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Mcalester, Oklahoma, United States

Set up oxygen for home use, working primality with VA patients. Set up home ventilators, invasive and noninvasive for VA and non-VA patients, educate patients and family on how to use home oxygen and home ventilators including safety and hazard information. Reviewed home safety as applied to any tubing, throw rugs, hand rails, and fall risks. Reviewed patient’s respiratory medications providing instructions on correct usage as needed. Provided education on what to do in an emergency for ventilator and oxygen patients. Answered telephone calls, responsible for CPAP, BiPAP, and Respiratory Assist Devices set up, cleaned equipment. Assisted two other locations, Ft. Smith AR and Springdale AR, with patient care

Ellensburg Wa

• Respiratory care for inpatients and emergency patients including: trauma, code blue, rapid response team calls, on for high risk and emergency deliveries. • ECG’s throughout hospital including neonates.• Attended Rounds for ICU and Medical patients. • Co-facilitated the orientation and training for experienced new hire respiratory therapists.

Sun City Az

• Care of Adult patients throughout hospital. Administration of respiratory medications via nebulizer, MetaNeb, and Aucupap. • Set up of oxygen for patients requiring greater than 6 L/m via mid-flow, high flow, and BiPAP.• Education for patients regarding respiratory medication, illnesses, and disease progression.

Wenatchee Wa

• General patient care, administration of respiratory medications, respond to Code Blue, Rapid • General patient care, administration of respiratory medications, respond to Code Blue, Rapid response and full trauma calls. • Emergency Department patient care, set up Servio-I ventilators, High flow, Continuous nebulizers, Vision and V-60 BiPAP, monitor airway for Procedural sedation pediatric to adult patients. • Set up home CPAP/BiPAP for inpatients.

Othello Wa

• General patient care neonates to geriatrics. • Trach care, SVN treatments, Attend all C-sections and high-risk deliveries, care of neonates in nursery with high flow oxygen. • Manage ventilators in emergency department while awaiting transport. • Worked days, in house on call nights

Yakima, Washington Area

• CPAP, BiPAP, and Noninvasive Home Ventilator, NHV (Non-invasive Home Ventilator) set up, home assessment for equipment needs and safety, fit patients for masks for CPAP, BiPAP, and NHV, Home set up of nebulizers. • In home patient assessment, patient education for respiratory disease processes, patient account monitoring for insurance compliance, Account reconciliation for compliance and billing, working with medical providers to meet patient needs

Mcalester Ok

• Set up oxygen for home use, working exclusively with VA patients. • Educated patients and family on how to use home oxygen including safety and hazard information.• Reviewed home safety as applied to O2 tubing, throw rugs, hand rails, and fall risks. • Reviewed patient’s respiratory medications providing instructions on correct usage as needed.• Wrote up any health or safety hazards found in-home and forwarded to VA.

Sunnyside, Wa

• General patient care neonates to geriatrics. • Suctioning, medication delivery via nebulizer or MDI, and inline for ventilated patients. • Assist with intubations, managed ventilators in the ICU including weaning trials, rapid shallow breathing index, spontaneous breathing trials, and extubations. • Conscious sedation, attended all high-risk deliveries both vaginal and C-sections. • Patient assessments and education on respiratory disease process and proper medication usage including education for MDI, pMDI, DPI, Handihaler, holding chambers, spacers and nebulizers.• Worked in the ED, ICU and Med-Surg units, responded as a member of the rapid response, code blue and trauma team. • Responsible for ECG's and ABG’s throughout the hospital. Proficient with MediTech charting and E-MAR.