The desperate need for ventilators for coronavirus patients is only part of the problem: There aren't enough trained workers to run them.
help seriously ill patients breathe
"The number of ventilators we need is so astronomical — it's not like they're in a warehouse," he said Thursday. The respiratory care association decided against trying to train thousands of non-respiratory therapists. Roughly 3,000 to 7,000 new respiratory therapists graduate from college each year. The respiratory care association is working with state licensing boards to get temporary or preliminary licenses for students on track to graduate this spring.
The respiratory care board of North Carolina, a state with about 5,000 licensed respiratory therapists, approved 50 respiratory therapy students to work as assistants in hospitals. It's working on approvals for dozens more.
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