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(Announcer) We call them “RTs” for short. They are Respiratory Therapists. These are the men and women who help with breathing and life support problems a patient with heart and lung difficulties may be suffering. They work at the direction of a physician who often factors in an RT’s judgment when determining a patient’s care and many of them are graduates of the Respiratory Care Technology Progrm at Georgia Northwestern Technical College. (Jeffery Thompson) You have to be a caring person, that is willing to work hard, very detail oriented. (Announcer) Meet Jeffrey Thompson who directs the Respiratory Therapy Program at Floyd Medical Center. (Jeffery Thompson) I think that if you set out to do something like this you are going to have to put your nose to the grindstone for a while . . . (Announcer) Respiratory Therapists work with patients suffering from a variety of pulmonary problems including: Pneumonia, Asthma, Emphysema, and Heart Disease. (Respiratory Therapist) Nice Slow