Editing Respiratory therapist (section)

===Home-health care===
Outside of clinics and hospitals, respiratory therapists often manage home oxygen needs of patients and their families, providing around the clock support for home ventilators and other equipment for conditions like [[sleep apnea]].

In the clinic or outpatient setting respiratory therapists assist with diagnosis and serve as an educator for patients with cardiac and respiratory illness.<ref>{{cite news |title=PCC Notes: Respiratory students train |url=http://www.reflector.com/news/pcc-notes-respiratory-students-train-759223 |newspaper=The Reflector |access-date=6 November 2011 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160805102852/http://www.reflector.com/news/pcc-notes-respiratory-students-train-759223 |archive-date=5 August 2016 }}</ref> In the [[United States]], respiratory therapists with certification as [[Registered Respiratory Therapist|registered respiratory therapist]]s evaluate and treat patients with a great deal of autonomy under the direction of a [[pulmonologist]].<ref name="pmid19558737">{{cite journal|vauthors=Harbrecht BG, Delgado E, Tuttle RP, Cohen-Melamed MH, Saul MI, Valenta CA | title=Improved outcomes with routine Respiratory Therapist evaluation of non-intensive-care-unit surgery patients. | journal=[[Respiratory Care (journal)|Respiratory Care]] | year= 2009 | volume= 54 | issue= 7 | pages= 861–7 | pmid=19558737 | doi= 10.4187/002013209793800457| s2cid=32274631 }}</ref> In facilities that maintain critical care transport teams respiratory therapists are a preferred addition to all types of [[Ambulance|surface]] or [[Air medical services|air transport]].<ref name="pmid10130326">{{cite journal|vauthors=O'Malley RJ, Rhee KJ | title=Contribution of air medical personnel to the airway management of injured patients. | journal=Air Med J | year= 1993 | volume= 12 | issue= 11–12 | pages= 425–8 | pmid=10130326 | doi=10.1016/S1067-991X(05)80138-5 | url=https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/10130326 }}</ref>