呼吸系统护理学士学位可帮助您治疗因肺部或心脏疾病而呼吸困难的患者。学会与早产儿，儿童，创伤受害者和需要生命支持的患者一起工作。呼吸治疗师在医师办公室，家庭护理场所，熟练的护理设施，康复中心，睡眠研究部门和医院工作。由于老年人口的增加，环境问题以及治疗肺部疾病，心脏病，癌症，事故受害者和早产儿的技术进步，对呼吸治疗师的需求持续增长。
The respiratory care AS degree prepares you to treat patients who have difficulty breathing due to pulmonary or cardiac disease. Learn to work with premature infants, children, trauma victims and patients requiring life support. Respiratory therapists work in physician offices, home care setting, skilled nursing facilities, rehabilitation centers, sleep study departments and hospitals. The need for respiratory therapists continues to increase due to a growing elderly population; environmental problems; and technological advances in the treatment of lung disease, heart attack, cancer, accident victims and premature babies.Application Deadlines: Fall: Jun01; Spring: Oct15; Summer: Mar15