Have you felt disappointed for not getting an MBBS seat?
Are you still interested in joining the medical field?
Don’t worry you can still serve in the medical field, want to know how?
Just read this article till the end, to understand better
What is the B.Sc Respiratory Therapy programme?
The B.Sc Respiratory Therapy is the 3-year undergraduate programme under the allied health science of medical field. The students who have finished their PUC/12 th /or equivalent with Physics, Chemistry and Biology as subjects can apply for the B.Sc Respiratory Therapy programme. Respiratory Therapy is the relatively new area in the medical field. The Respiratory Therapy field is gaining a lot of importance in the last 5-10 years. The respiratory therapists devote their lives to support and treat the patients suffering from respiratory disorders.
The respiratory therapists ideally assist in the diagnosis, treatment, management and care for the patients with cardiopulmonary and associated disorders. The B.Sc Respiratory Therapy students are trained to evaluate, diagnose and provide treatment to the respiratory disorders using relevant equipment. The main task of the respiratory therapists is to assist the physicians in various treatment procedures like evaluation, diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation of the patients. The B.Sc Respiratory Therapy students are trained to handle the equipment that is required to provide external respiration. They will be usually working with ventilators in intensive care units (ICU) and Critical care units (CCU) in the hospitals. They continuously monitor the readings of the machines and adjust the machine according to the patient’s requirements under the proper guidance of the expert and certified physicians.
They are also required to generate the regular reports from the readings obtained by the machines and send them to the physicians and immediately inform the concerned physician in case of emergency.
Why are B.Sc Respiratory Therapy Students required?
The changed lifestyles of the people have made them prone to various respiratory disorders. The increase in impure particles in the air we breathe due to various reasons has polluted the air we breathe. So, the respiratory system becomes prone to various diseases like trauma, bronchitis, asthma, pneumonia etc. There has been an increase in patients with respiratory disorders in recent years. This has created a demand for professionals today.