Respiratory Therapist
Also known as: Respiratory Care Therapist · Respiratory Technologist
Manages ventilators, oxygen and breathing treatments for patients in ICUs and wards.
Starting salary: not added yet.
What you’d do
A respiratory therapist looks after patients who have trouble breathing, especially in intensive care. Employers are mainly multi-specialty hospitals with ICUs, and some pulmonology clinics. A typical day involves checking and adjusting ventilator settings with the ICU team, giving nebulisation and oxygen therapy, and running lung function tests.
- Set up and monitor ventilators
- Give breathing treatments
- Run lung function tests
- Support airway care in emergencies
How you get in
Graduates usually join hospital ICUs after an internship during the degree. Larger hospitals have dedicated respiratory therapy teams; in smaller ones the work may be shared with nurses and anaesthesia technologists.
Salary in India
Salary data isn’t added for this role yet. When it is, every figure points to its source.
Skills you’ll use
From our guide · a curated list is coming
- Ventilator management
- Airway care and oxygen therapy
- Lung function testing
- Arterial blood gas basics
- Working in ICU teams under pressure
About this field · for freshers
Job openings by year
Is demand growing?
Not added yet.
Competition
How many graduates enter each year?
Not added yet.
Who hires
IT firms, banks, government, startups?
Not added yet.
Where the jobs are
Which cities?
Not added yet.
Women in the field
Is it diverse?
Not added yet.
At a glance
- The role is better established in large city hospitals than in smaller towns.
- Night shifts and ICU pressure are part of the job.
- Next roles: senior therapist, respiratory care in-charge, educator.
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