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Respiratory Therapists
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Respiratory Therapists
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Assess, treat, and care for patients with breathing disorders. Assume primary responsibility for all respiratory care modalities, including the supervision of respiratory therapy technicians. Initiate and conduct therapeutic procedures; maintain patient records; and select, assemble, check, and operate equipment.
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Degrees
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Abilities
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Problem Sensitivity| | The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing there is a problem. |
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Inductive Reasoning| | The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events). |
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Oral Comprehension| | The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences. |
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Oral Expression| | The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand. |
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Written Comprehension| | The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing. |
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Speed of Closure| | The ability to quickly make sense of, combine, and organize information into meaningful patterns. |
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Deductive Reasoning| | The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense. |
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Information Ordering| | The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations). |
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Category Flexibility| | The ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways. |
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Flexibility of Closure| | The ability to identify or detect a known pattern (a figure, object, word, or sound) that is hidden in other distracting material. |
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Speech Recognition| | The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person. |
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Control Precision| | The ability to quickly and repeatedly adjust the controls of a machine or a vehicle to exact positions. |
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Near Vision| | The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer). |
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Written Expression| | The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand. |
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Originality| | The ability to come up with unusual or clever ideas about a given topic or situation, or to develop creative ways to solve a problem. |
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Arm-Hand Steadiness| | The ability to keep your hand and arm steady while moving your arm or while holding your arm and hand in one position. |
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Manual Dexterity| | The ability to quickly move your hand, your hand together with your arm, or your two hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble objects. |
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Perceptual Speed| | The ability to quickly and accurately compare similarities and differences among sets of letters, numbers, objects, pictures, or patterns. The things to be compared may be presented at the same time or one after the other. This ability also includes comparing a presented object with a remembered object. |
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Speech Clarity| | The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you. |
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Time Sharing| | The ability to shift back and forth between two or more activities or sources of information (such as speech, sounds, touch, or other sources). |
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Finger Dexterity| | The ability to make precisely coordinated movements of the fingers of one or both hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble very small objects. |
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Selective Attention| | The ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted. |
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Memorization| | The ability to remember information such as words, numbers, pictures, and procedures. |
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Trunk Strength| | The ability to use your abdominal and lower back muscles to support part of the body repeatedly or continuously over time without 'giving out' or fatiguing. |
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Auditory Attention| | The ability to focus on a single source of sound in the presence of other distracting sounds. |
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Far Vision| | The ability to see details at a distance. |
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Fluency of Ideas| | The ability to come up with a number of ideas about a topic (the number of ideas is important, not their quality, correctness, or creativity). |
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Hearing Sensitivity| | The ability to detect or tell the differences between sounds that vary in pitch and loudness. |
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Response Orientation| | The ability to choose quickly between two or more movements in response to two or more different signals (lights, sounds, pictures). It includes the speed with which the correct response is started with the hand, foot, or other body part. |
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Extent Flexibility| | The ability to bend, stretch, twist, or reach with your body, arms, and/or legs. |
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Reaction Time| | The ability to quickly respond (with the hand, finger, or foot) to a signal (sound, light, picture) when it appears. |
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Visual Color Discrimination| | The ability to match or detect differences between colors, including shades of color and brightness. |
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Visualization| | The ability to imagine how something will look after it is moved around or when its parts are moved or rearranged. |
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Wrist-Finger Speed| | The ability to make fast, simple, repeated movements of the fingers, hands, and wrists. |
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Static Strength| | The ability to exert maximum muscle force to lift, push, pull, or carry objects. |
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Depth Perception| | The ability to judge which of several objects is closer or farther away from you, or to judge the distance between you and an object. |
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Gross Body Coordination| | The ability to coordinate the movement of your arms, legs, and torso together when the whole body is in motion. |
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Multilimb Coordination| | The ability to coordinate two or more limbs (for example, two arms, two legs, or one leg and one arm) while sitting, standing, or lying down. It does not involve performing the activities while the whole body is in motion. |
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Dynamic Strength| | The ability to exert muscle force repeatedly or continuously over time. This involves muscular endurance and resistance to muscle fatigue. |
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Stamina| | The ability to exert yourself physically over long periods of time without getting winded or out of breath. |
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Number Facility| | The ability to add, subtract, multiply, or divide quickly and correctly. |
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Rate Control| | The ability to time your movements or the movement of a piece of equipment in anticipation of changes in the speed and/or direction of a moving object or scene. |
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Mathematical Reasoning| | The ability to choose the right mathematical methods or formulas to solve a problem. |
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Speed of Limb Movement| | The ability to quickly move the arms and legs. |
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Gross Body Equilibrium| | The ability to keep or regain your body balance or stay upright when in an unstable position. |
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Sound Localization| | The ability to tell the direction from which a sound originated. |
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Peripheral Vision| | The ability to see objects or movement of objects to one's side when the eyes are looking ahead. |
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Spatial Orientation| | The ability to know your location in relation to the environment or to know where other objects are in relation to you. |
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Dynamic Flexibility| | The ability to quickly and repeatedly bend, stretch, twist, or reach out with your body, arms, and/or legs. |
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Explosive Strength| | The ability to use short bursts of muscle force to propel oneself (as in jumping or sprinting), or to throw an object. |
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Interests
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Investigative| | Investigative occupations frequently involve working with ideas, and require an extensive amount of thinking. These occupations can involve searching for facts and figuring out problems mentally. |
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Realistic| | Realistic occupations frequently involve work activities that include practical, hands-on problems and solutions. They often deal with plants, animals, and real-world materials like wood, tools, and machinery. Many of the occupations require working outside, and do not involve a lot of paperwork or working closely with others. |
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Social| | Social occupations frequently involve working with, communicating with, and teaching people. These occupations often involve helping or providing service to others. |
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Artistic| | Artistic occupations frequently involve working with forms, designs and patterns. They often require self-expression and the work can be done without following a clear set of rules. |
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Third Interest High-Point| | Tertiary-Cutoff/Rank Descriptiveness |
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Conventional| | Conventional occupations frequently involve following set procedures and routines. These occupations can include working with data and details more than with ideas. Usually there is a clear line of authority to follow. |
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Enterprising| | Enterprising occupations frequently involve starting up and carrying out projects. These occupations can involve leading people and making many decisions. Sometimes they require risk taking and often deal with business. |
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First Interest High-Point| | Primary-Rank Descriptiveness |
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Second Interest High-Point| | Secondary-Cutoff/Rank Descriptiveness |
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Knowledge
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Customer and Personal Service| | Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction. |
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Psychology| | Knowledge of human behavior and performance; individual differences in ability, personality, and interests; learning and motivation; psychological research methods; and the assessment and treatment of behavioral and affective disorders. |
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Education and Training| | Knowledge of principles and methods for curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups, and the measurement of training effects. |
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Medicine and Dentistry| | Knowledge of the information and techniques needed to diagnose and treat human injuries, diseases, and deformities. This includes symptoms, treatment alternatives, drug properties and interactions, and preventive health-care measures. |
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Clerical| | Knowledge of administrative and clerical procedures and systems such as word processing, managing files and records, stenography and transcription, designing forms, and other office procedures and terminology. |
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Biology| | Knowledge of plant and animal organisms, their tissues, cells, functions, interdependencies, and interactions with each other and the environment. |
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English Language| | Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar. |
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Chemistry| | Knowledge of the chemical composition, structure, and properties of substances and of the chemical processes and transformations that they undergo. This includes uses of chemicals and their interactions, danger signs, production techniques, and disposal methods. |
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Mechanical| | Knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance. |
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Mathematics| | Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications. |
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Administration and Management| | Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources. |
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Therapy and Counseling| | Knowledge of principles, methods, and procedures for diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation of physical and mental dysfunctions, and for career counseling and guidance. |
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Computers and Electronics| | Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming. |
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Personnel and Human Resources| | Knowledge of principles and procedures for personnel recruitment, selection, training, compensation and benefits, labor relations and negotiation, and personnel information systems. |
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Physics| | Knowledge and prediction of physical principles, laws, their interrelationships, and applications to understanding fluid, material, and atmospheric dynamics, and mechanical, electrical, atomic and sub- atomic structures and processes. |
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Engineering and Technology| | Knowledge of the practical application of engineering science and technology. This includes applying principles, techniques, procedures, and equipment to the design and production of various goods and services. |
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Philosophy and Theology| | Knowledge of different philosophical systems and religions. This includes their basic principles, values, ethics, ways of thinking, customs, practices, and their impact on human culture. |
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Law and Government| | Knowledge of laws, legal codes, court procedures, precedents, government regulations, executive orders, agency rules, and the democratic political process. |
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Sociology and Anthropology| | Knowledge of group behavior and dynamics, societal trends and influences, human migrations, ethnicity, cultures and their history and origins. |
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Communications and Media| | Knowledge of media production, communication, and dissemination techniques and methods. This includes alternative ways to inform and entertain via written, oral, and visual media. |
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Public Safety and Security| | Knowledge of relevant equipment, policies, procedures, and strategies to promote effective local, state, or national security operations for the protection of people, data, property, and institutions. |
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Production and Processing| | Knowledge of raw materials, production processes, quality control, costs, and other techniques for maximizing the effective manufacture and distribution of goods. |
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Foreign Language| | Knowledge of the structure and content of a foreign (non-English) language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition and grammar, and pronunciation. |
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Geography| | Knowledge of principles and methods for describing the features of land, sea, and air masses, including their physical characteristics, locations, interrelationships, and distribution of plant, animal, and human life. |
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History and Archeology| | Knowledge of historical events and their causes, indicators, and effects on civilizations and cultures. |
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Sales and Marketing| | Knowledge of principles and methods for showing, promoting, and selling products or services. This includes marketing strategy and tactics, product demonstration, sales techniques, and sales control systems. |
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Telecommunications| | Knowledge of transmission, broadcasting, switching, control, and operation of telecommunications systems. |
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Transportation| | Knowledge of principles and methods for moving people or goods by air, rail, sea, or road, including the relative costs and benefits. |
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Economics and Accounting| | Knowledge of economic and accounting principles and practices, the financial markets, banking and the analysis and reporting of financial data. |
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Design| | Knowledge of design techniques, tools, and principles involved in production of precision technical plans, blueprints, drawings, and models. |
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Building and Construction| | Knowledge of materials, methods, and the tools involved in the construction or repair of houses, buildings, or other structures such as highways and roads. |
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Food Production| | Knowledge of techniques and equipment for planting, growing, and harvesting food products (both plant and animal) for consumption, including storage/handling techniques. |
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Fine Arts| | Knowledge of the theory and techniques required to compose, produce, and perform works of music, dance, visual arts, drama, and sculpture. |
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Wages
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| District of Columbia | $46,810.00 |
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| North Carolina | $43,110.00 |
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| South Carolina | $41,210.00 |
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Related Careers
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Dental Hygienists| | Clean teeth and examine oral areas, head, and neck for signs of oral disease. May educate patients on oral hygiene, take and develop X-rays, or apply fluoride or sealants. |
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Optometrists| | Diagnose, manage, and treat conditions and diseases of the human eye and visual system. Examine eyes and visual system, diagnose problems or impairments, prescribe corrective lenses, and provide treatment. May prescribe therapeutic drugs to treat specific eye conditions. |
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Orthodontists| | Examine, diagnose, and treat dental malocclusions and oral cavity anomalies. Design and fabricate appliances to realign teeth and jaws to produce and maintain normal function and to improve appearance. |
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Physical Therapists| | Assess, plan, organize, and participate in rehabilitative programs that improve mobility, relieve pain, increase strength, and decrease or prevent deformity of patients suffering from disease or injury. |
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Physician Assistants| | Provide healthcare services typically performed by a physician, under the supervision of a physician. Conduct complete physicals, provide treatment, and counsel patients. May, in some cases, prescribe medication. Must graduate from an accredited educational program for physician assistants. |
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Surgical Technologists| | Assist in operations, under the supervision of surgeons, registered nurses, or other surgical personnel. May help set up operating room, prepare and transport patients for surgery, adjust lights and equipment, pass instruments and other supplies to surgeons and surgeon's assistants, hold retractors, cut sutures, and help count sponges, needles, supplies, and instruments. |
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Skills
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Reading Comprehension| | Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents. |
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Active Learning| | Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making. |
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Instructing| | Teaching others how to do something. |
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Mathematics| | Using mathematics to solve problems. |
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Monitoring| | Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action. |
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Active Listening| | Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times. |
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Critical Thinking| | Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems. |
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Time Management| | Managing one's own time and the time of others. |
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Writing| | Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience. |
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Speaking| | Talking to others to convey information effectively. |
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Learning Strategies| | Selecting and using training/instructional methods and procedures appropriate for the situation when learning or teaching new things. |
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Service Orientation| | Actively looking for ways to help people. |
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Science| | Using scientific rules and methods to solve problems. |
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Social Perceptiveness| | Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do. |
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Complex Problem Solving| | Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions. |
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Coordination| | Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions. |
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Troubleshooting| | Determining causes of operating errors and deciding what to do about it. |
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Persuasion| | Persuading others to change their minds or behavior. |
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Operation Monitoring| | Watching gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly. |
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Equipment Selection| | Determining the kind of tools and equipment needed to do a job. |
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Quality Control Analysis| | Conducting tests and inspections of products, services, or processes to evaluate quality or performance. |
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Judgment and Decision Making| | Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one. |
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Equipment Maintenance| | Performing routine maintenance on equipment and determining when and what kind of maintenance is needed. |
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Negotiation| | Bringing others together and trying to reconcile differences. |
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Repairing| | Repairing machines or systems using the needed tools. |
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Operation and Control| | Controlling operations of equipment or systems. |
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Systems Evaluation| | Identifying measures or indicators of system performance and the actions needed to improve or correct performance, relative to the goals of the system. |
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Systems Analysis| | Determining how a system should work and how changes in conditions, operations, and the environment will affect outcomes. |
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Technology Design| | Generating or adapting equipment and technology to serve user needs. |
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Management of Material Resources| | Obtaining and seeing to the appropriate use of equipment, facilities, and materials needed to do certain work. |
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Operations Analysis| | Analyzing needs and product requirements to create a design. |
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Management of Personnel Resources| | Motivating, developing, and directing people as they work, identifying the best people for the job. |
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Installation| | Installing equipment, machines, wiring, or programs to meet specifications. |
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Management of Financial Resources| | Determining how money will be spent to get the work done, and accounting for these expenditures. |
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Programming| | Writing computer programs for various purposes. |
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Tasks
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| Set up and operate devices such as mechanical ventilators, therapeutic gas administration apparatus, environmental control systems, and aerosol generators, following specified parameters of treatment. |
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| Provide emergency care, including artificial respiration, external cardiac massage and assistance with cardiopulmonary resuscitation. |
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| Determine requirements for treatment, such as type, method and duration of therapy, precautions to be taken, and medication and dosages, compatible with physicians' orders. |
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| Monitor patient's physiological responses to therapy, such as vital signs, arterial blood gases, and blood chemistry changes, and consult with physician if adverse reactions occur. |
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| Read prescription, measure arterial blood gases, and review patient information to assess patient condition. |
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| Work as part of a team of physicians, nurses and other health care professionals to manage patient care. |
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| Enforce safety rules and ensure careful adherence to physicians' orders. |
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| Maintain charts that contain patients' pertinent identification and therapy information. |
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| Inspect, clean, test and maintain respiratory therapy equipment to ensure equipment is functioning safely and efficiently, ordering repairs when necessary. |
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| Educate patients and their families about their conditions and teach appropriate disease management techniques, such as breathing exercises and the use of medications and respiratory equipment. |
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| Explain treatment procedures to patients to gain cooperation and allay fears. |
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| Relay blood analysis results to a physician. |
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| Perform pulmonary function and adjust equipment to obtain optimum results in therapy. |
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| Perform bronchopulmonary drainage and assist or instruct patients in performance of breathing exercises. |
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| Demonstrate respiratory care procedures to trainees and other health care personnel. |
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| Teach, train, supervise, and utilize the assistance of students, respiratory therapy technicians, and assistants. |
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| Make emergency visits to resolve equipment problems. |
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| Use a variety of testing techniques to assist doctors in cardiac and pulmonary research and to diagnose disorders. |
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| Conduct tests, such as electrocardiograms (EKGs), stress testing, and lung capacity tests, to evaluate patients' cardiopulmonary functions. |
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Tools
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| Adult or pediatric intensive care ventilators |
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| Volume ventilators |
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| Apnea monitors or accessories |
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| Apnea monitors |
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| Arterial blood gas monitors or accessories |
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| Blood gas kits |
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| Blood gas machines |
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| Autotransfusion units |
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| Cell savers |
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| Bedside pulmonary function screeners |
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| Bedside spirometers |
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| Blood collection syringes |
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| Bronchoscopes or accessories |
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| Bronchoscopes |
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| Cardiac output CO monitoring units or accessories |
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| Hemodynamic monitors |
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| Chest cuirass products |
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| Negative pressure ventilators |
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| Chest percussors |
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| Percussors |
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| Clinical incubators or infant warmers |
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| Infant incubators |
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| Electrocardiography EKG units |
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| Electronic blood pressure units |
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| Electronic blood pressure equipment |
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| Endotracheal tubes |
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| Endotracheal ET tubes |
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| Flow sensors or regulators or components |
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| Oxygen flowmeters |
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| Oxygen regulators |
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| High frequency ventilators |
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| High-frequency ventilators |
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| Intermittent positive pressure breathing IPPB machines |
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| Internal positive pressure breathing IPPB machines |
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| Intraaortic balloon pumps or accessories |
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| Intraaortic balloon pumps |
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| Mechanical stethoscopes or accessories |
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| Stethoscopes |
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| Medical aerosol tents |
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| Aerosol equipment |
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| Oxygen tents |
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| Medical gas cylinders or related devices |
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| Oxygen tanks |
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| Medical head hoods |
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| Oxygen hoods |
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| Medical nasal cannulae |
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| Cannulas |
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| Nasal airways |
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| Medical oxygen masks or parts |
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| Face masks |
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| Oral airways |
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| Oxygen masks |
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| Mercury blood pressure units |
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| Manual blood pressure equipment |
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| Nebulizers or accessories |
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| Aerosol masks |
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| Nebulizers |
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| Small particle aerosol generators |
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| Tracheotomy masks |
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| Non invasive bi level machines |
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| Bilevel positive airway pressure BiPAP ventilators |
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| Non invasive continuous positive air pressure machines |
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| Continuous positive airway pressure CPAP ventilators |
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| Notebook computers |
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| Oxygen concentrators |
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| Oxygen delivery connectors or adapters |
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| Christmas tree adapters |
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| Oxygen monitors or supplies |
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| Oxygen monitors |
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| Perfusion oxygen or hematocrit saturation monitors or accessories |
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| Saturation of oxygen SaO2 monitors |
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| Personal computers |
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| Personal digital assistant PDAs or organizers |
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| Personal digital assistant PDAs |
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| Pulmonary functioning tubing or accessories |
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| Capillary catheters |
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| Pulse oximeter units |
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| Pulse oximeters |
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| Respiratory humidifiers or vaporizers |
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| Humidifiers |
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| Respiratory manometer kits |
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| Manometers |
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| Respiratory monitoring kits or its accessories |
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| Indirect calorimeters |
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| Respiratory therapy compressors |
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| Air compressors |
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| Resuscitation masks or accessories |
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| Ambu bags |
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| Spirometers or its accessories or its supplies |
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| Incentive spirometers |
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| Pulmonary function testing machines |
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| Wright's spirometers |
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| Sputum collection apparatus or containers |
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| Sputum traps |
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| Suction kits |
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| Suction equipment |
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| Surgical isolation suits or helmets or facemasks or accessories |
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| Surgical suits |
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| Tablet computers |
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| Portable flat computers |
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| Tourniquets |
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| Tracheostomy tubes |
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| Trachs |
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| Treadmill exercisers for rehabilitation or therapy |
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| Treadmills |
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| Vacuum blood collection tubes or containers |
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| Evacuated collection tubes |
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Technology
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| Calendar and scheduling software |
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| Data base user interface and query software |
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| Database software |
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| Electronic medical record EMR software |
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| Electronic mail software |
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| Microsoft Outlook |
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| Internet browser software |
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| Netscape software |
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| Presentation software |
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| Microsoft PowerPoint |
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| Spreadsheet software |
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| Microsoft Excel |
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| Word processing software |
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| Microsoft Word |
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Career Activities
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| Assisting and Caring for Others |
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| administer medications or treatments |
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| assist patient in performing breathing exercises |
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| draw blood |
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| position patient for therapy |
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| practice preventive procedures in medical therapy setting |
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| take vital signs |
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| work with persons with mental disabilities or illnesses |
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| Getting Information |
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| collect clinical data |
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| Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events |
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| identify body response variations |
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| understand technical operating, service or repair manuals |
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| Making Decisions and Solving Problems |
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| make decisions |
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| Documenting/Recording Information |
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| document medical prognosis |
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| Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge |
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| follow life support procedures |
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| follow patient care procedures |
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| use interpersonal communication techniques |
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| use knowledge of medical terminology |
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| use sanitation practices in health care settings |
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| Monitor Processes, Materials, or Surroundings |
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| monitor medical oxygen equipment |
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| observe patient condition |
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| Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work |
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| plan therapy treatment program |
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| Analyzing Data or Information |
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| analyze medical data |
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| analyze patient activity |
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