Mercy HospitalRegistered Respiratory Therapist
Feb. 2011 - Aug. 2015General Respiratory support and care to patients.
Duties
• Experience in the following areas for more than 4 years: ER, ICU,CCU, Recovery, OR, NICU, General floors, Inpatient Rehab and Critical inpatient transporting.
• Provide knowledge of patient responses, side effects and proper dosages of medications used in respiratory care. • Communicate effectively with Physicians, patients, managers and the public. • Ability to teach/instruct, assess and reassess patients. • Able to ensure patient safety within scope of practice. • Knowledge of generally accepted practices in respiratory care as prescribed by the physician. • Deliver, set-up, and maintain routine and non-routine therapies and equipment (IE., oxygen, aerosol nebulizer therapy, and ventilators) utilized by Respiratory Therapy. • Perform and interpret Arterial Blood Gases.