Resources
Career and placement information
American Medical Association
Respiratory therapist PDF
Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development
Respiratory therapist occupational data
National Institute of Health
LifeWorks respiratory therapist career exploration
United States Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics
Respiratory therapist statistics
Professional organizations
AARC - The American Association for Respiratory Care
Represents the social and political interests more than 35,000 respiratory care professionals nationwide. They publish the premier journal of respiratory care science Respiratory Care and sponsor the yearly international RC. aarc.org
MSRC - The Minnesota Society for Respiratory Care
The Minnesota social-political RT organization, a state affiliate of the AARC. msrcnet.com
NBRC – The National Board for Respiratory Care
The organization responsible for credentialing of respiratory care practitioners and other related cardiopulmonary professions in the United States. nbrc.org
The Minnesota Board of Medical Practice
Regulates the RT license in Minnesota.
CoARC - The Commission on Accreditation for Respiratory Care
Quality assurance for educational program educational programs. coarc.com
CoARC accredited programs:
coarc.com/accredited_programs.htm
National programmatic outcome data (CoARC): http://www.coarc.com/47.html
Lambda Beta Society
Lambda Beta is the national honor society for RC. It promotes, recognizes and honors scholarship, scholarly achievement, service, and character of students, graduates, and faculty members of the profession.
St. Kate’s community
St. Catherine University respiratory care internal website
Access is limited to current St. Kate’s
community members who have access to KateWay.







