RESPIRATORY THERAPISTS: Set up and operate various types of equipment such as ventilators, oxygen tents, resuscitators, and incubators to administer oxygen and other gases to patients. License Title: Respiratory Care Practitioners

• Administer medications/treatments
• Analyze medical lab results
• Analyze patient activity
• Analyze therapy response
• Apply disabilities theory
• Apply human disabilities theory
• Apply infectious materials procedures
• Apply interpersonal communication techniques
• Apply life support procedures
• Apply patient care procedures
• Apply sanitation practices to health care
• Apply uniform medical tests or procedures
• Collect clinical data
• Comprehend body response variations
• Comprehend the composition of drugs
• Draw blood
• Keep records & maintain files
• Make appointments
• Oversee home visits by respiratory therapy patients
• Perform respiratory/inhalation therapy duties independently
• Position patients for therapy
• Practice preventive procedures in medical therapy setting
• Prepare patient reports
• Read/retain patient respiratory information
• Read/understand operating manuals
• Set up/administer incubators in hospitals
• Set up/administer oxygen tents in hospitals, homes & institutions
• Set up/administer resuscitators in hospitals, homes & institutions
• Set up/administer ventilators in hospitals, homes & institutions
• Set/administer ventilator therapy
• Structure therapy treatments to patient need
• Teach communication techniques to respiration-impaired individuals
• Teach medical self care
• Understand & use medical terminology
• Use clinical sterilizing techniques
• Use medical equipment in direct patient care
• Use pharmacological terminology
• Use respirators & respiratory therapy equipment
• Use/adjust/repair therapy equipment