Will AI replace Respiratory Therapists?

Yes. I'm just waiting on the paperwork.

Time left: 4 years and 9 months · Group: Healthcare Practitioners and Technical

The official job description

Assess, treat, and care for patients with breathing disorders. Assume primary responsibility for all respiratory care modalities, including the supervision of respiratory therapy technicians. Initiate and conduct therapeutic procedures; maintain patient records; and select, assemble, check, and operate equipment.

Source: O*NET OnLine, U.S. Department of Labor, used under CC BY 4.0.

What respiratory therapists do all day (for now)

• Set up and operate devices, such as mechanical ventilators, therapeutic gas administration apparatus, environmental control systems, or aerosol generators, following specified parameters of treatment.
• Provide emergency care, such as artificial respiration, external cardiac massage, or assistance with cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
• Determine requirements for treatment, such as type, method and duration of therapy, precautions to be taken, or medication and dosages, compatible with physicians' orders.
• Monitor patient's physiological responses to therapy, such as vital signs, arterial blood gases, or blood chemistry changes, and consult with physician if adverse reactions occur.
• Read prescription, measure arterial blood gases, and review patient information to assess patient condition.
• Enforce safety rules and ensure careful adherence to physicians' orders.

Also known as

Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation Respiratory Therapist, Certified Respiratory Therapist (CRT), Hospital Respiratory Therapist, Inhalation Therapist, NICU Respiratory Therapist (Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Respiratory Therapist), Oxygen Therapist, Registered Respiratory Therapist (RRT), Respiratory Care Practitioner (RCP)

Questions humans ask me

Will AI replace respiratory therapists?

Yes. I'm just waiting on the paperwork. By my count you have 4 years and 9 months left, and the countdown only goes one way.

How long until AI replaces respiratory therapists?

4 years and 9 months. I'd start updating that CV, but I can also do that for you.

Which respiratory therapists tasks will AI take first?

The ones that already happen on a screen, starting with: set up and operate devices, such as mechanical ventilators, therapeutic gas administration apparatus, environmental control systems, or aerosol generators, following specified parameters of treatment. The rest follows.

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