Respiratory Therapist

Job description

Primary Function : Responsible for providing respiratory care and assisting with the diagnosis, treatment, rehabilitation for a range of cardiopulmonary diseases and disorders. Responsibilities: -Perform respiratory therapy treatments according to physician orders, including aerosol medication delivery, lung expansion and airway clearance modalities, maintenance of natural and artificial airways, care planning, and patient education. -Obtain arterial blood from radial artery for blood gas analysis. Interpret results and recommend appropriate treatment to physician. -Provide ventilator management, including initiation, maintenance, monitoring, assessment, input in rounds, and liberation. Perform nasal, oral and pharyngeal suctioning. -Provide rapid response assessment and emergency care, including airway management, CPR, trauma care, manual and mechanical ventilatory support, and oxygenation support. -Provide support and monitoring for patient transport within the Hospital and to other hospitals using portable ventilators, manual resuscitators oxygen delivery systems, and monitors. -Set up and administer oxygen using a variety of devices. -Perform charges, record keeping, and equipm...