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JOB DESCRIPTION:
PERFORM EXTRACTION FOR ARTERIAL BLOOD GAS AND INTERPRETATION
ADMINISTER VENTILATOR TO PATIENTS NEEDING VENTILATORY SUPPORT
DETERMINE SPONTANEOUS BREATHING PARAMETERS (SBP),PEAK EXPIRATORY END PRESSURE (PEEP),PULSE OXIMETRY AND PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW RATE
ADMINISTER PROPER TECHNIQUES ON CHEST PHYSIO-THERAPY AND POSTURAL DRAINAGE
ADMINISTER VARIOUS INHALATION THERAPY LIKE COMPRESSOR DRIVEN NEBULIZATION,ULTRASONIC NEBULIZATION (USN),INTERMITTENT POSITIVE PRESSURE BREATHING THERAPY (IPPBT),IN-LINE NEBULIZATION INCLUDING INSTRUCTION AND PROPER TECHNIQUE
ASSIST THE PHYSICIAN IN WEANING OF PATIENT FROM MECHANICAL VENTILATOR
OBSERVE AND EVALUATE IMMEDIATE RESPONSE AND REACTION OF PATIENT UNDERGOING VENTILATORY THERAPY
ADMINISTER OXYGEN THERAPY EITHER BY HIGH FLOW OR LOW FLOW DELIVERY DEVICES
ASSUME RESPONSIBILITY FOR PROPER FUNCTIONING AND CARE OF VENTILATOR AND OTHER RESPIRATORY THERAPY EQUIPMENTS
PERFORM AND ASSIST THE PATIENT DURING PULMONARY FUNCTION TESTING (PFT)
PERFORM SUCTIONING ON INTUBATED PATIENT
PERFORM CARDIO-PULMONARY RESUSCITATION ON ARREST PATIENT
AUSCULTATE AND CHECKS VITAL SIGNS OF PATIENT