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CHARLOTTE HICKS, CRT

Phone 318-***-****: Email c ****************@*****.***

Location:. Keithville, La

Detailed-oriented and dedicated Respiratory Therapist, leveraging in depth knowledge of various respiratory therapy procedures to provide exemplary patient care. Adapt at aligning patient needs with medical procedures while administering medications and monitoring vital signs. Currently seeking a position as an RT which will effectively utilize all acquired skills, abilities, and areas of expertise as follows:

● Respiratory Therapy.

● Patient Health/ Safety

● Secretion Clearance

● ER/Rapid Response

● Therapeutic Care

● Treatment Planning

● Patient Assessment

● Airway Management

● Aerosol Drug Administration

● Home Healthcare

● Pulmonary Function Testing

● Patient /Family Support

● Oxygen Therapy

● Mechanical Ventilation

● JACO CCCompliance

EDUCATION

Red River Technical College, A.S. Respiratory Therapist (CRT) 1995 Core Competencies

● Educating patients and families about their condition and teaching appropriate disease techniques, such as breathing exercises and the use of medications and respiratory equipment.

● Delivering oxygen therapy various devices such as nasal cannulas, simple mask, non- rebreathers, and air entrainment masks.

● Performing Bronchopulmonary hygiene techniques, such as chest physiotherapy, coughing exercises, flutter, PEP therapy, and vest airway clearance system.

● Caring for patients on mechanical Ventilation, assisting with intubations, performing extubations, interpreting chest x-rays, and completing ECGs, ABGs, VS, and other procedures.

● Monitoring tube cuff pressure, equipment, vital signs, breath sounds, and arterial blood gases.

● Performing invasive/noninvasive positive pressure ventilation (BIPAP, CPAP, DRAGERS, EVITAS) and suctioning procedures via ETT, Nasotracheal, Tracheal, and inline catheters.

● Delivering hyperinflation therapy, including incentive spirometry, and intermittent positive pressure breathing, as well as performing arterial blood gas sampling analysis.

● Setting up and working with mechanical ventilators, as well as providing aerosol and humidity therapy via face mask, track collar, and T-Pieces. Work Experience

Minden Medical Center, Minden, LA, CRT. 02/2016-OCT. 2017 Christus Schumpert Cohshatta, LA., CRT 02/2016-04/2016 Private Caregiver, Keithville, LA 11/2015-12/2015

Daybreak Inc., (Benbrook Nursing and Rehab, Santa Fe Nursing and Rehab), Benbrook, Tx, and Weatherford, Tx. CRT 10/2012-05/2015

Crest care Nursing and Rehab, Longview, Tx. CRT 09/2011-02/2012 Truman W. Smith Children’s Hospital, Gladewater, Tx. CRT 03/2010-02/2011 Fresh Air Oxygen and Medical Supply, Marshall, Tx., CRT 08/2009-08/2009 Longview Home Medical, Longview, Tx CRT. 06/2001-02/2007 Additional Skills

● Critical thinking

● Friendly and caring

● Relationship building

● Quality information gathering

● Computer:. Microsoft Office, Windows, OS, Internet

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