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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)”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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