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Description Strength Through Diversity. Ground breaking science. Advancing medicine. Healing made personal. Roles & Responsibilities: Provide a wide variety of procedures including endotracheal intubation, arterial puncture and Blood Gas analysis. Administers oxygen therapy, bronchodilator therapy and ventilator management as per physician order; keeping detailed documentation the patient record. Performs arterial puncture to obtain arterial blood gas (ABG) samples for analysis and interprets data system in order to obtain ABG results, report ABG results and maintains analyzers. Conforms to all applicable New York State Education Department standards for the practice of Respiratory Therapy Records and processes physician’s written or verbal orders, as allowed, for all Oxygen and or Therapeutic Medical Gas Administration. Performs cardiopulmonary evaluations and assessments that are the systematic collection and review of patient-specific and age specific data necessary to determine the appropriate patient’s care and treatment needs on an initial, ongoing, and continuous basis, to include possible Home Care needs. Assessments will include evaluation of treatment and/or ...