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Summary Job Description | Tasks | |||
Provide respiratory care under the direction of respiratory therapists and physicians. | Use ventilators and various oxygen devices and aerosol and breathing treatments in the provision of respiratory therapy. | |||
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Work with patients in areas such as the emergency room, neonatal or pediatric intensive care, and surgical intensive care, treating conditions including emphysema, chronic bronchitis, asthma, cystic fibrosis, and pneumonia. | ||||
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Read and evaluate physicians' orders and patients' chart information to determine patients' condition and treatment protocols. | ||||
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Keep records of patients' therapy, completing all necessary forms. | ||||
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Set equipment controls to regulate the flow of oxygen, gases, mists, or aerosols. | ||||
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Provide respiratory care involving the application of well-defined therapeutic techniques under the supervision of a respiratory therapist and a physician. | ||||
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Assess patients' response to treatments and modify treatments according to protocol if necessary. | ||||
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Prepare and test devices such as mechanical ventilators, therapeutic gas administration apparatus, environmental control systems, aerosol generators and electrocardiogram (EKG) machines. | ||||
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Monitor patients during treatment and report any unusual reactions to the respiratory therapist. | ||||
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Explain treatment procedures to patients. | ||||
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Clean, sterilize, check and maintain respiratory therapy equipment. | ||||
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Perform diagnostic procedures to assess the severity of respiratory dysfunction in patients. | ||||
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Follow and enforce safety rules applying to equipment. | ||||
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Administer breathing and oxygen procedures such as intermittent positive pressure breathing treatments, ultrasonic nebulizer treatments and incentive spirometer treatments. | ||||
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Recommend and review bedside procedures, x-rays, and laboratory tests. | ||||
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Interview and examine patients to collect clinical data. | ||||
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Teach patients how to use respiratory equipment at home. | ||||
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Teach or oversee other workers who provide respiratory care services. | ||||
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Collect and analyze arterial blood gas samples. | ||||
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CompGeo Salary Survey Benchmark Job Summary and Competencies
Respiratory Therapy Technicians
The Benchmark Job Description below represents the specific Position Characteristics of the job used in the Salary Survey. Benchmark Job Descriptions should be inspected carefully to review the degree of matching between an organizations' Job and the Salary Survey Benchmark. Matching internal Jobs to Salary Survey Benchmark Jobs should not be done on Job Title alone. A thorough comparison of Salary Survey Benchmark to Internal Job Descriptions is recommended. A good overlap should exist on any comparisons used on critical Job Dimensions and Competencies.- Job Description
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Important Knowledge Competencies | Competency Description | |||
Medicine and Dentistry | Knowledge of the information and techniques needed to diagnose and treat human injuries, diseases, and deformities. This includes symptoms, treatment alternatives, drug properties and interactions, and preventive health-care measures. | |||
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Customer and Personal Service | Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction. | |||
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English Language | Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar. | |||
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Education and Training | Knowledge of principles and methods for curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups, and the measurement of training effects. | |||
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Psychology | Knowledge of human behavior and performance; individual differences in ability, personality, and interests; learning and motivation; psychological research methods; and the assessment and treatment of behavioral and affective disorders. | |||
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Mathematics | Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications. | |||
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Biology | Knowledge of plant and animal organisms, their tissues, cells, functions, interdependencies, and interactions with each other and the environment. | |||
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Computers and Electronics | Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming. | |||
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Chemistry | Knowledge of the chemical composition, structure, and properties of substances and of the chemical processes and transformations that they undergo. This includes uses of chemicals and their interactions, danger signs, production techniques, and disposal methods. | |||
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Public Safety and Security | Knowledge of relevant equipment, policies, procedures, and strategies to promote effective local, state, or national security operations for the protection of people, data, property, and institutions. | |||
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Mechanical | Knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance. | |||
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Therapy and Counseling | Knowledge of principles, methods, and procedures for diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation of physical and mental dysfunctions, and for career counseling and guidance. | |||
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Physics | Knowledge and prediction of physical principles, laws, their interrelationships, and applications to understanding fluid, material, and atmospheric dynamics, and mechanical, electrical, atomic and sub- atomic structures and processes. | |||
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Important Skill Competencies | Competency Description | |||
Monitoring | Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action. | |||
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Active Listening | Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times. | |||
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Social Perceptiveness | Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do. | |||
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Service Orientation | Actively looking for ways to help people. | |||
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Speaking | Talking to others to convey information effectively. | |||
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Coordination | Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions. | |||
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Operation Monitoring | Watching gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly. | |||
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Reading Comprehension | Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents. | |||
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Critical Thinking | Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems. | |||
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Active Learning | Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making. | |||
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Judgment and Decision Making | Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one. | |||
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Science | Using scientific rules and methods to solve problems. | |||
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Complex Problem Solving | Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions. | |||
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Equipment Maintenance | Performing routine maintenance on equipment and determining when and what kind of maintenance is needed. | |||
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Time Management | Managing one's own time and the time of others. | |||
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Writing | Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience. | |||
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Persuasion | Persuading others to change their minds or behavior. | |||
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Instructing | Teaching others how to do something. | |||
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Operation and Control | Controlling operations of equipment or systems. | |||
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Quality Control Analysis | Conducting tests and inspections of products, services, or processes to evaluate quality or performance. | |||
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Systems Analysis | Determining how a system should work and how changes in conditions, operations, and the environment will affect outcomes. | |||
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Management of Personnel Resources | Motivating, developing, and directing people as they work, identifying the best people for the job. | |||
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Systems Evaluation | Identifying measures or indicators of system performance and the actions needed to improve or correct performance, relative to the goals of the system. | |||
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Important Ability Competencies | Competency Description | |||
Problem Sensitivity | The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing there is a problem. | |||
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Oral Expression | The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand. | |||
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Deductive Reasoning | The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense. | |||
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Oral Comprehension | The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences. | |||
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Inductive Reasoning | The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events). | |||
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Near Vision | The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer). | |||
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Speech Clarity | The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you. | |||
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Written Comprehension | The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing. | |||
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Speech Recognition | The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person. | |||
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Information Ordering | The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations). | |||
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Selective Attention | The ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted. | |||
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Perceptual Speed | The ability to quickly and accurately compare similarities and differences among sets of letters, numbers, objects, pictures, or patterns. The things to be compared may be presented at the same time or one after the other. This ability also includes comparing a presented object with a remembered object. | |||
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Time Sharing | The ability to shift back and forth between two or more activities or sources of information (such as speech, sounds, touch, or other sources). | |||
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Finger Dexterity | The ability to make precisely coordinated movements of the fingers of one or both hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble very small objects. | |||
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Category Flexibility | The ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways. | |||
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Speed of Closure | The ability to quickly make sense of, combine, and organize information into meaningful patterns. | |||
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Flexibility of Closure | The ability to identify or detect a known pattern (a figure, object, word, or sound) that is hidden in other distracting material. | |||
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Visualization | The ability to imagine how something will look after it is moved around or when its parts are moved or rearranged. | |||
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Arm-Hand Steadiness | The ability to keep your hand and arm steady while moving your arm or while holding your arm and hand in one position. | |||
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Hearing Sensitivity | The ability to detect or tell the differences between sounds that vary in pitch and loudness. | |||
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Written Expression | The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand. | |||
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Manual Dexterity | The ability to quickly move your hand, your hand together with your arm, or your two hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble objects. | |||
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Control Precision | The ability to quickly and repeatedly adjust the controls of a machine or a vehicle to exact positions. | |||
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Far Vision | The ability to see details at a distance. | |||
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Fluency of Ideas | The ability to come up with a number of ideas about a topic (the number of ideas is important, not their quality, correctness, or creativity). | |||
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Originality | The ability to come up with unusual or clever ideas about a given topic or situation, or to develop creative ways to solve a problem. | |||
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Auditory Attention | The ability to focus on a single source of sound in the presence of other distracting sounds. | |||
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Tools/Technology Example | Product Category | |||
Microsoft Excel | Spreadsheet software | |||
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Microsoft Outlook | Electronic mail software | |||
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Microsoft Word | Word processing software | |||
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Omnicare Cypress Therapy Management | Medical software | |||
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Patient electronic medical record EMR software | Medical software | |||
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Ventilator operation software | Medical software | |||
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Adult oxygen masks | Medical oxygen masks or parts | |||
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Aerosol masks | Nebulizers or accessories | |||
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Apnea monitors | Apnea monitors or accessories | |||
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Arterial blood gas ABG machines | Blood gas analyzers | |||
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Bag-valve masks | Breathing circuit bags | |||
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Bedside pulmonary function testing PFT equipment | Bedside pulmonary function screeners | |||
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Bilevel positive airway pressure BiPAP ventilators | Non invasive bi level machines | |||
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Blood drawing syringes | Blood collection syringes | |||
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Blood gas analyzers | Blood gas analyzers | |||
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Calorimeters | Calorimeters | |||
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Chest shell ventilators | Chest cuirass products | |||
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Continuous positive airway pressure CPAP ventilators | Non invasive continuous positive air pressure machines | |||
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Desktop computers | Desktop computers | |||
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Echocardiogram machines | Cardiac ultrasound or doppler or echo units or cardioscopes | |||
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Electrocardiography EKG machines | Electrocardiography EKG units | |||
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Electroencephalography EEG equipment | Electroencephalography EEG units or accessories | |||
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Electronic compressor nebulizers | Nebulizers or accessories | |||
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Endotracheal ET tubes | Endotracheal tubes | |||
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Endotracheal suction equipment | Suction kits | |||
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Handheld spirometers | Spirometers or its accessories or its supplies | |||
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Holter monitors | Long term continuous electrocardiography EKG or holter monitoring systems | |||
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Intermittent positive pressure breathing IPPB apparatus | Intermittent positive pressure breathing IPPB machines | |||
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Laptop computers | Notebook computers | |||
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Mechanical stethoscopes | Mechanical stethoscopes or accessories | |||
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Medical aerosol tents | Medical aerosol tents | |||
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Medical nasal cannulae | Medical nasal cannulae | |||
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Nasal suctioning equipment | Suction kits | |||
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Oral nasal face masks | Medical oxygen masks or parts | |||
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Oropharyngeal suction equipment | Suction kits | |||
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Oxygen concentrators | Oxygen concentrators | |||
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Oxygen flowmeters | Flow sensors or regulators or components | |||
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Oxygen tents | Medical aerosol tents | |||
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Oxygen therapy equipment | Oxygen therapy delivery system products accessories or its supplies | |||
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Pediatric oxygen masks | Medical oxygen masks or parts | |||
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Pneumogram equipment | Sleep study monitors or accessories | |||
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Portable volume ventilators | Adult or pediatric intensive care ventilators | |||
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Postural drainage percussors | Chest percussors | |||
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Pulmonary function calculators | Pulmonary function calculators | |||
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Respirators | Respirators | |||
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Respiratory therapy air compressors | Respiratory therapy compressors | |||
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Sputum traps | Sputum collection apparatus or containers | |||
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Steam sterilizers | Steam autoclaves or sterilizers | |||
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Stress treadmill machines | Treadmills | |||
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Therapeutic humidifiers | Respiratory humidifiers or vaporizers | |||
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Venturi masks | Medical oxygen masks or parts | |||
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Prerequisite Qualification Category | Education and Experience Level | |||
Required Level of Education | Associate's Degree (or other 2-year degree) | |||
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Alternate Job Title(s) | |||
Certified Respiratory Therapist (CRT) | |||
Certified Respiratory Therapy Technician (CRTT) | |||
Life Support Technician | |||
Oxygen Equipment Technician | |||
Oxygen Therapy Technician | |||
Registered Pulmonary Function Technologist | |||
Registered Respiratory Therapist | |||
Respiratory Care Practitioner | |||
Respiratory Technician | |||
Respiratory Therapist | |||
Respiratory Therapist Assistant | |||
Respiratory Therapy Technician | |||
Staff Respiratory Therapist | |||
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