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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)
• Oxygen Therapist
• Inhalation Therapist
• Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation Respiratory Therapist

Tasks for “Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation Respiratory Therapist”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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