Provide specific, well defined respiratory care procedures under the direction of respiratory therapists and physicians.

Other names for Respiratory Therapy Technicians: Certified Respiratory Therapist (CRT), Certified Respiratory Therapy Technician (CRTT), Life Support Technician, Oxygen Equipment Technician, Oxygen Therapy Technician, Registered Respiratory Therapist, Respiratory Technician, Respiratory Therapist, Respiratory Therapist Assistant, Respiratory Therapy Technician, Staff Respiratory Therapist,

• Use ventilators and various oxygen devices and aerosol and breathing treatments in the provision of respiratory therapy.
• 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.
• Read and evaluate physicians' orders and patients' chart information to determine patients' condition and treatment protocols.
• Keep records of patients' therapy, completing all necessary forms.
• Set equipment controls to regulate the flow of oxygen, gases, mists, or aerosols.
• Provide respiratory care involving the application of well-defined therapeutic techniques under the supervision of a respiratory therapist and a physician.
• Assess patients' response to treatments and modify treatments according to protocol if necessary.
• Prepare and test devices such as mechanical ventilators, therapeutic gas administration apparatus, environmental control systems, aerosol generators and electrocardiogram (EKG) machines.
• Monitor patients during treatment and report any unusual reactions to the respiratory therapist.
• Explain treatment procedures to patients.
• Clean, sterilize, check and maintain respiratory therapy equipment.
• Perform diagnostic procedures to assess the severity of respiratory dysfunction in patients.
• Follow and enforce safety rules applying to equipment.
• Administer breathing and oxygen procedures such as intermittent positive pressure breathing treatments, ultrasonic nebulizer treatments and incentive spirometer treatments.
• Recommend and review bedside procedures, x-rays, and laboratory tests.
• Interview and examine patients to collect clinical data.
• Teach patients how to use respiratory equipment at home.
• Teach or oversee other workers who provide respiratory care services.

• Medical oxygen masks or parts
• Medical aerosol tents
• Nebulizers or accessories
• Apnea monitors or accessories
• Blood gas analyzers
• Breathing circuit bags
• Bedside pulmonary function screeners
• Non invasive bi level machines
• Blood collection syringes
• Blood gas analyzers
• Calorimeters
• Chest cuirass products
• Non invasive continuous positive air pressure machines
• Desktop computers
• Cardiac ultrasound or doppler or echo units or cardioscopes
• Electrocardiography EKG units
• Electroencephalography EEG units or accessories
• Nebulizers or accessories
• Endotracheal tubes
• Suction kits
• Spirometers or its accessories or its supplies
• Long term continuous electrocardiography EKG or holter monitoring systems
• Intermittent positive pressure breathing IPPB machines
• Notebook computers
• Mechanical stethoscopes or accessories
• Medical nasal cannulae
• Suction kits
• Medical oxygen masks or parts
• Suction kits
• Oxygen concentrators
• Flow sensors or regulators or components
• Medical aerosol tents
• Oxygen therapy delivery system products accessories or its supplies
• Medical oxygen masks or parts
• Sleep study monitors or accessories
• Adult or pediatric intensive care ventilators
• Chest percussors
• Pulmonary function calculators
• Respirators
• Respiratory therapy compressors
• Sputum collection apparatus or containers
• Steam autoclaves or sterilizers
• Treadmills
• Respiratory humidifiers or vaporizers
• Medical oxygen masks or parts

Word processing software

Spreadsheet software

Medical software

Electronic mail software