Laura Tapé

• Maintained mechanical ventilation and tracheal care for private party.
• Maintained accurate documentation of patient records and treatments provided.

• Provided respiratory care services to acutely ill patients in intensive care units.
• Provided respiratory care services to emergency C-section deliveries.
• Performed arterial blood gas analysis, evaluating results for accuracy and making necessary adjustments to ventilator settings or treatments as needed.

Covid-19 crisis responder for a Navajo Nation hospital in adult ICU, MSU, emergency room, pediatrics, and neonates.

• Conducted cardiopulmonary resuscitation and airway maintenance.
• Set up and monitored mechanical ventilators and handled associated critical care duties.
• Assisted physicians with intubations and ventilator management.
• Conducted therapeutic and diagnostic procedures with treatment methods and equipment. CPAP, BIPAP, MetaNeb and high flow oxygenation.
• Performed services on-site at outpatient clinics.
• Administered bronchodilators, antibiotics, mucolytics and anti-inflammatory medications via devices such as hand-held nebulizers, metered-dose inhalers and positive pressure devices.
• Collected, analyzed and interpreted arterial blood gas.
• Maintained patient medical records with treatment effectiveness and health outcomes.

LTAC transfer, working with patients to rehabilitate and wean from mechanical ventilation in adult ICU and general floors. Assisted physicians with bronchoscopies. Tracheal maintenance and evaluations. Including all other aspects of respiratory care.

LTAC, working with patients to rehabilitate and wean from mechanical ventilation in adult ICU and general floors. Assisted physicians with bronchoscopies. Tracheal maintenance and evaluations. Including all other aspects of respiratory care.

Work with Pulmonary physicians in adult ICU, CCU, emergency room and pediatrics to include daily mechanical ventilation support, weaning and maintenance, BIPAP, CPAP and oxygen delivery. Care and maintenance with Cystic Fibrosis, Asthma, COPD, trauma, neurological disorders and terminally ill patients.