Respiratory Therapist

Respiratory Therapist — Rocky Mountain Medical Center

Denver, CO | January 2024 – Present

• Managed mechanical ventilation protocols for an average of 15 ICU patients daily, achieving an 18% reduction in average ventilator days through early weaning assessments.
• Collaborated with intensivist teams to perform over 450 arterial blood gas collections and interpretations annually with 99.8% specimen integrity in high-stress trauma cases.
• Implemented a new ventilator-associated pneumonia prevention bundle, resulting in a 25% decrease in ICU-acquired pulmonary infections over a consecutive 12-month period.
• Administered 1,200+ aerosolized medication treatments and airway clearance therapies per year, improving patient peak expiratory flow rates by an average of 15%.

Staff Respiratory Therapist — St. Jude Community Hospital

Colorado Springs, CO | August 2020 – December 2023

• Participated in 80+ high-stress rapid response and cardiopulmonary resuscitation code events, maintaining a 94% compliance rate with ACLS and BLS protocols to stabilize patients.
• Educated 350+ asthma and COPD patients on inhaler technique and home care plans prior to discharge, reducing 30-day readmission rates by 14% over a two-year evaluation period.
• Analyzed pulmonary function tests for 200+ outpatients, delivering highly accurate diagnostic reports that expedited care planning by an average of 2 business days.
• Trained 8 incoming respiratory therapy students during clinical rotations, ensuring 100% adherence to hospital infection control standards and electronic charting practices.

Mechanical ventilation, Non-invasive ventilation, Airway management, Arterial Blood Gas collection, Cardiopulmonary resuscitation, Patient assessment, Pulmonary Function Testing, Aerosol therapy, Oxygen administration, Epic EMR, Critical care, Patient education, ACLS, BLS, PALS

VAP Prevention Initiative

Role: Clinical Lead

Tools: Epic EMR, MS Excel, Clinical Auditing Sheets

Co-led a task force to standardize oral care and head-of-bed elevation audits for 50+ ICU beds, driving ventilator-associated pneumonia rates to 0 for 9 consecutive months.

Home Oxygen Therapy Efficacy Study

Role: Research Representative

Tools: Patient Portal, CarePlan Database, SPSS

Assessed outcomes for 150 patients discharged on home oxygen; revised the transition protocol to cut 30-day emergency room return visits by 22%.

• Registered Respiratory Therapist (RRT) (2020)
• Certified Respiratory Therapist (CRT) (2020)

• Languages: English (Native), Spanish (Conversational)
• Professional Memberships: Active member of the American Association for Respiratory Care (AARC)
• Licensure: Colorado Licensed Respiratory Therapist (License #RT.0123456)