Kristen Castellanoz

Registered Respiratory Therapist

Adventist Health Hospital

February 2023- present

• Perform all duties required of a therapist such as aerosolized medication, high- flow ventilation, and mechanical ventilation.
• Ventilator management (Drager, Puritan Bennett 840)
• Respond to RRTs and codes
• Assist physicians with intubations and bronchoscopies
• Set up tracheostomy patients on proper humidification, maintain airway and perform tracheostomy care
• CPAP/BIPAP setup and management
• Draw and interpretation of arterial blood gas and report critical values to the doctor and RN.
• Attend C-sections of high risk deliveries as well as draw and interpreted umbilical cord gas

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