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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
Also Known As…
- Respiratory Therapy Technician (RTT)
- Respiratory Therapy Assistant
- Respiratory Technician
- Respiratory Supervisor
- Respiratory Director
- Respiratory Care Assistant (RCA)
- Registered Respiratory Therapist (Staff)
- Registered Pulmonary Function Technologist (RPFT)
- Pulmonary Function Technician (PF Technician)
- Certified Respiratory Therapy Technician (CRTT)
- Respiratory Therapist Assistant
- Respiratory Support Technician
- Respiratory Care Technician
- Registered Respiratory Technician
- Oxygen Therapy Technician
- Oxygen Equipment Technician
- Medical Technician
- Life Support Technician
- Certified Respiratory Therapist (CRT)
Tasks for “Respiratory Therapy Technicians”
- Use ventilators or various oxygen devices or aerosol and breathing treatments in the provision of respiratory therapy.
- Follow and enforce safety rules applying to equipment.
- Clean, sterilize, check, and maintain respiratory therapy equipment.
- Assess patients' response to treatments and modify treatments according to protocol if necessary.
- 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.
- Explain treatment procedures to patients.
- Prepare or test devices, such as mechanical ventilators, therapeutic gas administration apparatus, environmental control systems, aerosol generators, or electrocardiogram (EKG) machines.
- 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.
- Administer breathing or oxygen procedures, such as intermittent positive pressure breathing treatments, ultrasonic nebulizer treatments, or incentive spirometer treatments.
- Teach patients how to use respiratory equipment at home.
- Monitor patients during treatment and report any unusual reactions to the respiratory therapist.
- Interview or examine patients to collect clinical data.
- Perform diagnostic procedures to assess the severity of respiratory dysfunction in patients.
- Recommend or review bedside procedures, x-rays, or laboratory tests.
- Collect and analyze arterial blood gas samples.
- Teach or oversee other workers who provide respiratory care services.
- Provide respiratory care involving the application of well-defined therapeutic techniques under the supervision of a respiratory therapist and a physician.
- Keep records of patients' therapy, completing all necessary forms.
Related Technology & Tools
- Steam sterilizers
- Oxygen tents
- Bag-valve masks
- Respirators
- Electrocardiography EKG machines
- Apnea monitors
- Intermittent positive pressure breathing IPPB apparatus
- Endotracheal suction equipment
- Desktop computers
- Venturi masks
- Bilevel positive airway pressure BiPAP ventilators
- Medical aerosol tents
- Electroencephalography EEG equipment
- Calorimeters
- Blood gas analyzers
- Oxygen therapy equipment
- Adult oxygen masks
- Chest shell ventilators
- Holter monitors
- Sputum traps
- Medical nasal cannulae
- Aerosol masks
- Pediatric oxygen masks
- Oral nasal face masks
- Endotracheal ET tubes
- Oxygen concentrators
- Oropharyngeal suction equipment
- Nasal suctioning equipment
- Continuous positive airway pressure CPAP ventilators
- Arterial blood gas ABG machines
- Electronic compressor nebulizers
- Postural drainage percussors
- Handheld spirometers
- Laptop computers
- Blood drawing syringes
- Mechanical stethoscopes
- Therapeutic humidifiers
- Respiratory therapy air compressors
- Oxygen flowmeters
- Bedside pulmonary function testing PFT equipment
- Pneumogram equipment
- Portable volume ventilators
- Stress treadmill machines
- Pulmonary function calculators
- Echocardiogram machines
- Ventilator operation software
- Microsoft Outlook
- Microsoft Word
- Patient electronic medical record EMR software
- Microsoft Excel
- Omnicare Cypress Therapy Management