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