Christine MacGlashan

Perform all modalities of respiratory therapy with an emphasis on working independently with collaborative teams in ER and inpatient staff.

Focus on performing all respiratory care modalities with an emphasis on patient education, smoking cessation, and ER care.

Utilizing all standard operating procedures of respiratory care with a focus of Bipap therapy, maintaining optimal ventilation outcomes for inpatient population. Detail in outpatient testing and home oxygen qualification in ER setting.

Maintain Arterial Blood Gas machine compliance, run QC tests daily. Clean and maintain machine per standard operating procedures. Engage in outpatient testing for veterans to qualify for home oxygen. Cooperate with team building assignment while being productive and proactive with improving outcomes for outpatient testing.

• Managed and operated mechanical ventilators to deliver airway management.
• Managed ventilator support for critically ill patients in intensive care units, ensuring proper adjustments according to physician orders and clinical guidelines.
• Administered oxygen therapy, aerosol therapy and inhalation therapy to improve patients' breathing and lung function.
• Provided emergency response assistance in cases of respiratory distress or failure as part of a rapid response team.
• Provided antibiotics, bronchodilators, and anti-inflammatory medications with hand-held nebulizers, metered-dose inhalers and positive pressure equipment.
• Educated patients and families on proper use of respiratory equipment and techniques for managing respiratory disorders to improve patient outcomes.

Accepted contracted assignments to travel state to state as a temporary employee to assist hospitals with gaps in human resources.

Learn, maintain, and implement each hospitals' protocol as it pertains to respiratory therapy.

Focus newfound knowledge to inpatient floor therapy. Maintain prompt ER response time. Attend all Code Blue incidents. Build team effort by completing team tasks before breaks. Monitor ventilator patients on hourly basis, inform doctors of ventilator changes as per protocol.

• Cleaned and maintained kennel areas for optimized hygiene, including cages, runs and yards.
• Maintained clean and sanitary living conditions for animals, reducing stress and promoting overall wellbeing.
• Enhanced animal socialization skills through daily interaction and playtime activities.
• Implemented efficient feeding schedules, ensuring all animals received proper nutrition on a timely basis.
• Monitored animal behavior closely, identifying potential issues and reporting them to facility management for further evaluation.