{"id":25970,"date":"2025-03-30T10:40:58","date_gmt":"2025-03-30T10:40:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iu.edu.jo\/newweb\/?page_id=25970"},"modified":"2026-06-11T11:41:34","modified_gmt":"2026-06-11T11:41:34","slug":"about-respiratory-therapy-department","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/iu.edu.jo\/newweb\/en\/about-respiratory-therapy-department\/","title":{"rendered":"About Respiratory Therapy Department"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"25970\" class=\"elementor elementor-25970\" wpc-filter-elementor-widget=\"1\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d8e7f33 elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-items-bottom elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d8e7f33\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" 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href=\"https:\/\/iu.edu.jo\/newweb\/en\/study-plan-respiratory-therapy-department\/\" class=\"elementor-item\" tabindex=\"-1\">Programs<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-25981\"><a href=\"https:\/\/iu.edu.jo\/newweb\/en\/staff-respiratory-therapy-department\/\" class=\"elementor-item\" tabindex=\"-1\">Faculty Directory<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-26450\"><a href=\"https:\/\/iu.edu.jo\/newweb\/en\/training-respiratory-therapy-department\/\" class=\"elementor-item\" tabindex=\"-1\">training<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-26449\"><a href=\"https:\/\/iu.edu.jo\/newweb\/en\/learning-outcomes-respiratory-therapy-department\/\" class=\"elementor-item\" tabindex=\"-1\">learning outcomes<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\t\t\t<\/nav>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element 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and chronic diseases of the respiratory and cardiac systems under integrated medical supervision and using technological methods to maintain the oxygen level in the blood. 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