John Joseph Tejada

Highly driven Respiratory Therapy graduate in Foothill College Respiratory Therapy program. Motivated team player with clinical experience in ICU/NICU/PICU/CV-ICU. Seeking to utilize my hands-on experiences with diverse patient populations.

Palo Alto VA Medical Center,

     Winter & Summer 2023, Floors/ICU

Good Samaritan Hospital,

     Spring 2023, Floors/ICU

Lucile Packard Children's Hospital,

     Fall 2023, CV-ICU/PICU/NICU

Dignity Health Sequoia Hospital,

     Winter 2024, ICU

• Patient assessments
• Accurately gives report to oncoming shift
• Assembling and ensuring proper function of all respiratory equipments
• Analyzing and recognizing abnormal arterial blood gases
• Performing bronchial hygiene techniques
• Recognizing the amount and character of secretions and collecting sputum samples
• Transporting patients with transport ventilators
• Ventilator management with experience utilizing Draegers VN800/V500/V800, Servo U, Hamilton, and Bellavista
• Performing airway clearance therapy
• Administering medications such as aerosolized medications and medical gasses such as iNO's
• Incorporating infection control principles
• Documenting Respiratory care that comply and are consistent with hospital charting standards
• Responding to emergency situations such as code blue calls, rapid response calls, and providing life saving interventions as necessary
• Extubating patients following hospital protocols (performing SBT trials and ensuring patient is within accepted ABG range, RSBI, etc.)
• Assisting on intubations
• Performing Tracheostomy care

• Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS)
• Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP)
• Basic Life Support (BLS)
• Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS)