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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 “Respiratory Therapist Assistant”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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