Your job as a respiratory therapist is to make sure that your patient’s care and well being are taken care of. Patients who are referred to you have breathing or pulmonary problems. You will be in charge of a respiratory technician and will over see the care of your patients. As a respiratory therapist you will perform diagnostic testing and exams to control the patients breathing.You will utilize state of the art equipment and machines to monitor the patients progress.

You will be required to attend a 2 year or 4 year college, depending upon what type of degree and program you are enrolled in. Once you earn your degree, you will need to pass a licensing exam. Your respiratory therapist salary will be well worth all your efforts. The median salary earned by respiratory therapists is around $47,000.