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How would you remain calm if you had a patient in severe respiratory distress?

Working as a Respiratory Therapy Technician, you need to have the ability to remain calm in stressful situations. You also need the skills to help put your patient at ease as they are struggling to breathe. Explain to the interviewer how you understand the need to work quickly and efficiently to help patients in respiratory distress while staying calm and putting the patient and family members at ease.

"I remain calm by feeling confident in my role as a Respiratory Therapy Technician. If I am not calm, it will make the patient and family members more stressed. My goal is to put the patient and family at ease while I am administering breathing treatments. I explain what I am doing the entire time so they understand how I am trying to help them. When they see that I am calm, they realize I am proficient at my job, and it seems to calm them down."

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How would you remain calm if you had a patient in severe respiratory distress?

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