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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 Technician”

Read and evaluate physicians' orders and patients' chart information to determine patients' condition and treatment protocols.
Keep records of patients' therapy, completing all necessary forms.
Clean, sterilize, check, and maintain respiratory therapy equipment.
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.
Assess patients' response to treatments and modify treatments according to protocol if necessary.
Follow and enforce safety rules applying to equipment.
Explain treatment procedures to patients.
Use ventilators or various oxygen devices or aerosol and breathing treatments in the provision of respiratory therapy.
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.
Teach patients how to use respiratory equipment at home.
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.
Recommend or review bedside procedures, x-rays, or laboratory tests.
Interview or examine patients to collect clinical data.
Collect and analyze arterial blood gas samples.
Teach or oversee other workers who provide respiratory care services.
Perform diagnostic procedures to assess the severity of respiratory dysfunction in patients.
Set equipment controls to regulate the flow of oxygen, gases, mists, or aerosols.

Related Technology & Tools

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

Patient electronic medical record EMR software
Microsoft Outlook
Ventilator operation software
Microsoft Word
Microsoft Excel
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