CURRICULAM VITAE

C.ARVINKUMAR

RESPIRATORY THERAPIST

B.Sc. ALLIED HEALTH SCIENCES (Respiratory Care Technology)

NO: 153/D, NEW STREET,

THOTTAPALAYAM,

ARUGANTHAMPOONDI,

VELLORE-632004.

Cell: + (91-950*******

Email ID: acvt19@r.postjobfree.com

PERSONAL PROFILE

Sex and date of birth:Male,17/09/1994

Birth Place:Vellore, India

Nationality and religion: Indian, Christian

Passport no: nil

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION

Bachelor of Science in Allied Health Sciences in Respiratory Care Technology(B.Sc. AHS) - May2015, Sri Ramachandra University (SRU), Chennai, Tamil Nadu (India) with first class grade

A four year degree course in the field of Respiratory care technology, which includes one year compulsory internship.

H.S.C (12th Standard)– State Board of Tamil nadu.2012Don Bosco high school,Katpadi, vellore,Tamil nadu.

S.S.L.C (10th Standard)–Don Bosco high school, Katpadi, vellore, Tamil nadu

WORK EXPERIENCE

Clinical Internship one year in Medical ICU, Cardiac ICU, neonatal and paediatric ICU, Casuality,Chest ward,Sleep lab and Pulmonary function testing lab at Sri Ramachandra University (SRU) Hospital,porur, Chennai-600116, Tamil Nadu (India).

AREAS OF EXPERIENCE

PROFESSIONAL SKILLS

Airway Management & Maintenance

Well trained in performing & assisting tracheal intubations & Emergency Airway Management.

Handled all type of artificial Airways (LMA, Combitube, Esophageal Obturator, Naso Pharyngeal & Oral Airways).

Regular Assessment of endotracheal&Tracheostomy tube position & Patency.

Regularly monitoring endotracheal & Tracheostomy Tube cuff pressure with the help of cuff pressure manometer.

Mechanical Ventilation Initiation & Maintenance

Involved in initiation & Maintenance of the patients on Ventilator.

Maintain the patient – ventilator synchrony during mechanical ventilation.

Involved in selection of appropriate modes of adjusting the settings according to the patient requirement with the discussion of responsible medical officers.

Well trained in disease specific ventilation which include

COPD ventilation

Asthma Ventilation

ARDS Ventilation

Ventilation for neuromuscular disease.

Ventilation for head injury patients.

Post operative Ventilation.

RESPIRATORY MONITORING

Involved in the respiratory monitoring of the patients in ICU, which includes the respiratory wave forms and RR, SPO2 trends, Pattern of breathing.

Chest examination.

Monitoring the Ventilator scalors& Loops.(Ventilator wave forms)

Pulmonary Capillary wedge pressure.

CVP monitoring.

MECHANICAL VENTILATION WEANING & EXTUBATION

Involved in the assessment of the readiness of patient to weaning from mechanical ventilation.

Involved in the setting of weaning protocol.

Well trained in the extubation&decannulations.

POST EXTUBATION CARE

Involved in the management of the post extubated patients and minimize the risk of complication such as stridor, Laryngospasm & re intubation etc by optimizing the

Good chest physical therapy

Neubulization.

Incentive Spirometry

Breathing exercise & re – training

Psychological councelling

Early mobilization

Includes the assessment of the need of re- intubation.

NON INVASIVE VENTILATION INITIATION & MAINTENANCE

Involved in the initiation and maintenance of the patients on NIV and CPAP

Maintaining the adequate patient mask interphase.

Titration of the settings according to the ABG.

Asses the need for mechanical ventilation.

PFT SKILLS

Our PFT lab is ATS ( American Thoracic Society) Certified “A” centre for Spirometry.

We can do Spirometric, DLCO, Lung Volumes.

BRONCHOSCOPY

Well trained in assisting bronchoscopy&pleuroscopies.

Monitoring the patients during bronchoscopy.

OTHERS

oWell trained in assisting percutaneous tracheostomy.

oTrained in Basics and advanced cardiac Life support. (American Heart Association Guidelines)

oChest X-Ray Interpretations.

oSleep study

oABG withdraw & Interpretations.

oInter hospital & Intra Hospital transportation of the patient with transport ventilators.

oRegulatory involved in the teaching and training of Physiotherapists, respiratory therapists, Critical care nureses.

oWell Trained in the area of cardio Pulmonary.

oHandled all type of ventilators which includes

Maquet servo – I, Maquet servo-s, siemens servo -300, siemens 900A Bennet 840 and Hamilton Gallileo and Raphel..

oNIV includes Resmed 3 series, ST, STA, 2 series. Stellar (Resmed) Philips (Respironics)

oInvolved regular ward follow up in ICU patients.

oWe are member in Code Blue Team.

PRESENTATIONS / POSTER SESSION/ CONFERENCE ATTENDED

ICU UPDATE 2014, CARE OF PATIENTS ON MECHANICAL VENTILATION, KOVAI MEDICAL CENTER AND HOSPITAL.

THE NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON “BIOPSYCHOSOCIAL WELL- BEING” CONDUCTED AT SRI RAMACHANDRA UNIVERRSITY ON 25TH FEBRUARY, 2015.

THE WORKSHOP IN RESCARE- 2015, THE 9TH NATIONAL CONFERENCE OF INDIAN ASSOCIATION OF RESPIARTORY CARE, KOVAI MEDICAL CENTER AND HOSPITAL, ON 16TH OCTOBER 2015.

RESCARE–2015, THE 9TH NATIONAL CONFERENCE OF INDIAN ASSOCIATION OF RESPIARTORY CARE, KOVAI MEDICAL CENTER AND HOSPITAL, ON 17TH – 18TH OCTOBER 2015.

CARE 2013 “RECENT ADVANCES IN ALLIED HEALTH SCIENCES” AT SRI RAMACHANDRA UNIVERRSITY ON 07TH SEPTEMBER, 2013.

THE SPIROMETRY TECHNICIAN TRAINING WORKSHOP AT SRI RAMACHANDRA UNIVERRSITY ON 12THAND 13TH FEBRUARY, 2016.

Participation:

World Asthma Day, World COPD day, World TB day and World No Tobacco day are celebrated every year by organizing patient’s education program, poster displays and video presentation program in our outpatient department.

SEMINARS PRESENTED UNDER TOPIC

AIR WAY MANAGEMENT

SPIROMETRY

ABG

BRONCHOSCOPY (FOB)

SLEEP QUESTIONNAIRES.

THESIS / PROJECT WORK

TO STUDY THE “COMPARISON OF THREE SLEEP QUESTIONNAIRES FOR SCREENING OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA”.

LANGUAGES KNOWN

English - ToRead, Write and Speak.

TAMIL - ToRead,write and Speak.

REFERENCES

PROF.VIJAYALAKSHMI THANASEKARAAN

Prof. &HOCS.,

Dept of pulmonology,

SRMC&RI

Porur, Chennai.

PROF.RAJAGOPALAN

Prof &HOD

Dept of Pulmonology

SRMC&RI

Porur, Chennai

DR DHANASEKAR T

ASSOCT. PROF

DEPT OF PULMONOLOGY

SRMC&RI

PORUR,CHENNAI

DECLARATION:

I hereby declare that above mentioned details are trueand correct to the best of my knowledge and belief.

C.ARVINKUMAR

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