Respiratory Care
Respiratory Therapists are health care specialists who provide care for patients with breathing disorders. Care includes assessment, evaluation, and treatment of patients ranging in age from premature infants to the elderly. Therapists also work with adults who have chronic lung problems, such as asthma or emphysema. As a respiratory therapist, you must possess good communication skills. You will work side by side with physicians, nurses and other health care providers in caring for patients with lung disorders.
The Respiratory Care program is a selective program. When you apply to the college, you will be accepted into the undeclared program while you complete the prerequisite requirements. The respiratory care program accepts a limited number of students each year and there is a separate application process. Contact your campus of interest below for more details.
Ivy Tech Community College is accredited by:
Commission on Accreditation for Respiratory Care
www.coarc.com
1248 Harwood Road
Bedford, Texas 76021
817-283-2835
Outcomes data from the 2011 Annual Report of Current Status (RCS)
SAMPLE CAREER IN THIS FIELD: Respiratory Therapist
DEGREES AVAILABLE: Associate of Science, Certificate. Availability of degrees varies by campus. Contact your campus of interest below for more information.
POLYSOMNOGRAPHY CERTIFICATE (16 credits)
Certificates are sequences of technical and professional courses. Completers may sit for specific certification exams. Applicants must be currently accepted and enrolled into a Ivy Tech Respiratory Care program and/or be a certified or registered respiratory therapist.
Upon completion leads to eligibility requirements to sit for the Board of Registered Polysomnographic Technology (BRPT) exam. Program and Employment Information
ASSOCIATE OF SCIENCE
Contact your campus of interest below to find out more about the Associate of Science transfer degree programs. Students are encouraged to review their options with their advisors, to consult the current catalog of the institution to which they wish to transfer, and to contact the institution to which they wish to transfer. Students may also contact the transfer office of their local Ivy Tech for further information.
To earn this degree, you must have 71-75 credits in the following areas:
- General Education Core: 25-29 credits
- Professional/Technical Core: 46 credits
IMPORTANT NOTICE
Students that apply for Summer 2011 admission and all applicants thereafter will be using the new admission/selection guidelines
CURRICULUM
View the curriculum for this program and all others currently available at Ivy Tech.
LOCATIONS
The Respiratory Care program is offered at the following campuses. Please click on the campus of interest below for contact and campus specific program information:
Bloomington
Faculty Contact:
Jennifer Purdue, MA, RRT-NPS, RN, AE-C, CLNC
Program Chair
812-330-6334
jpurdue3@ivytech.edu
Sasha McKinney, BS, RRT
Director of Clinical Education
812-330-6313
smckinney34@ivytech.edu
Course List
Application Packet
2012 Information Sessions:
Tuesday January 24, 2012 at 6:00 p.m.
Wednesday February 22, 2012 at 4:00 p.m.
Thursday March 8, 2012 at 10:00 a.m.
Wednesday April 11, 2012 at 3:00 p.m.
Room C224 - Main Campus
No RSVP required
Application deadline for Fall 2012 is March 1, 2012.
The Ivy Tech Community College - Region 14 / Bloomington Respiratory Care Program is accredited by:
Commission on Accreditation for Respiratory Care
1248 Harwood Road
Bedford, Texas 76021
817-283-2835
Central Indiana (Indianapolis)
Charity Bowling, Chair
(317) 921-4211
cbowling17@ivytech.edu
Information Sessions:
A reservation is not required to attend a Mandatory Respiratory Information Session. Sessions are held in Room 361 in the Fairbanks Center at the Lawrence campus, 9301 E. 59th Street (just north of 56th Street and Post Road). Park in the south parking lot and use the south building entrance.
| Day | Date | Time |
| Friday | January 13, 2012 | 9:00 a.m. |
| Friday | February 3, 2012 | 1:00 p.m. |
| Friday | March 16, 2012 | 9:00 a.m. |
| Friday | April 13, 2012 | 1:00 p.m. |
| Friday | May 25, 2012 | 9:00 a.m. |
| Friday | June 29, 2012 | 1:00 p.m. |
| Friday | July 6, 2012 | 9:00 a.m. |
| Friday | September 14, 2012 | 1:00 p.m. |
| Friday | October 26, 2012 | 9:00 a.m. |
| Friday | November 30, 2012 | 2:00 p.m. |
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Respiratory Therapy faculty will present information about: |
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Outcomes data from the 2011 Annual Report of Current Status has been posted on the CoARC website. Follow this link directly to the Programmatic Outcomes Data page: http://www.coarc.com/47.html.
East Central (Anderson, Marion, Muncie, New Castle)
Program Chair
765-599-2613 ext. 225
daveritte1@ivytech.edu
Respiratory Care Program Information and Application Handbook
Lafayette
Contact
Peggy James
Program Chair and Professor, Respiratory Care
(765) 269-5720
Information Sessions:(click for date, time and location)
Respiratory Therapy Faculty will present information about:
The Respiratory Therapy Program
Admission Process and Criteria
Required Prerequisites
Student Advising
North Central (Elkhart, South Bend, Warsaw)
Susan Pearson, MPA, RRT
Program Chair
574-289-7001, ext. 6375
spearson12@ivytech.edu. (Preferred)
Deb Nicholson, BS, RRT
Director of Clinical Education
574-289-7001 ext. 5724
dnicholson46@ivytech.edu (Preferred)
Northeast (Fort Wayne)
Contact
Jennifer Brink, Program Chair
260-480-4270
jbrink@ivytech.edu
Respiratory Care Information Packet
Information Sessions
Next set of sessions will take place in Fall 2011
All sessions located in the Auditorium on the Coliseum Campus at 6 p.m.
Northwest (East Chicago, Gary, Michigan City, Valparaiso)
Richmond (Connersville, Richmond)
Darlisha Averitte, MBA, RRT, RCP
Program Chair
765-599-2613, Ext. 225
daveritte1@ivytech.edu
Southern Indiana (Sellersburg)
Respiratory Care Handbook 2012
Susan Mayden
Instructor/Program Chair School of Respiratory Care
812 246.3301, ext 4289
Betsy Boyd
Administrative Assistant
Pfau Hall
812 246.3301 ext 4725
Mark Kinkle
Dean, School of Health Sciences
Pfau Hall
812 246-3301, ext 4295
Wabash Valley (Greencastle, Terre Haute)
- Associate of Science (AS) Degree
Accreditation:
The Respiratory Care Programs are accredited by the Commission on Accreditation for Respiratory Care (CoARC).
Information Sessions:
February 8, 2012 at 5:00 p.m. in Room D100, Terre Haute main campus
Contact:
Tiffany Key
Director of Clinical Education
812-298-2330
tkey11@ivytech.edu
Brooke Truxal
Program Director
812-298-2370
btruxal@ivytech.edu
