Experience

Advantis Medical Staffing

• United States
• Staffing and Recruiting
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Travel Registered Respiratory Therapist

  • Oct 2021 - Present

  Chicago, Illinois, United States



Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center

• Hospitals and Health Care
• 700 & Above Employee

• Respiratory Care Practitioner

  • Mar 2019 - Jul 2021

  Baltimore, Maryland Area • Review existing data in the patient healthcare record including admission and current respiratory care orders, the patient medical, occupational and social history, physical examination, blood gas results, chest x-ray, and related laboratory data • Perform arterial blood acquisition via arterial puncture or indwelling arterial catheter • Initiate and perform appropriate life support interventions as designated member of the hospital emergency teams (Rapid Response Team, Code Blue Team… Show more • Review existing data in the patient healthcare record including admission and current respiratory care orders, the patient medical, occupational and social history, physical examination, blood gas results, chest x-ray, and related laboratory data • Perform arterial blood acquisition via arterial puncture or indwelling arterial catheter • Initiate and perform appropriate life support interventions as designated member of the hospital emergency teams (Rapid Response Team, Code Blue Team, Code Red Team, and Trauma Team) • Prepare and administer medications based on physician’s prescription and/or protocol, and monitor patients for adverse reactions and response, including continuous nebulized albuterol and Veletri administration • Prepare patient care equipment for use by assembling and/or calibrating the necessary components and check systems for proper function and cleanliness. Equipment includes oxygen and air flow meters, suction regulators, ventilators, Bipaps, and heated high flow therapy devices

• Respiratory Therapist

  • Mar 2019 - Jul 2021



Johns Hopkins Howard County General Hospital

• Respiratory Care Practitioner

  • Sep 2018 - Feb 2019

  Columbia, Maryland, United States • Monitored and maintenance patient’s airway, including adequate ventilation, use of appropriate oro-nasopharyngeal airways, and adjuncts, endotracheal intubation, extubation, changing of tracheostomy tubes, and suctioning • Facilitated the removal of bronchopulmonary secretions using chest physiotherapy • Achieved adequate patient ventilation, including the application of PEEP/CPAP, positive, or other ventilatory support systems • Achieved adequate oxygenation including adjustment of… Show more • Monitored and maintenance patient’s airway, including adequate ventilation, use of appropriate oro-nasopharyngeal airways, and adjuncts, endotracheal intubation, extubation, changing of tracheostomy tubes, and suctioning • Facilitated the removal of bronchopulmonary secretions using chest physiotherapy • Achieved adequate patient ventilation, including the application of PEEP/CPAP, positive, or other ventilatory support systems • Achieved adequate oxygenation including adjustment of oxygen flow rate and/or concentration, use of PEEP/CPAP methods and preventing “iatrogenic” hypoxemia • Prepared and administer medications based on physician’s prescription and/or protocol, monitor and respond to patient for adverse reactions • Assured continuity of respiratory treatment by participating in the transport of patients, within the hospital Show less



Piedmont

• United States
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 700 & Above Employee

• Registered Respiratory Therapist

  • Apr 2013 - Jun 2018

  Atlanta, Georgia, United States • Extubated patients off mechanical ventilation within 6 hours of cardiothoracic surgery • Assisted with bronchoscopy procedure at bedside with the intensive care pulmonologist • Intubated patients for pulmonary edema, airway protection, hypercapnic respiratory failure, and other pulmonary illnesses • Managed inhaled Nitric Oxide in the operating room and in the ICU status post heart transplant/LVAD placement