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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 Therapy Assistant”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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