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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 Technician and EEG Tech (Cardiopulmonary Technician and Electroencephalogram Technician)”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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