Respiratory Therapy

Earn your Associate Degree as a Respiratory Therapist in as little as 20-months!

Platt College’s Respiratory Therapy program prepares graduates to pursue careers in Respiratory Therapy, a dynamic specialty area in the rapidly-expanding health care field.

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RT • CRT Examinations

Platt College’s Respiratory Therapy program prepares graduates to pursue careers in Respiratory Therapy, a dynamic specialty area in the rapidly-expanding health care field.

Accredited by Commission on Accreditation for Respiratory Care (CoARC)
Hands-on learning and clinical experience
Convenient class schedules
Full-time on-site career services
Financial aid is available to qualified students
Available at the Alhambra and Ontario campuses
Preparation and eligibility for the Certified Respiratory Therapist CRT and the Registered Respiratory Therapist RRT examinations

Overview & Accreditation

Platt College’s Respiratory Therapy program prepares graduates to pursue careers in Respiratory Therapy, a dynamic specialty area in the rapidly-expanding health care field.

Respiratory Therapists (RTs) typically work in health care settings such as clinics and hospitals. Daily job activities might include:

Assisting physicians in diagnosing, treating, and managing patients with cardio-pulmonary deficiencies and abnormalities
Measuring critical lung functions
Monitoring heart functions
Treating newborns, trauma victims, drowning victims, and patients suffering from asthma, bronchitis, coronary heart disease, emphysema, and pneumonia.

GRADUATION FROM THE PROGRAM DOES NOT GUARANTEE ENTRY INTO ANY CAREER. ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS MAY APPLY DEPENDING ON AN INDIVIDUAL’S PREVIOUS EDUCATION AND WORK EXPERIENCE.

Respiratory Care Associate’s degree programs are available at Platt’s Alhambra and Ontario campuses, and are accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Respiratory Care (CoARC).

Upon successful completion of foundational coursework and a clinical externship, graduates of the program are awarded an Associate of Science degree in Respiratory Therapy and are eligible to take entry level (CRT) and if qualified then advanced level (RRT) credentialing exams through the National Board for Respiratory Care.

For more information click here http://www.coarc.com

Platt College Los Angeles LLC is accredited by the Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges (ACCSC). For more information, click HERE

Schedule

Earn your Associate Degree as a Respiratory Therapist in as little as 18-months!

Start times for each RT cohort vary by campus, contact us for details HERE

Financial Aid

Platt College is committed to providing the information and resources necessary to help every student achieve educational success. Types of financial aid available for qualified students include:

Federal Grants, including Pell Grant, Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant (FSEOG), and Federal Work Study (FWS)
California State Grant Programs, including Cal Grants and California Chafee Grant for Foster Youth
Federal Direct loans
Private Loans & Scholarships

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Career Services

Platt College maintains an active career services department to assist graduates as well as current students seeking part-time or full-time jobs while attending school. However, the school cannot guarantee employment.

Students are given the opportunity to pursue job referrals maintained by Career Services.

Our Career Services personnel explain and assist with our student’s job search process. Placement efforts occur through graduation and beyond.

Career Services aims to build the job acquiring skills of our students through interviews and workshops in the following areas:

Career planning
Resume and cover letter writing
Completing applications
Researching and contacting potential employers

Additional Program Information

CoARC Accreditation

Platt College’s Respiratory Therapy Programs meet the accreditation standards of Commission on Accreditation for Respiratory Care (CoARC) and has received Continuing Accreditation according to the CoARC procedures for accreditation (Ontario Program number 200588, Alhambra Program Number 200596).

“CoARC accredits respiratory therapy education programs in the United States. To achieve this end, it utilizes an ‘outcomes based’ process. Programmatic outcomes are performance indicators that reflect the extent to which the educational goals of the program are achieved and by which program effectiveness is documented.”

The knowledge, skills and physical abilities required to safely and efficiently practice respiratory care is complex.

Program Goal: “To prepare graduates with demonstrated competence in the cognitive (knowledge), psychomotor (skills), and affective (behavior) learning domains of respiratory care practice as performed by registered respiratory therapists (RRTs). We ask that you review these standards when making your decision to become a Respiratory Care Practitioner.

For more information click here http://www.coarc.com

“The Respiratory Therapy Program meets the accreditation standards of Commission on Accreditation for Respiratory Care (CoARC) and has received Continuing Accreditation according to the CoARC procedures for accreditation.”

Commission on Accreditation for Respiratory Care
264 Precision Boulevard
Telford, TN 37690
(817) 283-2835
www.coarc.com

The CoARC’s outcomes webpage https://coarc.com/students/programmatic-outcomes-data/

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Respiratory Therapy

Earn your Associate Degree as a Respiratory Therapist in as little as 20-months!

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Overview & Accreditation

Schedule

Financial Aid

Career Services

Additional Program Information

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