Registered respiratory therapist with over 20 years of clinical experience. Solid knowledge in comprehensive respiratory care procedures and excellent direct patient care skills. Reputation as a self-directed professional with superior problem solving, communication and management skills. Successful in managing time, prioritizing tasks and organizing projects to improve the quality of patient care. Able to act calmly in stressful situations. Extensive experience with adult, child and neonatal respiratory care. Preceptor for respiratory therapy students. For approximately 7 years I was a core respiratory therapist in the emergency room at St. Paul’s Hospital in Vancouver where I was a liaison between the emergency department and the RT department. Helped with deciding and ordering respiratory equipment for the trauma room as well as other departmental issues. Helped enact Covid policies and safety procedures. Advised and gave feedback on workflow for construction of the new St. Paul's Hospital's emergency department.
Experience with the following ventilators: PB 840, PB 980, Servo-i, Servo-u, Evea, Drager XL, Drager V500, Hamilton T1, LTV