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Job Description

Provide respiratory care under the direction of respiratory therapists and physicians.

Job Details

The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 29-2054.00
The Mean Annual Wage in the U.S. is $ 50,520.00
The Mean Hourly Wage is $ 24.00
Currently, there are 10,600 people on this job

☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Respiratory Therapy Technicians”.

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Tasks for “Pulmonary Function Technician (PF Technician)”

Follow and enforce safety rules applying to equipment.
Collect and analyze arterial blood gas samples.
Recommend or review bedside procedures, x-rays, or laboratory tests.
Interview or examine patients to collect clinical data.
Monitor patients during treatment and report any unusual reactions to the respiratory therapist.
Perform diagnostic procedures to assess the severity of respiratory dysfunction in patients.
Teach patients how to use respiratory equipment at home.
Assess patients' response to treatments and modify treatments according to protocol if necessary.
Administer breathing or oxygen procedures, such as intermittent positive pressure breathing treatments, ultrasonic nebulizer treatments, or incentive spirometer treatments.
Work with patients in areas such as the emergency rooms, neonatal or pediatric intensive care, or surgical intensive care, treating conditions such as emphysema, chronic bronchitis, asthma, cystic fibrosis, or pneumonia.
Teach or oversee other workers who provide respiratory care services.
Use ventilators or various oxygen devices or aerosol and breathing treatments in the provision of respiratory therapy.
Prepare or test devices, such as mechanical ventilators, therapeutic gas administration apparatus, environmental control systems, aerosol generators, or electrocardiogram (EKG) machines.
Set equipment controls to regulate the flow of oxygen, gases, mists, or aerosols.
Clean, sterilize, check, and maintain respiratory therapy equipment.
Provide respiratory care involving the application of well-defined therapeutic techniques under the supervision of a respiratory therapist and a physician.
Explain treatment procedures to patients.
Keep records of patients' therapy, completing all necessary forms.
Read and evaluate physicians' orders and patients' chart information to determine patients' condition and treatment protocols.

Related Technology & Tools

Venturi masks
Pneumogram equipment
Adult oxygen masks
Bilevel positive airway pressure BiPAP ventilators
Stress treadmill machines
Continuous positive airway pressure CPAP ventilators
Echocardiogram machines
Pulmonary function calculators
Chest shell ventilators
Electroencephalography EEG equipment
Endotracheal ET tubes
Steam sterilizers
Laptop computers
Blood gas analyzers
Portable volume ventilators
Blood drawing syringes
Oxygen concentrators
Oropharyngeal suction equipment
Desktop computers
Bedside pulmonary function testing PFT equipment
Medical aerosol tents
Holter monitors
Intermittent positive pressure breathing IPPB apparatus
Arterial blood gas ABG machines
Respiratory therapy air compressors
Pediatric oxygen masks
Mechanical stethoscopes
Oxygen therapy equipment
Apnea monitors
Oral nasal face masks
Endotracheal suction equipment
Electrocardiography EKG machines
Nasal suctioning equipment
Postural drainage percussors
Medical nasal cannulae
Bag-valve masks
Electronic compressor nebulizers
Sputum traps
Aerosol masks
Respirators
Oxygen tents
Calorimeters
Oxygen flowmeters
Therapeutic humidifiers
Handheld spirometers

Microsoft Outlook
Ventilator operation software
Omnicare Cypress Therapy Management
Patient electronic medical record EMR software
Microsoft Word
Microsoft Excel