NOC 32103 呼吸治疗师、临床灌注师和心肺技师 | Respiratory therapists, clinical perfusionists and cardiopulmonary technologists
加拿大 NOC 32103 呼吸治疗师、临床灌注师和心肺技师（Respiratory therapists, clinical perfusionists and cardiopulmonary technologists）属于TEER 1 级，要求完成相应的学院或大学课程及临床培训。这些专业人员协助医生诊断和治疗呼吸与心肺疾病，并在心脏手术期间提供技术支持。他们主要受雇于医院、长期护理机构和各类诊所。
| NOC | NOC 2021 最新版本 |
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 职业名称 |
呼吸治疗师、临床灌注师和心肺技师 Respiratory therapists, clinical perfusionists and cardiopulmonary technologists |
职业概述
Respiratory therapists assist physicians in the evaluation, diagnosis, treatment and care of patients with respiratory and cardiopulmonary disorders. Clinical perfusionists provide technical support to patients undergoing cardiac surgery and patients requiring cardio-respiratory support. Cardiopulmonary technologists assist physicians in the technical aspects of diagnosis and treatment of cardiovascular and pulmonary disease. Respiratory therapists are employed in hospitals, extended care facilities, public health centres, sleep, private or dental clinics and respiratory home care companies. Clinical perfusionists and cardiopulmonary technologists are primarily employed in hospitals. Respiratory therapists, clinical perfusionists and cardiopulmonary technologists who are supervisors or instructors are included in this unit group.
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NOC 代码 | 32103 |
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TEER 等级 | Level 1 |
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职业分类 | 健康职业（3）- 卫生技术职业（32）- 治疗与评估技术职业（3210） |
呼吸治疗师协助医生评估、诊断、治疗和护理患有呼吸和心肺疾病的患者。临床灌注师为接受心脏手术的患者和需要心肺支持的患者提供技术支持。心肺技师协助医生进行心血管和肺部疾病的诊断和治疗技术方面的工作。呼吸治疗师受雇于医院、长期护理机构、公共卫生中心、睡眠、私人或牙科诊所以及呼吸家庭护理公司。临床灌注师和心肺技师主要受雇于医院。担任主管或指导员的呼吸治疗师、临床灌注师和心肺技师也包含在本单元组中。
示例职位 (14个) | Example Titles (14 titles)
- 麻醉助理 | Anesthesia assistant
- 心肺技师 | Cardiopulmonary technologist
- 心血管灌注主管 | Cardiovascular perfusion supervisor
- 心血管灌注师 | Cardiovascular perfusionist
- 注册临床灌注师 (CCP) | Certified clinical perfusionist (CCP)
- 首席呼吸技师 | Chief respiratory technologist
- 临床灌注师 | Clinical perfusionist
- 灌注师 | Perfusionist
- 注册呼吸治疗师 (RRT) | Registered respiratory therapist (RRT)
- 呼吸治疗师 | Respiratory therapist
- 呼吸治疗主管 | Respiratory therapy chief
- 呼吸治疗临床指导员 | Respiratory therapy clinical instructor
- 麻醉技师 | Anesthesia technologist
- 多导睡眠图技师 | Polysomnographic technologist
主要职责 | Main Duties
- 呼吸治疗师 (Respiratory therapists)
执行诊断测试，如动脉血气分析 (arterial blood gas analysis) 和心肺功能测试 (cardiopulmonary functions tests)
操作和监控呼吸设备以实施治疗，如氧气、氧-空气混合物或专业医用气体
操作、监控、维护和测试各种诊断和治疗设备 (diagnostic and therapeutic equipment)
执行或协助气道维护 (airway maintenance)、管线插入、诱导和插管等干预措施，并管理患者及相关设备
执行麻醉辅助服务 (anesthesia assistance services)
执行人工呼吸和体外心脏按压 (artificial respiration and external cardiac massage)
评估和监控患者的心肺状况 (cardiorespiratory conditions)
提供和优化患者的机械通气 (mechanical ventilation)
协助高风险患者的转运
可能准备和施用授权药物
监督和培训学生及其他呼吸治疗师
参与慢性呼吸系统疾病患者的家庭护理计划，并提供患者和家庭教育
参与心脏和肺部疾病相关的研究
- 临床灌注师 (Clinical perfusionists)
- 组装、维护和操作体外循环设备 (extracorporeal circulation equipment)、主动脉内球囊泵等心脏辅助设备，在心脏直视手术中支持或临时替代患者的心肺功能
- 按照心脏外科医生和麻醉师的指示，通过心肺机施用血液制品、药物等物质
在心肺手术期间监控生命体征 (monitor vital signs)，以支持和维持患者的生理功能和代谢需求
参与所有灌注相关设备的日常维护、校准和检查- 监督和培训学生临床灌注师及其他临床灌注师
- 心肺技师 (Cardiopulmonary technologists)
执行诊断测试，如肺功能和哮喘压力测试，或协助医生进行心脏和心肺压力测试及支气管镜检查
确定患者的血液特征，如活化凝血时间 (activated clotting time) 和氧饱和度
操作、监控、维护、校准和测试诊断与治疗设备
监控患者状况并向医生报告任何变化- 在心脏病专家监督下，准备药物并施用吸入器等治疗
在测试期间为患者提供信息和护理- 协助准备心导管室，准备专用导管并协助心脏病专家进行导管插入术
在手术期间对起搏器 (pacemakers) 和除颤器 (defibrillators) 等植入设备进行分析、编程和监控- 监督和培训学生及其他心肺技师
- 为研究提供技术支持
从业要求 | Employment Requirements
呼吸治疗师需完成三年制学院或大学的呼吸治疗课程，包括临床培训 (respiratory therapy program, including clinical training)- 在纽芬兰与拉布拉多、新斯科舍、新不伦瑞克、魁北克、安大略、曼尼托巴、萨斯喀彻温和阿尔伯塔省需要执照 (licensing is required)
- 在爱德华王子岛、不列颠哥伦比亚、育空、西北地区和努纳武特地区，可获得国家认证 (national certification)
- 在魁北克，呼吸治疗师需要特定证书才能开具戒烟药物 (certificate is required to prescribe smoking cessation medication)
- 临床灌注师需完成呼吸治疗或注册护士课程，至少一年工作经验，并完成临床灌注学院或大学课程 (program in clinical perfusion)
- 临床灌注师需要加拿大临床灌注学会的认证 (certification with the Canadian Society of Clinical Perfusion)
- 心肺技师需 allied health 学科的两年制学院文凭（如呼吸治疗、护理文凭）或相关科学的大学学位，并完成心血管技术学院研究生文凭课程和额外培训 (post-diploma program in cardiovascular technology and additional training)
- 可能需要向加拿大心肺技师协会 (CACPT) 注册 (registration with the Canadian Association of Cardio-pulmonary Technologists)
附加信息 | Additional Information
- 呼吸治疗师可能在特定领域工作，如麻醉 (anesthesia)、重症监护 (critical care)、新生儿和儿科 (neonatal and pediatrics) 等
- 本单元组中的主管和指导员职位需要其各自领域作为呼吸治疗师、临床灌注师或心肺技师的经验 (experience in their respective fields)
所有职位 | All Titles
- 麻醉助理 | Anesthesia assistant
- 麻醉技师 | Anesthesia technologist
- 心肺技师 | Cardiopulmonary technician
- 心肺技师 | Cardiopulmonary technologist
- 心肺技术指导员 | Cardiopulmonary technology instructor
- 心肺技术主管 | Cardiopulmonary technology supervisor
- 心血管灌注临床指导员 | Cardiovascular perfusion clinical instructor
- 心血管灌注指导员 | Cardiovascular perfusion instructor
- 心血管灌注主管 | Cardiovascular perfusion supervisor
- 心血管灌注技师 | Cardiovascular perfusion technologist
- 心血管灌注师 | Cardiovascular perfusionist
- 注册临床灌注师 (CCP) | Certified clinical perfusionist (CCP)
- 首席灌注师 | Chief perfusionist
- 首席呼吸技师 | Chief respiratory technologist
- 临床灌注临床指导员 | Clinical perfusion clinical instructor
- 临床灌注主管 | Clinical perfusion supervisor
- 临床灌注师 | Clinical perfusionist
- 体外循环技师 | Extracorporal circulation technologist
- 体外循环技师 | Extracorporal technician
- 体外循环技师 | Extracorporal technologist
- 吸入技师 | Inhalation technologist
- 氧疗技师 | Oxygen therapy technician
- 灌注技师 | Perfusion technologist
- 灌注师 | Perfusionist
- 多导睡眠图技师 | Polysomnographic technologist
- 肺功能技师 | Pulmonary function technologist
- 注册呼吸护理执业者 | Registered respiratory care practitioner
- 注册呼吸治疗师 (RRT) | Registered respiratory therapist (RRT)
- 呼吸护理执业者 | Respiratory care practitioner
- 呼吸技师 | Respiratory technician
- 呼吸技师 | Respiratory technologist
- 呼吸治疗师 | Respiratory therapist
- 呼吸治疗主管 | Respiratory therapy chief
- 呼吸治疗临床指导员 | Respiratory therapy clinical instructor
- 呼吸治疗主管 | Respiratory therapy supervisor
排除职业 | Exclusions
- 其他医疗技师和技术员 (32129) | Other medical technologists and technicians (32129)
- 治疗和评估中的其他技术职业 (32109) | Other technical occupations in therapy and assessment (32109)
Canada National Occupational Classification (NOC)
Code: 32103
Title: Respiratory therapists, clinical perfusionists and cardiopulmonary technologists
Type: unit_group
Level: 5
Occupational Overview
Respiratory therapists assist physicians in the evaluation, diagnosis, treatment and care of patients with respiratory and cardiopulmonary disorders. Clinical perfusionists provide technical support to patients undergoing cardiac surgery and patients requiring cardio-respiratory support. Cardiopulmonary technologists assist physicians in the technical aspects of diagnosis and treatment of cardiovascular and pulmonary disease. Respiratory therapists are employed in hospitals, extended care facilities, public health centres, sleep, private or dental clinics and respiratory home care companies. Clinical perfusionists and cardiopulmonary technologists are primarily employed in hospitals. Respiratory therapists, clinical perfusionists and cardiopulmonary technologists who are supervisors or instructors are included in this unit group.
Example Titles
- Anesthesia assistant
- Cardiopulmonary technologist
- Cardiovascular perfusion supervisor
- Cardiovascular perfusionist
- Certified clinical perfusionist (CCP)
- Chief respiratory technologist
- Clinical perfusionist
- Perfusionist
- Registered respiratory therapist (RRT)
- Respiratory therapist
- Respiratory therapy chief
- Respiratory therapy clinical instructor
- Anesthesia technologist
- Polysomnographic technologist
Main Duties
Respiratory therapists
- Perform diagnostic tests, such as arterial blood gas analysis and cardiopulmonary functions tests
- Operate and monitor respiratory equipment to administer treatments such as oxygen, oxygen-air mixtures, humidified air or specialty medical gases
- Operate, monitor, maintain and test a variety of diagnostic and therapeutic equipment
- Perform or assist with interventions such as airway maintenance, line insertions, inductions and intubations, and manage patients and associated equipment
- Execute anesthesia assistance services
- Perform artificial respiration and external cardiac massage
- Evaluate and monitor patients’ cardiorespiratory conditions
- Provide and optimize patients’ mechanical ventilation
- Assist with transport of high-risk patients
- May prepare and administer authorized medications
- Supervise and train students and other respiratory therapists
- Participate in home care programs for chronic respiratory patients and provide patient and family education
- Participate in research related to cardiac and pulmonary disorders.
Clinical perfusionists
- Assemble, maintain and operate extracorporeal circulation equipment, intra-aortic balloon pumps and other heart assist devices to support or temporarily replace patients’ cardiopulmonary functions during open-heart surgery
- Administer blood products, drugs and other substances through heart-lung machines and other devices as directed by cardiac surgeons and anaesthetists to maintain adequate flow of oxygenated blood to all organs of the body
- Monitor vital signs to support and maintain patients’ physiological functions and metabolic needs during cardiopulmonary surgery
- Participate in routine maintenance, calibration and inspection of all perfusion related equipment
- Supervise and train student clinical perfusionists and other clinical perfusionists.
Cardiopulmonary technologists
- Perform diagnostic tests, such as pulmonary function and asthma stress, or assist physicians with cardiac and cardiopulmonary stress tests and bronchoscopies
- Determine patients’ blood characteristics such as activated clotting time and oxygen saturation
- Operate, monitor, maintain, calibrate and test diagnostic and therapeutic equipment
- Monitor patients and advise physician of any changes in patients’ condition
- Prepare medications and administer inhaler and other treatments under supervision of cardiologist
- Provide information and care for patients during tests
- Assist with the preparation of cardiac catheterization room, prepare specialized catheters and assist cardiologists during catheterization
- Perform analysis, programming and monitoring of implanted devices such as pacemakers and defibrillators during surgery
- Supervise and train students and other cardiopulmonary technologists
- Provide technical support for research.
Employment Requirements
- Respiratory therapists require the completion of a three-year college or university degree program in respiratory therapy, both including clinical training.
- Licensing is required for respiratory therapists in Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta.
- A national certification for respiratory therapists is available for therapists working in Prince Edward Island, British Columbia, Yukon, the Northwest Territories and Nunavut.
- In Quebec, a certificate is required for respiratory therapists to prescribe smoking cessation medication.
- Clinical perfusionists require the completion of a respiratory therapy or registered nursing program with a minimum of one year of work experience as a respiratory therapist or registered nurse and completion of a college or university program in clinical perfusion, including clinical training.
- Certification with the Canadian Society of Clinical Perfusion is required for clinical perfusionists.
- Cardiopulmonary technologists require a two-year college diploma in an allied health discipline such as respiratory therapy, nursing diploma, or a university degree in a related science and completion of a college post-diploma program in cardiovascular technology and additional training in pulmonary technology through courses or supervised on-the-job clinical training.
- Registration with the Canadian Association of Cardio-pulmonary Technologists (CACPT) may be required.
Additional Information
- Respiratory therapists may work in specific areas of practice such as anesthesia, critical care, neonatal and pediatrics, cardiopulmonary diagnostics, respiratory home and community care, research and private health industry.
- Supervisory and instructor positions in this unit group require experience in their respective fields as a respiratory therapist, clinical perfusionist or cardiopulmonary technologist.
Index of Titles
- Anesthesia assistant
- Anesthesia technologist
- Cardiopulmonary technician
- Cardiopulmonary technologist
- Cardiopulmonary technology instructor
- Cardiopulmonary technology supervisor
- Cardiovascular perfusion clinical instructor
- Cardiovascular perfusion instructor
- Cardiovascular perfusion supervisor
- Cardiovascular perfusion technologist
- Cardiovascular perfusionist
- Certified clinical perfusionist (CCP)
- Chief perfusionist
- Chief respiratory technologist
- Clinical perfusion clinical instructor
- Clinical perfusion supervisor
- Clinical perfusionist
- Extracorporal circulation technologist
- Extracorporal technician
- Extracorporal technologist
- Inhalation technologist
- Oxygen therapy technician
- Perfusion technologist
- Perfusionist
- Polysomnographic technologist
- Pulmonary function technologist
- Registered respiratory care practitioner
- Registered respiratory therapist (RRT)
- Respiratory care practitioner
- Respiratory technician
- Respiratory technologist
- Respiratory therapist
- Respiratory therapy chief
- Respiratory therapy clinical instructor
- Respiratory therapy supervisor
Exclusions
- Other medical technologists and technicians (32129)
- Other technical occupations in therapy and assessment (32109)
Occupational Classification Breakdown
| Classification Level | Category |
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| Broad occupational category | 3 – Health occupations |
| TEER | 2 – Occupations usually require a college diploma or apprenticeship training of two or more years; or supervisory occupations |
| Major group | 32 – Technical occupations in health |
| Sub-major group | 321 – Technical occupations in health (except practitioners of natural healing) |
| Minor group | 3210 – Technical occupations in therapy and assessment |
| Version | NOC 2021 Version 1.0 |