Christina Leifried
Phoenix
Summary
Professional respiratory care provider with comprehensive experience in patient assessment, therapeutic interventions, and critical care. Strong focus on team collaboration, adapting to changing needs, and achieving optimal patient outcomes. Skilled in mechanical ventilation, airway management, and emergency response. Reliable and flexible, ensuring high standards of respiratory care in dynamic healthcare environments.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
Work History
Therapy - RRT
OSF Saint Francis Medical Center
08.2024 - 07.2025
- Number of Hospital Beds: 643
- Trauma Level: Level I
- Teaching Facility: Yes
- Responsibilities:
- Facility setting - STAC
- Shift - Nights 12x3
- Equipment used- Servo U ventilators
- Agency Name: Cynet Health
- Job Type: Travel
- Adjusted ventilator settings based on continuous assessment of blood gas analysis results improving overall ventilation efficacy for critically ill patients.
- Provided emergency response during cardiac arrests or other life-threatening situations utilizing advanced life support measures when required.
- Contributed to successful weaning from mechanical ventilation by optimizing oxygenation strategies tailored to each individual''s needs.
- Worked with patients to administer aerosolized respiratory medications and chest percussion treatments to improve breathing.
Therapy - RRT
Preferred health care
05.2024 - 08.2024
- Responsibilities:
- Facility Type - Home Health
- Agency Name: N/A
- Job Type: Permanent
- Verified proper set-up of ventilators for both adult and pediatric patients.
- Served as a liaison between patients, families, physicians, and nursing staff to ensure clear communication of treatment plans.
- Educated patients and families on proper use of respiratory equipment and techniques for managing respiratory disorders to improve patient outcomes.
Therapy - RRT
Adapt Health
09.2023 - 04.2024
- Job Type: permanent
- DME/Home health
- Educated patients and families on respiratory health, disease prevention, and lifestyle modifications.
- Collaborated with interdisciplinary teams for optimal patient care and treatment planning.
- Responsibilities:
- Facility Type - Home Health
- Make sure current patients' RXs are all up to date with proper settings.
- Responsible for the company's respiratory home medical equipment.
- Setting up home respiratory equipment in patients' homes.
- Teaching and educating patient caretakers on how to properly manage the device when patients go home from hospital.
Therapy - RRT
HonorHealth John C. Lincoln Medical Center
07.2022 - 11.2023
- Number of Hospital Beds: 258
- Trauma Level: Level I
- Responsibilities:
- Facility Type - Short Term Acute Care
- Read/verify all orders, perform & measure arterial blood gases, and review patient information for any necessary changes to current therapies.
- Set up and operate devices such as mechanical ventilators, therapeutic gas administration apparatus, environmental control systems, and aerosol generators
Therapy - RRT
Surprise healthcare and rehabilitation
01.2022 - 05.2023
- Responsibilities:
- Facility Type - Rehabilitation
- Run EKGs and recognize all hemodynamic changes.
- Answer call lights and respond promptly to pulse ox alarms.
- Provide trach care as well as change out trach every 90 days or earlier if needed.
- Agency Name: N/A
- Job Type: PRN
Therapy - RRT
Covenant Medical Center
06.2021 - 12.2021
- Responsibilities:
- Facility Type - Short-Term Acute Care
- Level 1 Trauma faciltity
- Travel assignment
- Provided emergency care including artificial respiration, external cardiac massage and assistance with cardiopulmonary resuscitation
- Read prescription, measured arterial blood gases, and reviewed patient information
- Set up and operated devices such as mechanical ventilators, therapeutic gas administration apparatus, environmental control systems, and aerosol generators
- Aided physicians with various procedures such as bronchoscopies, ventilator management, and intubations.
- Consistently responded within time limits to requests for respiratory assessments.
- Delivered treatment for patients experiencing chronic and acute respiratory illnesses by conducting assessments and providing diagnoses.
Therapy - RRT
Rehoboth McKinley Christian Health Care Services
11.2020 - 06.2021
- Acute care facility
- Level 2 trauma center
- Job Type: Travel
- Responsibilities:
- Read prescription, measured arterial blood gases, and review patient information
- Set up and operate devices such as mechanical ventilators, therapeutic gas administration apparatus, environmental control systems, and aerosol generators
- ICU therapist using PB Vents and V60 bi paps
- Agency Name: TRS Healthcare
- Administered oxygen therapy, aerosol therapy and inhalation therapy to improve patients' breathing and lung function.
- Collaborated with physicians and other healthcare professionals to develop and implement patient treatment plans.
- Performed bronchial hygiene techniques to remove mucus and secretions from patient lungs and improve lung function.
Therapy - RRT
HonorHealth John C. Lincoln Medical Center
10.2018 - 10.2020
- Responsibilities:
- Facility Type - Short-Term Acute Care
- Level 1 trauma center/Pediatric ER
- Job Type: Permanent
- Performed arterial blood gas analysis and assisted in bronchoscopies.
- Maintained patient charts and information, strictly adhering to HIPAA laws and privacy guidelines.
- Provided emergency response during cardiac arrests or other life-threatening situations utilizing advanced life support measures when required.
- Contributed to successful weaning from mechanical ventilation by optimizing oxygenation strategies tailored to each individual''s needs.
- Worked with patients to administer aerosolized respiratory medications and chest percussion treatments to improve breathing.
- Verified proper set-up of ventilators for both adult and pediatric patients.
- Provide nebulizer and MDI treatments.
- Obtain and process ABGs both with and without ultrasound.
- Set up and run all required quality checks on multiple ventilators primarily Hamilton and Servo-I.
- Transport ventilated patients to and from all diagnostic imaging exams utilizing ETCO2 monitoring.
Therapy - RRT
Concentric Healthcare
10.2016 - 10.2018
- Responsibilities:
- Worked in Home Health Care
- Job Type: Registry
- Read prescription, measure arterial blood gases, and review patient information
- Set up and operate devices such as mechanical ventilators, therapeutic gas administration apparatus, environmental control systems, and aerosol generators
- Agency Name: Concentric
- Evaluated patient response to respiratory treatments and revised care plans accordingly.
- Provided antibiotics, bronchodilators, and anti-inflammatory medications with hand-held nebulizers, metered-dose inhalers and positive pressure equipment.
- Administered various medications through aerosolized treatments ensuring proper dosages were delivered accurately to patients.
Therapy - RRT
Immediate Respiratory Staffers
03.2013 - 06.2018
- Responsibilities:
- Job Type: Permanent
- Monitor patients physiological responses to therapy
- Read prescription, measured arterial blood gases, and review patient information
- Agency Name: Immediate respiratory staffers
- Managed and operated mechanical ventilators to deliver airway management.
- Adjusted ventilator settings based on continuous assessment of blood gas analysis results improving overall ventilation efficacy for critically ill patients.
- Served as a liaison between patients, families, physicians, and nursing staff to ensure clear communication of treatment plans.
- Educated patients and families on respiratory health, disease prevention, and lifestyle modifications.
- Maintained patient charts and information, strictly adhering to HIPAA laws and privacy guidelines.
- Provided emergency response during cardiac arrests or other life-threatening situations utilizing advanced life support measures when required.
- Contributed to successful weaning from mechanical ventilation by optimizing oxygenation strategies tailored to each individual''s needs.
- Worked with patients to administer aerosolized respiratory medications and chest percussion treatments to improve breathing.
Education
Associates Degree - Respiratory therapist
Carrington College
Mesa, Arizona10.2010
Skills
- Respiratory Care Practitioner/RRT with over 10 years of experience working in Home Health, Rehabilitation & Short Term Acute Care Facilities
- Worked in ER and ICU with Trauma Levels 1,2
- Patient Age Group - Pediatric, Adolescent, and Adult patients
- License - Active - NBRC, State RCP - AR, NM Ok AZ TX & IL
- Certificate - Active AHA- BLS, ACLS ( Comfortable to renew PALS)
- EMR system - EPIC, Meditech, Cerner
- Covid Vaccinated / Flu exemption
- Airway management
- Arterial blood gas analysis
- Non-invasive ventilation
- Tracheostomy care
- Continuous positive airway pressure
- Bronchial hygiene
- Cardiopulmonary resuscitation
- Respiratory equipment setup
- Respiratory medication administration
- Ethics and professionalism
- Patient education
- Nitric oxide therapy
- Home care support
- Pulmonary rehabilitation
- Pediatric respiratory care
- Ventilator management
- Equipment maintenance and troubleshooting
- Oxygen therapy
- Strong clinical judgment
- Caring bedside manner
- Emergency medical care
- Treatment administration
- Equipment setup
Timeline
Therapy - RRT
OSF Saint Francis Medical Center
08.2024 - 07.2025
Therapy - RRT
Preferred health care
05.2024 - 08.2024
Therapy - RRT
Adapt Health
09.2023 - 04.2024
Therapy - RRT
HonorHealth John C. Lincoln Medical Center
07.2022 - 11.2023
Therapy - RRT
Surprise healthcare and rehabilitation
01.2022 - 05.2023
Therapy - RRT
Covenant Medical Center
06.2021 - 12.2021
Therapy - RRT
Rehoboth McKinley Christian Health Care Services
11.2020 - 06.2021
Therapy - RRT
HonorHealth John C. Lincoln Medical Center
10.2018 - 10.2020
Therapy - RRT
Concentric Healthcare
10.2016 - 10.2018
Therapy - RRT
Immediate Respiratory Staffers
03.2013 - 06.2018
Associates Degree - Respiratory therapist
Carrington College
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