Job Description
**Job Description**
Under general supervision and with advanced understanding of the physical sciences, routinely performs the following procedures: Oxygen therapy, aerosol therapy, medical gas administration, pulmonary drainage and bronchial hygiene procedures, and mechanical ventilation. Gathers data on an ongoing basis for quality improvement and may be involved in teaching of co-workers and/or students.
Principal Duties and Responsibilities:
-Initiates, maintains and discontinues oxygen therapy upon the order of a physician.
-Initiates, maintains and discontinues aerosol therapy, both bland and medications upon the order of a physician.
-Initiates, maintains and discontinues mechanical ventilation upon the order of a physician.
-Transports and monitors critically ill patients using non-invasive techniques.
-Attends medical emergencies and assists in CPR.
-Maintains and monitors various compressed gas manifold s...
Under general supervision and with advanced understanding of the physical sciences, routinely performs the following procedures: Oxygen therapy, aerosol therapy, medical gas administration, pulmonary drainage and bronchial hygiene procedures, and mechanical ventilation. Gathers data on an ongoing basis for quality improvement and may be involved in teaching of co-workers and/or students.
Principal Duties and Responsibilities:
-Initiates, maintains and discontinues oxygen therapy upon the order of a physician.
-Initiates, maintains and discontinues aerosol therapy, both bland and medications upon the order of a physician.
-Initiates, maintains and discontinues mechanical ventilation upon the order of a physician.
-Transports and monitors critically ill patients using non-invasive techniques.
-Attends medical emergencies and assists in CPR.
-Maintains and monitors various compressed gas manifold s...