The respiratory therapy program combines college classroom and laboratory sessions with clinical experience at local hospitals and alternate care facilities.
Students actively learn basic therapeutic modalities and the safe use of medical gas systems.
The clinical sites provide real life experience for the student, working with adult and pediatric patients. Areas of practice include mechanical ventilation, drawing and analyzing blood gases, cardiopulmonary resuscitation, medication delivery and diagnostic testing. Students also do research and study the topics of pharmacology, major respiratory disorders and occupational diseases. This credential is currently recognized by all states that require licensing, including New Jersey, Pennsylvania and New York. COM 101 is a prerequisite or corequisite to completion of this program.