Siddhi Nihal Shetty

• Working within the Medical Intensive Care Unit (MICU), my six-hour shifts encompass morning, evening, and night rotations.
• During this time, I conduct various respiratory care procedures, including initiating NIV, CPAP, and BiPAP, as well as managing ventilator patients and overseeing their weaning process.
• Additionally, my responsibilities involve administering chest physiotherapy, performing arterial blood gas sampling, analyzing and interpreting results, and providing bronchopulmonary hygiene therapy.
• Administered oxygen therapy, aerosol therapy and inhalation therapy to improve patient's breathing and lung function
• I also handle cardiopulmonary resuscitation, maintain respiratory care equipment, and conduct patient training sessions.
• Each shift in the MICU offers a unique set of challenges, but I find immense fulfillment in contributing to the care and recovery of critically ill patients through comprehensive respiratory care interventions.

• I worked at Narayana Institute of Cardiac Sciences, Bommasandra, Bengaluru, in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit from November 2022 to February 2024.
• During my time there, I dealt with post-op congenital cardiac cases every day, spanning from neonates to adults. My responsibilities included tasks such as intubation, initiation of ventilation, weaning and extubation, and postoperative respiratory care.
• I also initiated non-invasive strategies like NIV, BiPAP, CPAP, bubble CPAP, and other advanced ventilation modes such as APRV and HFOV, in addition to administering inhaled nitric oxide therapy.

As a Respiratory Therapy Intern at Kasturba medical College hospital I have

- Conducted Pulmonary Function Testing, including Full Lung Spirometry (FVC, SVC, MVV), Impulse Oscillometry, DLCO, Nitrogen washout, and FENO.
- Performed and assisted in various Sleep Studies, such as All Night Polysomnography, CPAP titration, and MSLT.
- Performed 6-minute walk test and provided patient education on respiratory care.
- Conducted arterial punctures for blood gas analysis and interpreted results.
- performed bronchopulmonary hygiene therapy in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU).
- Assisted in Endotracheal intubation and managed patients with non-invasive (BiPAP, CPAP, NIV) and invasive mechanical ventilation in collaboration with healthcare teams.