Medical Colleges will encourage faculty development in teaching methods through participation in professional continuing education in respiratory therapy field.

Key facts

• Respiratory Therapy is a health care discipline that specializes in the promotion of optimum cardiopulmonary function, health, and wellness. Respiratory Therapists employ scientific principles to diagnose, treat and prevent acute or chronic dysfunction of the cardiopulmonary system, such as asthma, COPD (emphysema, chronic bronchitis) lung tumors, Neonatal and pediatric abnormalities, sleep disorders, and other disease and dysfunctions. Respiratory Therapists use a variety of high-tech equipment and techniques to diagnoses monitor and treat respiratory conditions.
• Career paths

• Intensive care units
• Work with adults, paediatric and neonatal population to provide the needed respiratory support to patients with critical situations.
• Sleep Lab Disorders
• Conduct sleep tests and support the patient during the test with oxygen therapy if needed
• Education
• Teaching the basics of respiratory care to undergraduate and help to grow the respiratory field.
• General wards
• Providing respiratory care to stable patients
• Lung Function Lab
• Conduct various tests to assess one’s lung and work of breathing