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INHALATION THERAPY TECHNICIANS SCHOOL. Medical training offered for the first time in the State of Iowa by [[MERCY HEALTH CENTER]] in 1970. Inhalation therapy is the treatment of a disease or infection through the breathing of special gases or oxygen combined with medication that would normally be given intravenously. Inhalation therapy found use where patients tended to breath weakly or where infection created barriers. In such cases treated gases or oxygen could quickly and easily reach the infected areas. Inhalation therapy began after | INHALATION THERAPY TECHNICIANS SCHOOL. Medical training offered for the first time in the State of Iowa by [[MERCY HEALTH CENTER]] in 1970. Inhalation therapy is the treatment of a disease or infection through the breathing of special gases or oxygen combined with medication that would normally be given intravenously. | ||
Inhalation therapy found use where patients tended to breath weakly or where infection created barriers. In such cases treated gases or oxygen could quickly and easily reach the infected areas. Inhalation therapy began after [[WORLD WAR II]] but did not gain widespread acceptance unti1 1965. | |||
In 1970 Mercy employed three of the estimated ten inhalation therapists in the state. The first class, relatively rare even in the United States, was offered by Mercy in March of 1970 for five students. | In 1970 Mercy employed three of the estimated ten inhalation therapists in the state. The first class, relatively rare even in the United States, was offered by Mercy in March of 1970 for five students. | ||
Revision as of 04:12, 6 March 2010
INHALATION THERAPY TECHNICIANS SCHOOL. Medical training offered for the first time in the State of Iowa by MERCY HEALTH CENTER in 1970. Inhalation therapy is the treatment of a disease or infection through the breathing of special gases or oxygen combined with medication that would normally be given intravenously.
Inhalation therapy found use where patients tended to breath weakly or where infection created barriers. In such cases treated gases or oxygen could quickly and easily reach the infected areas. Inhalation therapy began after WORLD WAR II but did not gain widespread acceptance unti1 1965.
In 1970 Mercy employed three of the estimated ten inhalation therapists in the state. The first class, relatively rare even in the United States, was offered by Mercy in March of 1970 for five students.