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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 Rehabilitation Respiratory Therapist
• Oxygen Therapist
• Inhalation Therapist
• Cardiopulmonary Technician and EEG Tech (Cardiopulmonary Technician and Electroencephalogram Technician)

Tasks for “Cardiopulmonary Technician and EEG Tech (Cardiopulmonary Technician and Electroencephalogram Technician)”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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