These are the ATS keywords, credentials, and software terms that recur across current respiratory therapist job descriptions — organized so you can scan for what your resume is missing. Placement matters as much as presence: an ATS keyword buried in a skills list ranks lower than the same term used in context inside an experience bullet.

Title variants

  • Respiratory Therapist
  • Registered Respiratory Therapist
  • RRT
  • CRT
  • Respiratory Care Practitioner
  • Critical Care RT
  • ECMO Specialist
  • Neonatal Respiratory Therapist
  • Pulmonary Function Technologist
  • Sleep Lab RT
  • Travel Respiratory Therapist
  • ICU Respiratory Therapist
  • RT

Credentials

  • RRT
  • CRT
  • RRT-ACCS
  • RRT-NPS
  • RRT-SDS
  • CPFT
  • RPFT
  • NBRC
  • ECMO specialist
  • ELSO
  • state RT license
  • ARTP
  • NRP
  • PALS
  • ACLS
  • BLS
  • NRP provider

Ventilator management

  • mechanical ventilation
  • ARDSNet
  • lung protective ventilation
  • volume control
  • pressure control
  • SIMV
  • PSV
  • APRV
  • HFOV
  • HFNC
  • NIV
  • BiPAP
  • CPAP
  • weaning
  • SBT
  • RSBI
  • extubation
  • prone positioning
  • NMB
  • neuromuscular blockade
  • TOF

ECMO

  • ECMO
  • VV-ECMO
  • VA-ECMO
  • extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
  • ELSO
  • circuit management
  • cannulation
  • sweep gas
  • ACT
  • oxygenator
  • decannulation
  • PPHN

Pulmonary function

  • spirometry
  • FEV1
  • FVC
  • DLCO
  • lung volumes
  • plethysmography
  • nitrogen washout
  • bronchodilator response
  • 6MWT
  • six-minute walk test
  • CPET
  • VO2 max
  • ATS/ERS standards

Neonatal

  • surfactant
  • LISA
  • INSURE
  • bubble CPAP
  • iNO
  • nitric oxide
  • PPHN
  • NRP
  • Neopuff
  • T-piece
  • neonatal ventilation
  • HFOV
  • neonatal transport
  • neonatal intubation

Clinical

  • ABG
  • arterial blood gas
  • acid-base
  • intubation
  • direct laryngoscopy
  • video laryngoscopy
  • RSI
  • tracheostomy
  • Passy-Muir valve
  • bronchoscopy
  • thoracentesis assist
  • chest tube

Long-tail phrases

  • respiratory therapist resume
  • RRT resume
  • respiratory therapist cv
  • how to write a respiratory therapist resume
  • respiratory therapist resume examples
  • RRT resume 2026
  • respiratory therapist skills
  • critical care RT resume
  • ECMO respiratory therapist resume
  • travel respiratory therapist resume

Pasting these terms into your resume verbatim without matching context can read as keyword stuffing to a human reviewer, even if it passes the ATS. The full Respiratory Therapist resume guide shows where each category belongs and how to work it into real experience bullets.