Respiratory Therapist
MDA Medical Clinic
Total years of experience :5 years, 5 Months
MDA-MC Job Description:
Administered medication in aerosol form in infants and pediatric patients.
Performed therapeutic procedures in pulmonary rehabilitation using different techniques such as chest-physiotherapy, breathing exercise, postural drainage with percussion and suctioning.
Obtained sputum and breath specimen for analysis.
Performed tracheostomy care and suctioning for bronchial hygiene
Administered Oxygen therapy and assisted in transporting oxygen dependent patients.
Educated patient’s relatives on home oxygen and proper management.
Extracted arterial blood gas for sampling and analysis.
Instructed proper technique in administering different metered dose inhaler devices, peak-flow meter and incentive spirometry
KFAFH Specialized ICU’s Assigned with Job Description:
PEDIATRIC CARDIAC INTENSIVE CARE UNIT (PCICU)
Setting up Ventilators and monitor parameters such as Conventional Ventilators, High Frequency Oscillatory Ventilators with Nitric Oxide.
Hooking Nasal CPAP and monitor
Assess patients for weaning and extubation
Responsible for maintaining patients’ good ventilation during bedside open heart surgery procedures.
Responsible for the ventilator management when patient is on ECMO.
Render Aerosol Therapy, chest physiotherapy and suctioning.
Extracting Arterial blood gas and Chest X-ray interpretation
Assist doctors during intubations
Secure and maintain endotracheal tube
Proper Hand washing technique
Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU)
Setting up Ventilators and monitor parameters such as Conventional Ventilators and High Frequency Oscillatory Ventilator (HFO) and Nitric Oxide (iNO).
Hooking Nasal CPAP and monitor
Setting up Bubble CPAP and monitor
Responsible for Survanta Administration.
Assist doctors during intubations
Secure and maintain endotracheal tube.
Assess patients for weaning and extubation
Responsible in changing ventilator circuits and make it proper and safe.
Provide patient’s respiratory assessments, monitors ventilator parameters and check patient’s chest X-ray for proper position of the ET tube and interpretation.
Extracting Arterial Blood gas, Capillary Blood gas and interpret.
Proper Hand washing technique
KFAFH Ward Job Description: (Routinely works in ER, Adult and Pediatric wards)
Render Aerosol Therapy, Chest Physiotherapy and suction.
Belongs to CODE team, airway management and prepares the need for endotracheal intubations in all areas range.
Provides oxygen therapy.
Hooking BIPAP and monitor
Extract arterial blood gas and capillary blood gas in all ward areas
Interpret Chest X-ray
Instruct incentive spirometry
AHMC Areas Assigned:
Medical Surgical Intensive care Unit (MS ICU)
Cardio-Vascular Intensive Care Unit (CV ICU)
Coronary Care Unit ICU (CCU ICU)
Post Anesthetic Care Unit (PACU)
Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU)
Emergency Room (ER)
Medical Wards
CODE BLUE Team
Pulmonary Laboratory Conducting PFT
Job Description
* set- up and monitor mechanical ventilator
* render aerosol therapy, chestphysiotherapy
* oxygen therapy
* conduct Pulmonary Function testing
* extract and interpret arterial blood gas
* CODE Blue team member
* transport critical and oxygen dependents patients
AHMC Equiptments Handled:
Evita 2 Dura, Evita 4 Dura, Savina Dragger, Percussor, Sechrist, PFT, GEM2000 ABG machines
PCMC Areas Covered:
Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU)
Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU)
Operating Room (OR)
Emergency Room (ER)
Medical Wards
PCMC Job Description
Performs diagnostic procedures at pulmonary diagnostic laboratory and rehabilitation unit such as pulmonary function tests.
Extract Arterial Blood Gas and Interpret.
Assist in bronchoscopy both in Operating Room and Pulmonary Laboratory using flexible fiber-optic scope.
Perform therapeutic procedures in pulmonary rehabilitation.
Instruct proper usage of different inhalational devices, peak-flow meter and incentive spirometry.
Render Aerosol therapy in mechanically ventilated patients, chest-physiotherapy and suctioning.
Perform Critical Care management during extubation.
Render home care services and assist in transport of oxygen-dependent patients.
Set- up Carden CPAP and monitor.
Set-up, evaluate and maintain mechanical ventilators
Troubleshoot and innovates minor changes in equipments.
CODE Blue team.
PCMC EQUIPMENT HANDLED
Avea Viasys, Savina Dragger, Galileo Hamilton, Puritan Bennette MA-1, NMI Newport Breeze, Newport Wave, Newport 100, VIP Bird, Bear Cub, Sechrist, SLE Hi-Frequency, Infant Star, Percussionaire IPV, BIPAP Dragger machine.
PFT Machines: Microrint from neonates to 5 year old; Multispiro Sensor for 5-10 year old and Microloop for patients more than 10 year old).
Philippine Children’s Medical Center Intern Respiratory Therapist Quezon Avenue, Quezon City Philippines 1100 December 2005 to March 31, 2006 Internship Centers Attended Veterans Memorial Medical Center Intern Respiratory Therapist West avenue Quezon City, Philippines 1100 September 02, 2005 to December 02, 2005 Philippine Heart Center Intern Respiratory Therapist East Avenue, Quezon City Philippines 1100 May 30, 2005 to August 31, 2005