Casey Kienoski

Seeking an opportunity as a Respiratory Therapist where I can contribute my diverse knowledge, skills, and strong work ethic to the continued success of your organization/hospital. I am a hard-working individual ready and willing to carry on a positive attitude in order to provide outstanding patient care.

Respiratory therapist - Cynet Health, travel assignment company - Presnow-Isleta, Albuquerque, NM

(2026-01 - 2026-07)

• Nebulized breathing treatments & MDIs with spacers
• Set-up bipap and ventilators for patients
• Helped in code blue situations
• Set-up High Flow Nasal Cannula for adult and pediatric patients
• Assisted MDs with intubations and was there to back up MDs with difficult airways
• ECG performed
• Patient assessment
• Chart vital signs
• Roomed patients
• Discharged patients
• ED acknowledgement form signed
• Transport patients
• Triage patients
• Started IV's and removed IV's
• Drew labs & started fluids on patients
• Executed provider orders and instructions
• Gave splints and crutches to patients with sprains
• Performed wound care and sutured patient's wound
• Helped nurses with their assignments and other staff
• Triaged patients outside at our drive-thru tent
• Responded to rapid triage calls
• Strep/Flu & Covid swabbed patients
• Accurate charting on Epic and proper charges applied

Lead Rt - Lovelace woman's Hospital - Albuquerque, NM

(2025-04 - 2026-03)

• DCT/ Lead therapist experience
• Did the count and placed the assignments in for day and night therapist
• Helped fellow RTs with assignments and with computer charting
• Trained in med-surg, adult ICU
• NICU trained
• Performed ABG's on ICU/ED patients
• Performed nebulized breathing treatments in ER, med-surg, ICU and NICU
• Instructed patients on proper technique for nebulized treatment and IS
• Set bipap, ventilators, HLNC, bubble cpap for neonatal patients
• Performed ECG on pre-op and post-op patients
• Protocolled frequency of nebulized treatments as patients recovered from their disease
• Helped with high-risk deliveries. I.e., gave stimulation & dried patient, gave cpap, and oxygen to neonatal who need a little extra support
• Performed oxygen, ventilator and bipap/cpap checks per frequency
• Performed skin integrity checks per hospital protocol
• Help at LMC [Lovelace medical center] on Covid floors with ventilated & bipap patients during the first serge
• Helped prone and supine patients with Covid
• Helped with code blue situations
• Intubated patients
• Cleaned, set up Bipap, HFJV, HFNC and SST ventilators
• Performed NOx Box checks and titrated INO
• Accurate charting on Epic and proper charges applied

Clinical instructor - Central New Mexico community college - CNM, Albuquerque, NM

(2024-01 - 2025-01)

• Instructed students how to assess a patient
• Instructed students how to assess a ventilator/NIV
• Instructed students on how to do trach care
• Instructed students on how to do a vent check
• Instructed students on how to do CPT
• Instructed students on how to do neb tx and mdi's
• Instructed students on how to clean and set a vent
• Instructed students on how properly document on Cerner charting system

Respiratory Therapist - University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM - Trauma One Hospital

(2022-06 - 2026-01)

Part time [0.6]=PRN

• Trained in Med-surg, Adult ICU, ED & PED's ED, PICU, NICU, General ped's floor
• Nebulized breathing treatments & MDIs with spacers
• Set-up bipap and ventilators for patients
• Cared for the airway in code blue situations
• Responded to Code blue situation in the ER w/ proper equipment
• Set-up High Flow Nasal Cannula for adult and pediatric patients
• Assisted MDs with intubations and was there to back up MDs with difficult airways
• Set up, administered, managed & maintained nitric oxide [Ino] machine via the Ventilator, bipap[NIV], HFNC
• Performed CPT on adult, pediatric
• Assisted RN's with their patient's care
• Assisted other RT's with their assignments and with any questions they had
• Cleaned and set-up equipment
• Performed ABG's
• Gave proper and accurate report at shift change
• Accurate charting on Cerner and proper charges applied

Respiratory Therapist - Presbyterian Main Hospital - Albuquerque, NM

(2021-09 - 2023-06)

full-time

• Trained in Med-surg, Adult ICU, PICU, NICU & ER
• Nebulized breathing treatments & MDIs with spacers
• Set-up bipap and ventilators for patients
• Cared for the airway in code blue situations
• Responded to Code blue situation in the ER w/ proper equipment
• Set-up High Flow Nasal Cannula for adult and pediatric patients
• Assisted MDs with intubations and was there to back up MDs with difficult airways
• Administered chest tube lytics
• Set up, administered and maintained Epoprostenol via HFNC, NIV, & Ventilator
• Set up, administered and maintained nitric oxide [INO] machine
• Performed CPT on adult, pediatric and neonatal patients
• Administered Surfactant to neonatal patients
• Assisted RNs with their patient's care
• Assisted other RTs with their assignments and with any questions they had
• Cleaned and set-up equipment
• Performed ABG's
• Accurate charting on Epic and proper charges applied

Respiratory Therapist - Pressnow [Paseo] - Albuquerque, NM

(2019-10 - 2021-09)

full-time

• Nebulized breathing treatments & MDIs with spacers
• Set-up bipap and ventilators for patients
• Helped in code blue situations
• Set-up High Flow Nasal Cannula for adult and pediatric patients
• Assisted MDs with intubations and was there to back up MDs with difficult airways
• ECG performed
• Patient assessment
• Chart vital signs
• Roomed patients
• Discharged patients
• ED acknowledgement form signed
• Transport patients
• Triage patients
• Started IV's and removed IV's
• Drew labs & started fluids on patients
• Executed provider orders and instructions
• Gave splints and crutches to patients with sprains
• Performed wound care and sutured patient's wound
• Helped nurses with their assignments and other staff
• Triaged patients outside at our drive-thru tent
• Responded to rapid triage calls
• Strep/Flu & Covid swabbed patients
• Accurate charting on Epic and proper charges applied

Respiratory Therapist - Lovelace woman's Hospital - Albuquerque, NM

(2020-01 - 2022-06)

Part-time-PRN

• Trained in med-surg, ICU
• Some NICU training
• Performed ABG's on ICU/ED patients
• Performed nebulized breathing treatments in ER, med-surg, ICU and NICU
• Instructed patients on proper technique for nebulized treatment and IS
• Set bipap, ventilators, HLNC, bubble cpap for neonatal patients
• Performed ECG on pre-op and post-op patients
• Protocolled frequency of nebulized treatments as patients recovered from their disease
• Assisted other RTs with their assignments
• Helped with high-risk deliveries. I.e., gave stimulation & dried patient, gave cpap, and oxygen to neonatal who need a little extra support
• Performed oxygen, ventilator and bipap/cpap checks per frequency
• Performed skin integrity checks per hospital protocol
• Help at LMC on Covid floors with ventilated & bipap patients
• Helped prone and supine patients with Covid
• Help with code blue situations
• Intubated patients
• Cleaned, set up Bipap, HFJV, HFNC and SST ventilators
• Performed NOx Box checks and titrated INO
• Accurate charting on Epic and proper charges applied

Registered Respiratory Therapist (RRT) - Jewish Hospital - Louisville, KY

(2018-04 - 2019-10)

Full-time [nights]

• DCT/ Lead therapist experience
• Did the count and placed the assignments in for day and night therapist
• Helped fellow RTs with assignments and with computer charting
• Areas of experience ICU, ER and MED Surge areas/floods
• intubations, assisted with intubations, extubated patients [terminally and planned extubations]
• set up ventilators, adjusted ventilator settings, suctions patients inline and orally, cleaned and tested ventilators
• Cleaned and set up ventilators, high flow nasal cannula [airvo2], and bipaps
• nebulized medicine in line with the vent circuit and with hand held nebulizers, set up 1 hour long continuous nebulized treatments in the ER
• PT with a vest and with a pneumatic precursor, and a specialty bed
• ABG collection
• assisted in code blue situations, I.e., compressions and airway management
• set up bipap/cpap machines, placed and adjusted bipap/cpap mask on patient
• helped patients set up and place home mask on themselves
• transported patients to CT and MRI on a transport ventilator
• set up flolan medicine pumps and nitric oxide
• instructed patients on the use of IS and acapellas
• Knowledge of Cerner power charting

Respiratory Therapist - Norton's children's Hospital - Louisville, KY

(2019-03 - 2019-10)

PRN [nights]

• CPT with specialty beds, vest, wraps, and precursor
• Administer aerosol breathing treatments with frequencies of continuous, Q2, Q3, Q4, Q6
• Picu and med-surg floor experience
• Placed patients on trach collar and placed patients on home trilogy and home bipap/cpap
• Performed oral care and trach care
• Replaced circuits and low water bags for humidity
• Checked and weaned Vapotherms and high flow nasal cannula
• I-stat trained and EKG
• Epic charting

Clinical - Doctors Hospital Medical Center of Montclair

(2017-04 - 2017-04)

Clinical - Redlands Community Hospital

(2017-09 - 2017-09)

Clinical - Kaiser Permanente of Fontana

(2017-11 - 2017-11)