Respiratory Therapy Links

Program Clinical Sites and their links:

• Spectrum Butterworth and Blodgett Hospitals, in Grand Rapids, http://www.spectrum-health.org/default.asp

• Metropolitan Hospital, in Grand Rapids, http://www.metrohealth.net

• St. Mary's Mercy Medical Center, in Grand Rapids,  http://www.smmmc.org/

• Hackley Hospital, in Muskegon, http://www.hackley.org/

• Mercy-General Health Partners, in Muskegon, http://www.mghp.com

• Munson Medical Center, in Traverse City, http://www.munsonhealthcare.org/

• The University of Michigan Hospitals and Clinics, and Mott Children's Hospital, in Ann Arbor, http://www.med.umich.edu/1welcome/index1.htm

Other Useful Respiratory Therapy Links:

• The American Association for Respiratory Care, (national professional association), http://www.aarc.org

• The National Board for Respiratory Care, (administers credentialing for profession) http://www.nbrc.org/

• The Michigan Society for Respiratory Care (state professional association) http://www.michiganrc.org/

• Clinical Practice Guidelines for Respiratory Care, (published national standards of care), http://www.rcjournal.com/online_resources/cpgs/cpg_index.asp

• National Library of Medicine's link to MEDLINE (medical search engine), http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

• Miscellaneous Respiratory Links from the AARC, http://www.aarc.org/links/links.asp 
  

• A six minute video from the AARC which shows the roles and responsibilities of respiratory therapists, http://www.aarc.org/be_an_rt/, then click on the title of the video ("Life and Breath Video"), just under the link "What's an RT" on this webpage.

RT Employment Links:

• Advance For Respiratory Care Practitioners Magazine:  Search hundreds of nation-wide RT jobs! 

http://respiratory-care.advanceweb.com/main.aspx

• Comprehensive HealthCare Staffing, RT Job Search Page

 http://newjobs.comphealth.com/jobsearch/job?showJobSearch=+&portal=respiratory

Please notify Dale DeVries if any of these links do not open or behave!  Thanks