RTs Became the Unsung Heroes of the Pandemic

As a tribute to the respiratory therapy community, we picked up this article from the Philadelphia Inquirer. It’s an article written to tell laypeople what respiratory therapists do on a daily basis and their critical role in the pandemic.

A respiratory therapist may not be the medical professional you’d be most eager to need.

It would mean you’re having difficulty breathing.

But if that’s already the case, a respiratory therapist is exactly the person you’d want to have on your side.

COVID-19 brought this and more into clear focus. A profession that was, perhaps, underappreciated — or, at least, not as well-known as some others — became heroic.

We recently spoke to Jerin Juby, manager of respiratory care at Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals, and one of his senior respiratory therapists, Jerome Taylor, about their work.

Read the full article here.