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Assesses, delivers, and documents respiratory care to include pulmonary hygiene and airway management and performs diagnostic exams as necessary. Manages all patients on ventilators and related life support equipment. Performs routine blood gas analysis. Assesses, plans, and evaluates the patient plan of care utilizing multiple respiratory modalities, respiratory therapy driven protocols, and advanced ventilation techniques. Performs full range of basic respiratory care for all patient populations. Performs and documents a complete patient assessment including (but not limited to) vital signs, breath sounds, cough, and respiratory pattern with each ventilator system check and with each treatment. Checks all equipment and respiratory modalities (including invasive and non-invasive), maintains alarms and documents accurately and completely. Performs AB - Gs utilizing 2 patient identifiers, properly handles blood specimens, reports critical values, and maintains blood gas lab logs (where ...Respiratory Therapist, Respiratory, Therapist, Healthcare, Patient Services