Respiratory Care In-Home

ANGELA STORMS

**** *. **** ***. ********, AZ **302 Phone: 480-***-**** Email: ad8i3i@r.postjobfree.com PROFILE

Empathetic, dependable, and communicative Medical Professional (RRT), with warm interpersonal skills who seeks a new career opportunity delivering medical equipment while providing a positive and comprehensive education to our patients.

EDUCATION

• Gateway Community College (Phoenix, AZ) – Associates Degree of Respiratory Care May 2005

• Scottsdale Community College (Scottsdale, AZ) – Associates of Arts May 2003

EXPERIENCE

In-Home Caregiving, Jan. 2024-current

Assisting Hands Home Care

• In-home assistance with ADLs and basic fundamental caretaking. Some driving for appointments/groceries. Registered Respiratory Therapist,

Banner Thunderbird Medical Center June 2022- Dec. 2023

• Additional experience in adult population in caring for Covid-19 patients

• Arterial Blood Gas collection and obtaining results via ABL Analyzer - Competent in evaluation of ABG samples for treatment

• Percussion and postural drainage techniques using both manual and vibrations; multiple lung expansion techniques (i.e. PEP via flutter valve, cough assistance and manual percussion, VEST therapy, Positive Expiratory Pressure systems such as EZPAP, Intrapulmonary Percussive Ventilation, MetaNeb, Volera etc.

• Nasotracheal, tracheal, deep inline suctioning

• Tracheostomy Care

• Assistance in insertion of new tracheostomy tube in ICU

• Bedside Respiratory Parameters (ie. FVC, NIF, Spirometry following ATS guidelines)

• CPAP & BiPAP set up and administration (V60)

• Small volume nebulizer treatments with various aerosolized respiratory medications (bronchodilators, mucolytics, antibiotics, corticosteroids, etc.) along with aerosol and humidity delivery

• Mentoring Respiratory Therapy Students

• Communication with physicians and staff using subjective/objective/assessment/plan guidelines

• Protocol compliance with all respiratory procedures

• Collaboration with management/physicians and co-workers to update protocols for Pre/Post CVICU operative heart patients for rapid ventilator weaning and pre-op education/assessment/testing RRT/Pulmonary Diagnostic Technician,

HonorHealth Scottsdale Osborn Medical Center April 2021- April 2022

• All of the above experience with Banner Health EXCEPT no Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit and associated updating protocol involvement

• Full Pulmonary Function Testing/Methacholine Challenge testing

• Ambulation Studies to evaluate for home oxygen needs RRT/Pulmonary Diagnostic Technician, Inova Fairfax Medical Campus Mar. 2006- Nov.2017

• Abundant experience in adult & pediatric care in general/ICU/outpatient populations

• Small volume nebulizer treatments with various aerosolized respiratory medications (bronchodilators, mucolytics, antibiotics, corticosteroids, etc.) along with aerosol and humidity delivery

• Percussion and postural drainage techniques using both manual and vibrations; multiple lung expansion techniques (i.e. PEP via acapella flutter valve, cough assistance and manual percussion, VEST therapy, Positive Expiratory Pressure systems such as EZPAP, Intrapulmonary Percussive Ventilation, etc.

• Nasotracheal, tracheal, deep inline suctioning; tracheal care

• High Flow oxygen delivery

• Mechanical ventilator maintenance and weaning

• Training in Advanced Pulmonary Diagnostics while following American Thoracic Society guidelines including

o Full Pulmonary Function Testing (with and without Plethysmography) o Full understanding of techniques required to maintain, clean and comply with infection control guidelines for Full Pulmonary Function Testing (PFT) equipment and biologic control along with quality assurance testing

o Competent in conducting Bronchial Challenge Testing with Methacholine as well as Exercise-Induced Challenge testing

o Cardiopulmonary stress testing (CPST)

o High Altitude Simulation Testing (HAST)

o 6 Minute Walk Tests

o Arterial Blood Gas Collection

o Thoracentesis patient preparation and physician assistance o Outpatient/Inpatient bronchoscopy preparation with special IV insertion privileges and moderate sedation privileges

o Preparation of general and specialty patient discharge plans of care o Collecting/labeling/sending various bronchial/pleural fluids for laboratory testing

• Bedside pulmonary function testing and competence in acquiring respiratory parameters (ie. Slow Vital Capacity, Maximum Inspiratory/Expiratory pressure)

• Pre and post operative lung transplant care; Post-operative heart transplant care with rapid ventilator wean protocol practice

• Asthma education of patients

• Protocol compliance with all respiratory procedures

• Rounding with physicians and staff using subjective/objective/assessment/plan guidelines

• Mentoring of new respiratory therapist employees Additional, 12 months experience with Home Care of my mother with tracheostomy, oxygen concentrator on home hospice. Registered Respiratory Therapist; Scottsdale Healthcare Osborn; Scottsdale, AZ May 2005-Dec. 2005

• New graduate in the professional role of a RRT; practicing general skills on inpatient medical/surgical and critical care units

SKILLS

• Documentation and Practice: Patient appropriate assessment and interventions on a large hospital scale level; history and physical assessments for plan of care; data recording, innovative and communication driven

• Professional Enhancements: Multi-faceted facility trained healthcare employee. Volunteer experience in care homes, inpatient units, church outreach managing prepared hot food in homeless shelters, research study participant in multiple research programs while exemplifying professionalism and adhering to dress code and abiding in HIPPA policy. Mother was a hospice care RN who had tremendous personal influence

LICENSURES, CERTIFICATIONS & CREDENTIALS

• Active BLS Certificate - Expiration 12/2023

• Active Arizona Respiratory Care licensure holding RRT & RPFT

• Past ACLS certified for Healthcare Provider through American Heart Association Employment Pauses

Dec 2023 - January 2024

• Break to care for children due to scheduling difficulties. April 2022 - June 2022

• Brief break for significant life changes, seeking shorter commute & wider range of patient populations. Nov. 2017- April 2021

• Relocated from Virginia to Arizona, taking a hiatus to successfully acclimate our family with primary focus on parenting pre-school children and establishing a new home. Dec. 2005-Mar. 2006

• Relocated from Arizona to Virginia to assist with care for mother with cancer. REFERENCES:

• Bonnie McQuaid, Manager 703-***-**** or ad8i3i@r.postjobfree.com

• Kim Pullen, Co-Worker 703-***-**** or ad8i3i@r.postjobfree.com

• Gail Bush, Manager/Director 703-***-**** or ad8i3i@r.postjobfree.com

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