Respiratory Therapy Students Receive Certification

SALISBURY, MD----All senior students of Salisbury State University’s Respiratory Therapy Program became certified as Neonatal Resuscitation Providers (NRP) at Peninsula Regional Medical Center (PRMC) recently.

PRMC serves as a testing site for the nationally recognized NRP exam. The exam is endorsed by the American Academy of Pediatrics and the American Heart Association. The students were prepared for the NRP exam as part of their training in the Perinatal-Pediatric Respiratory Care Course taught by Dr. Robert L. Joyner Jr., assistant professor of health sciences in the Respiratory Therapy Program. The SSU course is structured to provide students with the concepts and skills required to care for critically ill neonatal and pediatric patients that have cardiopulmonary disorders.

SSU’s Respiratory Therapy Program provides its majors with the skills and knowledge to become respiratory care practitioners, who treat patients with a variety of acute (trauma, asthma, cardiac arrest) and chronic (emphysema, neuromuscular diseases) conditions that are life threatening or disabling.

For more information on the field of respiratory therapy or the SSU Respiratory Therapy Program at Salisbury State University please contact the program director, Dr. Sid Schneider at, 410-543-6409 (srschneider@salisbury.edu) or Joyner, director of clinical education, at 410-543-6410 (rljoyner@salisbury.edu).