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RESPIRATORY THERAPIST - RT
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0 - 6 years

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Kuwait City - Kuwait

Monthly Salary

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KWD 1 - 100

Nationality

Any Nationality

Gender

N/A

Vacancy

1 Vacancy

Job Description

Req ID : 1473068
  • Treat a wide range of patients from infant through the elderly.
  • Evaluate patients by performing limited physical examinations and conducting diagnostic tests including those that measure lung capacity tests and acidity and alkalinity of the blood.
  • Restores patient’s pulmonary function, alleviates pain, and supports life by planning and administering medically prescribed respiratory therapy.
  • Takes direct and appropriate action in urgent and emergency situations.
  • Meets patient’s goals and individualized needs and provides quality care by conducting pulmonary function tests, Spirometry test, sleep apnoea studies, assessing and interpreting evaluations and test results, and determining respiratory therapy treatment plans in consultation with physicians and by prescription
  • Helps patient accomplish treatment plan and supports life by administering inhalants, operating mechanical ventilators, therapeutic gas administration apparatus, environmental control systems, and aerosol generators
  • Administers respiratory therapy treatments by performing chest physiotherapy, bronchopulmonary drainage, assisting with breathing exercises, oropharyngeal nasopharyngeal & tracheal suctioning, obtaining ABGs sample, Nasal, throat swabs & sputum samples, and monitoring physiological responses to therapy, such as vital signs, arterial blood gases, and blood chemistry changes.
  • Demonstrate operations and ensure the safe use of respiratory assisted devices i.e. inhaler with or without spacer, nebulization machine, intensive spirometer, oxygen cylinder, oxygen concentrator, suction machine, Bipap, Cpap and portable ventilator by patient or attendant at home
  • Evaluate effects of respiratory therapy treatment plan by observing, noting, and evaluating patient’s progress and recommending adjustments and modifications.
  • Promotes patient's independence by establishing patient care goals; teaching patient and family to understand condition, medications, and self-care skills; answering questionswithin the scope of practice.

Employment Type

Full Time

Department / Functional Area

Doctor / Nurse / Paramedics / Hospital Technicians / Medical Research

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