RESPIRATORY TECHNICIAN

Overview

Essential Responsibilities and Duties

• Performs all basic RCS modalities under supervision of Respiratory Therapist on all clinically stable patients including oxygen therapy, non-invasive monitoring, patient assessment, and bland aerosol delivery, medication delivery via SVN, and MDI with spacers.
• Performs chest physiotherapy (i.e. percussion, postural drainage, PEP mask, resistive devices, incentive spirometry, etc.).
• Performs non-invasive ventilation (CPAP and BiPAP) on clinically stable patient as assigned.
• Performs suctioning of intubated and non-intubated patients, routine tracheostomy changes.
• Assesses efficacy and patient s response to procedures and makes appropriate notations in the patient s medical records.
• Performs arterial blood sampling and analysis, blood gas acid based determinations, co-oximetry, and Na+/K+ determinations.
• Participates in cardiopulmonary resuscitation and emergency airway management according to approved protocols.
• Responsible for re-stocking ventilators at patient bedside, cleaning, and preparing equipment for sterilization, disassembling, cleaning/decontamination and reassembly of RCS equipment as assigned.
• Carries out routine maintenance of equipment and maintains RCS workroom supplies including re-stocking Herman-Miller storage bins with needed equipment.
• Assists in maintaining RCS equipment preventive maintenance schedule as assigned.
• Reports all results, problems and/or issues, whether patient or staff related to the area therapist and/or supervisor as required.
• Assists in the education, development, orientation of new employees, and perception of students as assigned.