Respiratory therapy: a young, but highly valued profession at IU Health

Respiratory therapists play a vital role in the care of patients with cardiopulmonary needs. "Respiratory therapy is a fairly new profession. We just celebrated 60 years as a state society so compared to nursing... we're still infants," said John McLouth, a respiratory therapist on Methodist Hospital's cardiovascular critical care unit. "We're working hard to collaborate with our nursing and physician partners to really add value at the bedside."