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(III) EVALUATING AND TREATING INDIVIDUALS WHOSE
CARDIOPULMONARY FUNCTIONS HAVE BEEN THREATENED OR IMPAIRED BY
DEVELOPMENTAL DEFECTS, THE AGING PROCESS, PHYSICAL INJURY, DISEASE, OR
ACTUAL OR ANTICIPATED DYSFUNCTION OF THE CARDIOPULMONARY SYSTEM;

(IV) OBSERVING AND MONITORING PHYSICAL SIGNS AND
SYMPTOMS, GENERAL BEHAVIOR, AND GENERAL PHYSICAL RESPONSE TO
RESPIRATORY CARE PROCEDURES AND DETERMINING IF INITIATION,
MODIFICATION, OR DISCONTINUATION OF A TREATMENT REGIMEN IS WARRANTED;

(V) TRANSCRIBING AND IMPLEMENTING WRITTEN OR ORAL
ORDERS REGARDING THE PRACTICE OF RESPIRATORY CARE;

(V) (VI) USING EVALUATION TECHNIQUES THAT INCLUDE
CARDIOPULMONARY FUNCTION ASSESSMENTS, GAS EXCHANGE, THE NEED AND
EFFECTIVENESS OF THERAPEUTIC MODALITIES AND PROCEDURES, AND THE
ASSESSMENT AND EVALUATION OF THE NEED FOR A LOWER LEVEL OF EXTENDED
CARE AND HOME CARE PROCEDURES, THERAPY, AND EQUIPMENT; AND

(VI) (VIII APPLYING THE USE OF TECHNIQUES, EQUIPMENT, AND
PROCEDURES INVOLVED IN THE ADMINISTRATION OF RESPIRATORY CARE,
INCLUDING:

1.       EXCEPT FOR GENERAL ANESTHESIA, THERAPEUTIC AND
DIAGNOSTIC GASES;

2.       PRESCRIBED MEDICATION FOR INHALATION OR DIRECT
TRACHEAL INSTALLATION;

3.       THE ADMINISTRATION OF ANALGESIC AGENTS BY
SUBCUTANEOUS INJECTION OR INHALATION FOR THE PERFORMANCE OF
RESPIRATORY CARE PROCEDURES;

4.       NONSURGICAL INSERTION, MAINTENANCE, AND
REMOVAL OF ARTIFICIAL AIRWAYS;

5.       ADVANCED CARDIOPULMONARY MEASURES;

6.       CARDIOPULMONARY REHABILITATION;

7.       MECHANICAL VENTILATION OR PHYSIOLOGICAL LIFE
SUPPORT SYSTEMS;

8.       COLLECTION OF BODY FLUIDS AND BLOOD SAMPLES FOR
EVALUATION AND ANALYSIS;

9.       INSERTION OF DIAGNOSTIC ARTERIAL ACCESS LINES;
AND

10.      COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS OF EXHALED RESPIRATORY
GASES.

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