AMEEL GAJJO

Santa Fe, NM *****

505-***-****

ad07em@r.postjobfree.com

SUMMARY

Dedicated energetic Central New Mexico College (CNM) graduate with an Associate of Applied Science degree in Respiratory Therapy with a graduation date of 4/22/2023. Professional candidate, seeking a position as a Respiratory Therapist with/without specific sub-specialty. Ready to work day and night shifts at business, weekend days and holidays. A member of Phi-Theta-Kappa and Lambda Beta societies. Effective responsible team-player with ability to remain calm and work under stress. Wide general medical and surgical background experience for 28 years from overseas. Passionate with long-term experience in assisted living care and medication aid, at multiple communities in Albuquerque for the last seven years. Precise and thoughtful in fulfilling tasks with excellent communication skills.

KEY SKILLS

●Perform chest examinations for all age groups

●Consult with doctors and other health care staff to develop and modify patient treatment plans

●Provide detailed respiratory therapy care including intensive care

●Perform physical examination and diagnostic tests like blood gas puncture, artery lines and analyses, and lung function tests

●Treat patients using oxygen, oxygen mixtures, aerosol medications, and chest physiotherapy

●Connect patients to ventilators when necessary

●Educate patients on how to use equipment and medication

●Regularly check; on patients and equipment

●Multilingual: English, Arabic, Aramaic, and Kurdish languages

●Customer service experience

●Computer skilled in Word, Excel LinkedIn, and Photoshop

●Education methods and scientific research skills.

Strong communication skills

EDUCATION

●Central New Mexico College (CNM) graduate with an Associate of Applied Science degree in Respiratory Therapy with graduation date of 4/22/2023

●Central New Mexico College (CNM) graduate pursued English as Second Language (ESL), English Writing, Basic Sciences including Advanced Human Anatomy, Biology and Physiology and Biochemistry, in addition to Psychology and American History, all with a GPA of 4.0. 2015 till 2020.

●University of Mosul, College of Medicine (Iraq). A bachelor’s degree in general medicine and surgery. One of the top ten. 1981 to 1987.

●University of Mosul, College of Medicine (Iraq). A master’s degree in public health. 1991 to 1993.

●University of Tikrit, College of Medicine (Iraq). A Diploma in Pediatrics and Child Health Care. 1999 to 2000.

● University of Mosul, College of Medicine (Iraq). Philosophy of Doctorate (PhD.) in Public Health (Primary Health Care). 2011 to 2014.

WORK EXPERIENCE

Inside United States:

●Registered Respiratory Therapist: July 2023 to November 2023. Presbyterian Santa Fe Medical Center. A Hospital with ED, ICU, PACU, OR, PCU and FBC departments providing different emergent, urgent, in patient, including responding to code blue and pink, responding to NICU resuscitation at FBC and C- sections, BCPAP, MV in addition to Invasive, non-invasive mechanical ventilation, CPT, various oxygen providing modalities for adults, NICU and PICU. Also, documentation, oxygen tank rounds, Holter cardiac remote monitoring, car seat trials, home sleep studies, and more. All of the above activities, tasks and skills were performed by the RRT at that hospital.

●RRT, PCR, BLS, ACLS, STABLE, and PALS: all these licenses and certificates are valid.

●Medication Aide: Feb 2016 to August 2020. Brookdale Senior Living Solutions. An assisted living big community of around 60 senior living residents who were provided with care and enthusiasm. Paying high attention to resident rights of person, medication, dose, time and right of refusal. Responsible for passing and/or administering, documenting, keeping, taking, fulfilling, and reordering daily medications with monitoring patients, reporting vital signs and changes in medical and mental conditions. In addition to the below mentioned caregiving tasks.

●Caregiver and Medication Aide: September 2020 till date. A Love for Life Bear canyon. A smaller assisted living with 10 residents. Performing caregiver tasks that includes monitoring, life enrichment, mouth and peri care, grooming, dressing, bathing, fall management and protection, other safety care strategies, meal preparation, feeding, hoteling and laundry tasks in addition to, all of the above-mentioned medication aide tasks. Working continuous 10 hours shifts in a steady, active professional and calm manners.

Outside United States:

●Resident doctor: Ibn-Sina and Al-Jumhouri Hospitals. Mosul/ Iraq. August 1987 to 1989. Receiving, managing and treating patients with various urgent and cold cases, in various departments including general medical, general surgical, urology and dialysis, gynecology and obstetrics, orthopedics, ophthalmology, otolaryngology, psychiatry, neurology and neurosurgery, pediatrics, burns, and intensive care units under the supervision of senior doctors.

●General Practitioner: Private clinic 1989 to 1999. Managing and treating visiting patients with various general medical problems and diseases.

●Pediatrician Doctor: Private clinic 2000 to 2015. Managing and treating visiting patients with various neonatal and pediatric medical problems and diseases.

●Medical College lecturer, then instructor and then Faculty advisor: University of Mosul- Mosul College of Medicine-Department of Public Health. 1989 to 2015. Tuition, lab teaching, community experimental training and scientific research.

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