Respiratory Therapy Assistant

Duties and Responsibilities: Restores patient's pulmonary function; alleviates pain; supports life by planning and administering medically prescribed respiratory therapy.

Salary: $55,000

Education: Candidates must have some postsecondary education as well as CPR certification and Basic Life Support (BLS) or Basic Cardiac Life Support (BCLS) certification. 

Reflection: Would you like to be one? Why? Why not?

No I wouldn’t like this as a job because I wouldn’t enjoy it.