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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”
- Interview or examine patients to collect clinical data.
- Read and evaluate physicians' orders and patients' chart information to determine patients' condition and treatment protocols.
- Recommend or review bedside procedures, x-rays, or laboratory tests.
- Follow and enforce safety rules applying to equipment.
- Provide respiratory care involving the application of well-defined therapeutic techniques under the supervision of a respiratory therapist and a physician.
- Clean, sterilize, check, and maintain respiratory therapy equipment.
- Keep records of patients' therapy, completing all necessary forms.
- 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.
- Assess patients' response to treatments and modify treatments according to protocol if necessary.
- Teach or oversee other workers who provide respiratory care services.
- Administer breathing or oxygen procedures, such as intermittent positive pressure breathing treatments, ultrasonic nebulizer treatments, or incentive spirometer treatments.
- Monitor patients during treatment and report any unusual reactions to the respiratory therapist.
- Teach patients how to use respiratory equipment at home.
- Perform diagnostic procedures to assess the severity of respiratory dysfunction in patients.
- 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.
- Set equipment controls to regulate the flow of oxygen, gases, mists, or aerosols.
- Collect and analyze arterial blood gas samples.
Related Technology & Tools
- Pulmonary function calculators
- Electronic compressor nebulizers
- Holter monitors
- Steam sterilizers
- Medical aerosol tents
- Calorimeters
- Oxygen therapy equipment
- Pediatric oxygen masks
- Desktop computers
- Respiratory therapy air compressors
- Bilevel positive airway pressure BiPAP ventilators
- Postural drainage percussors
- Bag-valve masks
- Intermittent positive pressure breathing IPPB apparatus
- Nasal suctioning equipment
- Handheld spirometers
- Oxygen flowmeters
- Aerosol masks
- Echocardiogram machines
- Continuous positive airway pressure CPAP ventilators
- Electroencephalography EEG equipment
- Blood drawing syringes
- Medical nasal cannulae
- Mechanical stethoscopes
- Apnea monitors
- Therapeutic humidifiers
- Stress treadmill machines
- Endotracheal ET tubes
- Oral nasal face masks
- Laptop computers
- Pneumogram equipment
- Blood gas analyzers
- Oxygen concentrators
- Oropharyngeal suction equipment
- Venturi masks
- Bedside pulmonary function testing PFT equipment
- Sputum traps
- Arterial blood gas ABG machines
- Adult oxygen masks
- Respirators
- Chest shell ventilators
- Endotracheal suction equipment
- Electrocardiography EKG machines
- Oxygen tents
- Portable volume ventilators
- Omnicare Cypress Therapy Management
- Patient electronic medical record EMR software
- Microsoft Word
- Ventilator operation software
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Outlook