Registered Respiratory Therapist with 13 years of experience in Critical Care setting. Skillful in completing patient assessments, blood gas analysis and interpretation and airway management. . Managing all mechanically ventilated patients & non ventilated tracheostomies. Extubations, Noninvasive ventilation, Cpap & Bipap placement, High-flow Nasal Cannula, inhaled Gases (Heliox, Oxygen, Nitric oxide). Placement & Interpreting Esophageal Balloons, Assisting with Bronchoscopies, Initiating & administration of inhaled pulmonary Vasodilators, Filling in for Resource & Orienting all new hires. Successful at implementing best practices to continuously advance respiratory therapy outcomes.
Open Lab: Signing students off on competencies, helping students achieve proficiency in different respiratory modalities.
Co-Lab Instructor: Adult Respiratory Modalities IV Lab: Teaching students in a lab
setting, different types of modalities, Sim lab, Critical thinking.
Clinical Instructor: Senior students: Critical care rotations in ICU’s in the hospital setting: Instruct, educate & guide students using critical thinking on taking care of critically ill patients.
Managing all artificial airways including mechanically vented patients & non vented tracheostomy patients. Team disciplinary rounds. Administration of all respiratory therapies including Non-invasive ventilation, Cpap, Bipap, High flow nasal cannula, MIE, Airway clearance Vest, Administrating all respiratory medications. Obtaining & running Arterial Blood Gas’.