Inside Respiratory Therapy
Discover how respiratory therapists evaluate struggling patients, manage vital oxygen systems, and run life-saving ventilators. Learn the hands-on clinical moves that keep airways clear and lungs breathing.
Like Duolingo, but for Inside Respiratory Therapy. Tomo turns the whole topic into a game you play five minutes a day, until it actually sticks.
A short one: 12 levels across 2 sections, about 24 minutes end to end, roughly 5 days at five minutes a day. It moves through The Frontline Respiratory Toolkit and Stepping Up to Mechanical Support. It starts from scratch.
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Key ideas in Inside Respiratory Therapy
- Patients lean forward on their knees or a table (tripod position) to mechanically assist their breathing muscles
- Visible sinking around the ribs, neck, or sternum (retractions) shows excessive effort to draw in air
- Physical posturing and nostril flaring appear well before oxygen saturation drops on a bedside screen
- Pulse oximeters only measure the percentage of oxygen in circulating blood, not the mechanical effort required to get it there
- A normal reading can mask a patient who is rapidly tiring their respiratory muscles and heading toward sudden respiratory arrest
- Therapists evaluate the patient's breathing labor first and use the monitor number as secondary confirmation
- Oxygen is a dosed medication requiring specific therapeutic targets rather than an automatic maximum flow
- Giving excessive oxygen to patients with chronic lung disease can suppress their natural breathing stimulus
- Respiratory therapists titrate oxygen flow to deliver just enough support without washing out lung balances
- A nasal cannula is a low-flow device that only supplies a portion of each breath, forcing the patient to draw in surrounding room air
- Deeper or faster breaths pull in a higher volume of room air (21% oxygen), diluting the pure oxygen coming through the prongs
- Delivered oxygen percentage fluctuates constantly based on the patient's changing breathing pattern
- Standard cannulas cannot meet the sheer flow demand of a rapidly deteriorating patient
- Non-rebreather masks use an attached reservoir bag to capture pure oxygen so the patient inhales minimal room air
- High-flow systems match or exceed the patient's peak inspiratory flow to guarantee exact concentrations
- Inhaled bronchodilators target airway smooth muscle directly for rapid relief within minutes
You've tried the other tabs
Thirty open tabs. Four facts you actually kept.
You watched. You nodded. By Sunday it was gone.
One answer, then back to scrolling.
Eight weeks. You meant to finish. You didn't.
Tomo gives Inside Respiratory Therapy the Duolingo treatment: levels, streaks, and quick quizzes that test what you just learned. That game loop is what the tabs above never had, so it's the one you actually finish.
Here's what playing it feels like
A real question from this course. Take your best guess.
What does visible sinking around a patient's ribs or neck—known as retractions—tell you?
Get it right to open this lesson and 11 more in the app.
How to learn Inside Respiratory Therapy, step by step
Go in order. 12 short levels across 2 sections, about 24 minutes in all, five minutes a day.
- 1
The Frontline Respiratory Toolkit
- Spotting Respiratory Distress and Giving Oxygen
- Delivering Aerosols and Clearing Airways
- 2
Stepping Up to Mechanical Support
- Non-Invasive Ventilation: CPAP and BiPAP
- Fundamentals of the Mechanical Ventilator
2 sections · 4 units · 12 levels. Built to play, not to enroll.
Questions about Inside Respiratory Therapy
How do I learn Inside Respiratory Therapy?
Go in order: start with The Frontline Respiratory Toolkit, then Stepping Up to Mechanical Support. On Tomo that's 12 short levels, about 24 minutes in all, played five minutes a day. Start free and play the first level in under a minute.
Is there a Duolingo-style app for Inside Respiratory Therapy?
Yes. Tomo works like Duolingo: short daily lessons, streaks and quick quizzes. Inside Respiratory Therapy is one of its free courses, and you can type any other topic to get a course of your own.
Is the Inside Respiratory Therapy course free?
Yes. Inside Respiratory Therapy is playable on Tomo's free plan, which doesn't expire. No credit card, no waitlist. Download the app and start your first lesson.
How long does it take to learn Inside Respiratory Therapy?
12 levels across 2 sections, about 24 minutes of play in total. It's built for five minutes a day, so you finish it a little at a time instead of all at once.
Do I need any background to start Inside Respiratory Therapy?
No. It's pitched at a beginner level, so it starts where you are and builds up. If you can tap a phone, you can start.
Tomo is in ChatGPT
Tomo is also a ChatGPT plugin: the same playable courses, built and played inside your chat.
Add Tomo to ChatGPT- What to ask
- “Make me a Tomo course on black holes.” “Turn this chat into a Tomo course.”
- What you get
- Quick questions with instant feedback, hearts and stars, ready to play in about a minute.
- Where it goes
- No sign-up to start. Connect your Tomo account and your streak carries on in the app.
You pick the voice
Inside Respiratory Therapy is taught in the Bestie style: your friend who just gets it. Want a different feel? In the app you can spin up the same topic in any of Tomo's teaching styles. Same facts, totally different vibe.
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