Respiratory Therapy

Website. Clinical practice guidelines from the American Association for Respiratory Care.

The American Association for Respiratory Care (AARC) is the leading national and international professional association for respiratory care. The AARC encourages and promotes professional excellence, advances the science and practice of respiratory care, and serves as an advocate for patients and their families, the public, the profession and the respiratory therapist.

The mission of the Commission on Accreditation for Respiratory Care (CoARC) is to ensure that high quality educational programs prepare competent respiratory therapists for practice, education, research, and service.

RESPIRATORY CARE is the official science journal of the American Association for Respiratory Care (AARC). It is published monthly, and is listed in PubMed and included in the Web of Science. Its contents are searchable via PubMed, Google Scholar, and other search engines.

A project to bring training and review of auscultation to the desk of students, residents, physicians, and nurses.

With our mission of promoting excellence in respiratory care by awarding credentials based on high competency standards, The National Board for Respiratory Care shares your goal of protecting and enhancing patient lives. Nearly 30,000 candidates test for NBRC credentials each year, seeking to demonstrate how excellence defines them across seven specific areas of respiratory care.