Respiratory Therapy

Contents:

General Respiratory Care
Respiratory Diseases
General Health and Medicine
Associations and Organizations

General Respiratory Care Links

AARC Chartered Affiliates. Affiliated organizations, medical organizations, gateways ( a jumping-off point to other resources), resources, government agencies, publications, consumer sites.

Lighthouse Institute. A division of Chestnut Health Systems, inc. established to help practitioners improve the quality of their services through research, training, and publishing.

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Respiratory Diseases

Galaxy. Information on respiratory diseases and disorders as well as related articles and periodicals.

National Jewish Medical and Research Center. Links to sites relating to respiratory diseases includiing allergic conditions, asthma, bronchitis, cystic fibrosis, emphysema, interstitial lung disease, and tuberculosis.

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General Health and Medicine

Galen II. (University of California-San Francisco). Links to biomedical resources available on the Web including AIDS, dentistry, emergency medicine, epidemiology, general medicine, immunology, infectious diseases, medical ethics, nursing, preventive medicine, psychiatry, and public health.

Hardin Meta Directory of Internet Health Sources.(University of Iowa). A listing of health and medical web sites by general subject area.

Healthfinder. (U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services). List of links to over 800 consumer health web sits.

Mayo Clinic   Provides access to reports, books, and articles on health related topics.

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Associations & Organizations

American Association for Respiratory Care. Home page for this professional society for respiratory care.

National Board for Respiratory Care. Home page of the NBRC which is a voluntary health certifying board created in 1960 to evaluate the professional competence of respiratory therapists, judicial and ethics policies, and licensing information.

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Please send your suggestions for this page to Tom Miller, RCC Library.
August 2004

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