Respiratory therapy?!

Respiratory therapy?

Hey, I have just completed a 4 year degree in Ireland. This course allows you to work in one of 3 area, as a cardiac technician, respiratory technician and neuro technician. I now work as a respiratory and sleep tech. I was just wondering if there is anyway that I can become a respiratory therapist in either the US or Canada without having to do another degree?

2 weeks ago
Thanks but the respiratory therapist job involves more than the technician (in regard to ventilators and intubation). Is there anyway to gain these qualifications with doing another degree

Our regulation board www.nbrc.org says that you have to have a college degree at least an associate degree to be able to take the 1st level test the CRTT. The college must be CoARC accredited or its useless. If you had credentials prior to 2002 (I think) you wouldn't lose them. You used to be able to take a 1 year technical course and be a Respiratory Tech and only get the CRTT but now everyone entering the field must be RRT eliglble. It sucks because you have to take the CRTT test to be able to take the RRT test and these tests aren't cheap and they aren't exactly easy. As for Canada, I used it work with some Canadians and they said it was much easier to get credentialed there but I don't know the specifics.