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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”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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