Respiratory Therapy 101: Just Keep Breathing

“Welcome to Sunny Flats Medical Center…we’re glad you’re here. My name is Roger the Respiratory Educator, and I’ll be handling your orientation. Unfortunately for you, you need to watch all of these hospital videos about RT policies and safety procedures in order to be allowed to do anything even remotely clinical, so here’s your remote control and here’s the hospital’s on-demand orientation video system.

Good luck staying awake.”

This was my orientation today. After finishing the clinical core, things like restraint and CPR checkoffs, I was sent to the RT educator, who will surely be an excellent resource but who had no choice but to show me four hours of videos like “Why MRSA is all your fault” and “Why everyone who coughs has TB.”

Tomorrow, hopefully, will wrap up the boring-ass P&P stuff. Wish me luck.