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Health Professions: Respiratory Therapy Program
Work as part of the critical care team in treating
individuals with such lung disorders as asthma, emphysema, pneumonia, and bronchitis, sometimes using sophisticated medical
equipment that will mechanically breathe for the patient.
This photograph is courtesy of the American Association for Respiratory Care.
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Respiratory Therapy Student Handbook in pdf |
Respiratory Therapy Program
- Earn TCC degree: A. A. S. for Respiratory
Therapist
- Prepare to become a licensed Registered Respiratory Therapist (RRT) in supervisory and teaching positions and intensive-care specialties with RRT
- Specialty positions in
- pediatric care
- newborn
care
- pulmonary rehabilitation
- home care
- pulmonary function
diagnostics
- exercise stress testing
- adult critical care.
- Job outlook is faster than average -U.S. Bureau of Labor
- Average salary in 2007 ~ $25/hour -U.S. Bureau of Labor
- Get started!
Enjoy an exciting career working in a variety of healthcare settings such as: hospitals, nursing care facilities, physician practices, consumer-goods rental firms, and home health care services.
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The following steps must be completed to be eligible
for Fall admission:
- Apply to Tidewater Community College.
Applications are available in the Health Professions Program Administrative Assistant's office, MN-103, Regional Health Professions Center, Virginia Beach campus.
- Complete a Health Professions Application indicating Respiratory Therapy as your program choice.
Applications will be time and date stamped. Applications can be
mailed or hand delivered to:
Gloria Singleton
Domicile Health Professions and Records Office, A-100A
Tidewater Community College
1700 College Crescent
Virginia Beach, VA 23453
If you have applied to the program you may
contact Gloria Singleton at (757) 822-7340 to check on your application
status. Please take the time to verify receipt of your application
and transcripts. Only students with completed applications
can be considered for the program.
- To receive transfer credit from previous colleges
attended, contact the Registrar at each college attended
and have official transcripts sent directly to the Central
Records Office.
- Submit online form, Request for Evaluation
of
Previous Educational Experiences SS-033
Data
must be received by the Central Records Office
in order to evaluate your transcripts and assign transfer credit.
Verify receipt of all transcripts and forms by contacting the Central
Records Office.
- Computer competency test
Prior to graduation from the program, students must demonstrate
computer competency in word processing, spreadsheet, database,
and internet/e-mail. You can either take ITE 115 (Introduction
to Microcomputer Software), or call the Counseling Center at (757)
822-7211 to schedule to take a computer competency test. It is
best to do this early in the program.
Program Accreditation
The Tidewater Community College, Respiratory Therapy Program is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation for Respiratory Care (www.coarc.com).
Outcomes data from the Annual Report of Current Status has been posted on the Co ARC website. Follow this link directly to the Programmatic Outcomes Data page: Programmatic Outcomes Data
Commission on Accreditation for Respiratory Care
1248 Harwood Road
Bedford, TX 76021-4244
817-283-2835
Fax: 817-354-8519
Tidewater Community College maintains and promotes equal opportunity
without regard to ethnicity, color, gender, age (except where
gender or age is a bona fide occupational qualification), religion,
handicap, national origin, or other non-merit factors. Disclosure
of social security number, age, gender, and ethnicity is optional
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