1997 Clinical Medical College of West China University of Medical Sciences (now West China Clinical Medical College of Sichuan University) is a key institution under the Ministry of Health. With the help of Dr. Sawyer, former chairman of CMB, and respiratory therapy education experts such as UAB and Loma Linda University in the United States, a professional laboratory 1996 was established in April. 1997 was approved by the Ministry of Health to set up respiratory therapy specialty. In the same year, five-year undergraduate students majoring in respiratory therapy were enrolled and assigned to the respiratory department or ICU of a third-class hospital including Peking Union Medical College Hospital. In order to train real respiratory therapists, West China Medical Center of Sichuan University began to recruit four-year undergraduate students in 2000, and awarded the Bachelor of Science degree after graduation. Sichuan University is also the only university in China that offers respiratory therapy.
In 2004, the first batch of real undergraduate respiratory therapists in China (1 1) graduated. Two of them (Li Jie and Luo Zujin) work in RICU of Beijing Chaoyang Hospital. In 2005, two graduates (Xia and Yao) came to our college. Under the care of Dean Chen Wang and the careful guidance of Huang, Dai Huaping, Deputy Director Tong and Deputy Chief Physician Zhan Qingyuan, Qi Xin, a respiratory therapist, has been recognized and praised by colleagues at home and abroad for many times. Among them, Li Jie also won the 5 1 international scholarship of the International Society of Respiratory Therapy, and visited the United States for three weeks in June 2005. Luo Zujin also won this honor.
So far, there are only more than 40 graduates of this major, all of whom work in large-scale top three teaching hospitals in China. The vast majority of respiratory treatment work in hospitals is still mainly undertaken by clinical medical staff. How to complete this part of the work, the status and needs of respiratory therapists in China, and whether the job responsibilities and contents are consistent with those in the United States are all issues of concern to American colleagues. At the exchange meeting, Li Jie, a respiratory therapist, made a report on "Current Situation of Respiratory Therapy in China" based on a large-scale questionnaire survey they completed in China, introduced the development of respiratory therapy specialty in China and the current situation of respiratory therapy work in ICU in China, and pointed out that there was a lack of unified norms in respiratory therapy work, and ICU had a high demand for respiratory therapy professional knowledge and training. However, there are also some bottlenecks that restrict its development, such as the lack of practicing license for respiratory therapists and the inability to charge fees for many clinical respiratory treatment operations, which have received positive responses from the participating experts, especially Professor Janet M. Boehm, former president of the American Respiratory Therapy Association (AARC). Based on her years of professional development experience, she has put forward many practical solutions. In addition, regarding the problem of how respiratory therapists work in Beijing Chaoyang Hospital, Luo Zujin introduced in detail the clinical work items, completed scientific research and teaching tasks, and many papers written and published. Among them, the respiratory therapist also introduced the experience of how to take over the work of existing medical staff, standardize and expand it, and coordinate the division of labor, which was recognized and appreciated by peers. Deputy Director Huang, Head Nurse Quan Jingyu and Dr. Zhan Qingyuan introduced the position and role of respiratory therapists in their eyes, and how the respiratory therapy specialty was supported and developed in Chaoyang Hospital. After the visit, Professor Michael E. Donnellan from the delegation also sent e-mails many times, saying that the respiratory treatment work of Beijing Chaoyang Hospital was really at the forefront of China, and they were greatly surprised by its rapid development. This is related to the continuous efforts and enterprising of young respiratory therapists, and is also inseparable from Beijing Chaoyang Hospital, a fertile ground for advocating academics and encouraging professional development.