Critical Care Registered Respiratory Therapist
Respiratory, Developmental, Rehabilitative and Restorative Service Providers › Respiratory Therapist, Registered › Critical Care
About this specialty
Respiratory emergencies are commonplace in the treatment of critical care patients. Included in the assessment measurements conducted by the respiratory therapist in the critical care settings are arterial blood gas puncture and analysis, intrarterial monitoring, bedside measurements of lung mechanics, hemodynamic monitoring, and inspired and expired gas measurements. This is coupled with the initiation and management of mechanical ventilation patients.
Highest Medicare-paid providers
| Provider | Location | Medicare paid |
|---|---|---|
| FARNOOSH RAHMANI | SEATTLE, WA | $21,871 |
Ranked by total Medicare payments — a measure of billing volume, not care quality.
Taxonomy definitions from the NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy (public domain). Provider counts derived from NPPES; payment figures from CMS Medicare data. Not affiliated with CMS, NPPES, NUCC, or any government agency.