Richard Healy

• Collaborate with nursing staff to ensure timely administration of respiratory treatments.
• Maintain accurate records of patient assessments and therapy interventions for compliance.
• Assist in troubleshooting equipment malfunctions during patient care and reporting issues promptly.
• Educate patients and families on respiratory care techniques and equipment usage.
• Monitored patient's physiological responses to therapy such as vital signs, arterial blood gases, and blood chemistry changes.

• I attain a high level of time management and organizational skills to meet and exceed my assignments and various responsibilities, calibers, and workload.
• Identified high risk situations such as airway obstruction or inadequate ventilation and took appropriate action.
• Attended staff meetings, educational conferences and seminars related to respiratory therapy practice.
• Maintained patient airways with endotracheal intubation.
• Enforced physicians' orders for specific treatment protocols and durations.
• Performed ABG/VBG sticks and was able to run functionalities According to hospital policy and procedures.
• Follow RT Eval and Treats according to policies.

I perform all modalities of respiratory care in accordance with the department, hospital policies, and procedures.

I manage mechanical ventilators such as Servo I/U's and Hamilton's in collaboration with physicians, recommending adjustments to improve clinical condition, patient comfort, and to expedite the weaning process. I assemble, disassemble, operate, maintain, troubleshoot, clean, and perform adjustments in the applications of durable medical equipment and circuitry used in the delivery of respiratory care, as prescribed in accordance with established department and hospital policies and procedures.

I perform pulmonary and cardiology diagnostic testing as prescribed, in accordance with department regulations, and hospital policies and procedures.

I'm able to perform patient assessments and evaluate patients' responses to care provided, making recommendations to physicians regarding the plan of care, appropriate use of respiratory therapy, and modification of therapy as clinical conditions change. Documents therapy is provided in an accurate and complete manner, in accordance with established department, hospital policies, and procedures.

I Communicate with all resource & intradisciplinary staff in formulating care plans, recommendations for changes in therapy, and the identification and resolution of problems.

I'm ready to provide respiratory care, pulmonary care, and cardiology diagnostic testing to patients in a variety of health care settings. May be assigned to a variety of areas throughout the system where respiratory care is needed.