Remembering Rufino Rodriguez, Beloved NICU Respiratory Therapist And COVID-19 Victim Rufino Rodriguez worked as a respiratory therapist in a newborn intensive care unit in Utah. He went by Rufino and was a beloved respiratory therapist working with Provo's smallest humans in the neonatal intensive care unit. RUFINO STEPHAN RODRIGUEZ: A lot of these babies have to wear, you know, like, …
CNN — The rapid spread of coronavirus has sent states scrambling to buy ventilators to prepare for a coming apex of cases. “When I tell people I’m a respiratory therapist, they look at me with a blank stare,” said Lisa Shultis, a respiratory therapist and director for Long Island University’s respiratory care program. Misha Friedman/Getty Images Respiratory therapists are the …
