HC/SWCD Libraries: Respiratory Therapy: Websites

Allied Health Websites

DrugWatch
DrugWatch.com is a comprehensive Web site database featuring extensive information about thousands of different medications and drugs currently on the market or previously available worldwide. DrugWatch.com includes up-to-date information about prescription and over-the-counter medications and includes details about associated side effects to aid in the protection of patients and consumers.
Healthfinder/National Health Information Center
Lippincott's Nursing Center
• Over 1,100 continuing education activities, including your own CE planner tool
• Thousands of free peer-reviewed journal articles
• Patient education materials
• Drug news and updates
Martindale’s Health Science Guide
140,850 Medical Cases & Grand Rounds; 1,560 Courses/Textbooks; 67,800 Teaching Modules & Files 550 Journals; 4,800 Databases, Atlases & Image Databases & 1,000's of Videos/Movies
Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy
The Online Medical Library is updated periodically with new information, and contains photographs, and audio and video material not present in the print versions.
RXmed
Authoritative information on hundreds of illnesses and prescription drugs as well as articles on health-related topics.
Statehealthfacts.org
Statistics and demographics on topics such as health coverage & uninsured, Medicaid, Medicare, minority health, HIV/AIDS, listing of health care providers and service usage.
World Health Organization
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Projects, initiatives, activities, information products, and contacts that are organized by health and development topics. Multiple databases provide statistics based on categories: mortality & health, diseases, risk factors, coverage of services and health systems.

Source: Dalton State University

Diseases & Conditions

Evaluating Online Resources

National Institutes of Health

Click on the above link from the National Institutes of Health to learn how to protect yourselves from fake medical news and questionable websites.

Professional Associations

American Association for Respiratory Care
National Board for Respiratory Therapy
The certifying board for respiratory therapists. This page provides information about exams (including practices) and other professional resources.
Registered Respiratory Therapist Examination
Resources about and to help you study for the RRT exam.