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Job Description

Assess, treat, and care for patients with breathing disorders. Assume primary responsibility for all respiratory care modalities, including the supervision of respiratory therapy technicians. Initiate and conduct therapeutic procedures; maintain patient records; and select, assemble, check, and operate equipment.

Job Details

• The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 29-1126.00
• The Mean Annual Wage in the U.S. is $ 60,640.00
• The Mean Hourly Wage is $ 29.00
• Currently, there are 126,770 people on this job

☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Respiratory Therapists”.

Also Known As…

• Respiratory Therapists
• Staff Therapist
• Staff Respiratory Therapist
• Respiratory Therapy Director
• Respiratory Therapist (RT)
• Respiratory Care Practitioner (RCP)
• Registered Respiratory Therapist (RRT)
• Clinical Coordinator of Respiratory Therapy
• Certified Respiratory Therapist (CRT)
• Cardiopulmonary Technician and EEG Tech (Cardiopulmonary Technician and Electroencephalogram Technician)
• Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation Respiratory Therapist
• Oxygen Therapist
• Inhalation Therapist

Tasks for “Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation Respiratory Therapist”

• Enforce safety rules and ensure careful adherence to physicians' orders.
• Demonstrate respiratory care procedures to trainees or other healthcare personnel.
• Relay blood analysis results to a physician.
• Monitor patient's physiological responses to therapy, such as vital signs, arterial blood gases, or blood chemistry changes, and consult with physician if adverse reactions occur.
• Conduct tests, such as electrocardiograms (EKGs), stress testing, or lung capacity tests, to evaluate patients' cardiopulmonary functions.
• Perform endotracheal intubation to maintain open airways for patients who are unable to breathe on their own.
• Explain treatment procedures to patients to gain cooperation and allay fears.
• Perform bronchopulmonary drainage and assist or instruct patients in performance of breathing exercises.
• Use a variety of testing techniques to assist doctors in cardiac or pulmonary research or to diagnose disorders.
• Determine requirements for treatment, such as type, method and duration of therapy, precautions to be taken, or medication and dosages, compatible with physicians' orders.
• Read prescription, measure arterial blood gases, and review patient information to assess patient condition.
• Set up and operate devices such as mechanical ventilators, therapeutic gas administration apparatus, environmental control systems, or aerosol generators, following specified parameters of treatment.
• Maintain charts that contain patients' pertinent identification and therapy information.
• Perform pulmonary function and adjust equipment to obtain optimum results in therapy.
• Transport patients to the hospital or within the hospital.
• Monitor cardiac patients, using electrocardiography devices, such as a holter monitor.
• Provide emergency care, such as artificial respiration, external cardiac massage, or assistance with cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
• Educate patients and their families about their conditions and teach appropriate disease management techniques, such as breathing exercises or the use of medications or respiratory equipment.
• Inspect, clean, test, and maintain respiratory therapy equipment to ensure equipment is functioning safely and efficiently, ordering repairs when necessary.
• Work as part of a team of physicians, nurses, or other healthcare professionals to manage patient care by assisting with medical procedures or related duties.
• Make emergency visits to resolve equipment problems.
• Teach, train, supervise, or use the assistance of students, respiratory therapy technicians, or assistants.

Related Technology & Tools

• Tracheostomy tubes
• Volume ventilators
• Oxygen tents
• Oxygen concentrators
• Percussors
• Medical oxygen masks
• Negative pressure ventilators
• Medical aerosol tents
• Infant incubators
• Portable flat computers
• Therapeutic treadmill exercisers
• Nasal airways
• Bronchoscopes
• Evacuated blood collection tubes
• Continuous positive airway pressure CPAP ventilators
• Oxygen regulators
• Nebulizers
• Tracheotomy masks
• Intra-aortic balloon pumps IABP
• Wright's spirometers
• Capillary catheters
• Personal digital assistants PDA
• Oxygen flowmeters
• Cannulas
• Aerosol masks
• Saturation of oxygen SaO2 monitors
• Blood gas machines
• Electrocardiography EKG units
• Ambu bags
• Pulse oximeters
• Notebook computers
• Manometers
• Internal positive pressure breathing IPPB machines
• Small particle aerosol generators
• Medical suction equipment
• Oxygen masks
• Bilevel positive airway pressure BiPAP ventilators
• Oxygen tanks
• Endotracheal ET tubes
• Hemodynamic monitors
• Apnea monitors
• Blood collection syringes
• Electronic blood pressure equipment
• Blood gas kits
• Manual blood pressure equipment
• Oxygen monitors
• Tourniquets
• Christmas tree adapters
• Incentive spirometers
• Surgical suits
• Pulmonary function testing PFT equipment
• Personal computers
• Sputum traps
• Oral airways
• Oxygen hoods
• Cell savers
• Humidifiers
• Indirect calorimeters
• Air compressors
• High-frequency ventilators
• Bedside spirometers
• Mechanical stethoscopes

• MEDITECH software
• Electronic medical record EMR software
• Calendar and scheduling software
• Microsoft Office
• Microsoft Excel
• Database software
• Microsoft Word
• HMS
• Microsoft Outlook
• Microsoft PowerPoint