An industrial accident left Scott Ludlow tethered to a mechanical ventilator for a time in 1992. Nine years later, Ludlow carries the letters CRT after his name. He fairly burns with missionary zeal for his crusade, which he first undertook while attending an RC program in 1994.
People see nurses and doctors.
I want people to know how we can benefit them. Therapists around the nation who share Ludlow's passion will get a chance to indulge it in short order when the respiratory care profession claims the week of Oct. 21-27 as its own. Hallways in most locations will then come alive with seven days of food, balloons and .free PFTs. Let the fun commence with all haste, we say. After enduring the Sept. 11 tragedy and adjusting to life under the black cloud of international terrorism, RTs need a little revelry like everyone else in America.