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TINA PAXSON

Bloomington

Summary

Seasoned Respiratory Therapist with 6 years of experience in hospital healthcare settings. Skillful in completing patient assessments, blood gas analysis and interpretation and airway management. Successful at implementing best practices to continuously advance respiratory therapy outcomes.

Overview

23
23
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Registered Respiratory Therapist

Schneck Medical Center
06.2017 - Current
  • I perform respiratory therapy tasks at 114 bed hospital including NICU and a 18 bed ICU. I assist patients with pulmonary function disorders, administer respiratory therapies, manage procedures with non-invasive therapies such as CPAP/BIPAP procedures, operate ventilators, operate vapotherm, perform and analyze ABG gas samples, as well as providing care to our NICU patients including invasive ventilation, surfactant administration, nasal CPAP, and vapotherm therapies. I am cross trained in performing sleep studies to patients as well as titration therapy on CPAP and all modes of Bipap therapies.

Customer Service Representative

Callnet
09.2001 - 08.2015

Maintained customer satisfaction with forward-thinking strategies focused on addressing customer needs and resolving concerns for 1200 client call center.

  • Provided primary customer support to internal and external customers
  • Offered advice and assistance to customers, paying attention to special needs or wants

Education

Associate of Science - Respiratory Care

Ivy Tech Community College
05.2017

Skills

  • Outpatient care
  • Respiratory equipment setup
  • Diagnostic tools
  • Spirometer reading
  • Arterial blood gas
  • Chest Physiotherapy
  • Capnography
  • Servoi Ventilator
  • Humidity & Aerosol Therapy
  • Nasotracheal Suctioning
  • Tracheostomy Care
  • Sputum Inductions
  • Oxygen/Medical Gas Admin Device
  • Airway Clearance Techniques
  • Aerosol Treatments
  • Perform overnight sleep studies
  • Patient and family advocacy

Certification

RRT - Registered Respiratory Therapist, NRP certification, BLS for Healthcare Provider (CPR and AED) American Heart Association, Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) SL- Service Learning Certificate completing 960 clinical hours Affiliations AARC ISRC

Timeline

Registered Respiratory Therapist

Schneck Medical Center
06.2017 - Current

Customer Service Representative

Callnet
09.2001 - 08.2015

Associate of Science - Respiratory Care

Ivy Tech Community College
TINA PAXSON