Work:
Exempla Lutheran Hospital - Wheat Ridge, CO
Senior Staff Respiratory Therapist
University of Virginia Health Sciences - Charlottesville, VA
Staff Therapist
Education:
Front Range Community College - Westminster, CO
AAS in Respiratory Therapy
Skills:
Emergency Respiratory Care during cpr, monitoring and maintaining airway. Performs trach changes, use of speaking valves, cpap/bilevel mask fits and setting changes as indicated, with education of patient/family/caregiver. Initialization and discontinuation of appropriate respiratory therapy based on patient condition, clinical data, and MD orders. Multidisciplinary staff orientation/education and use of EMR documentation systems.