ABDIRASHID AHMED
Saint Paul
Summary
Enthusiastic registered respiratory therapist dedicated to achieving superior patient outcomes while participating as a member of a multidisciplinary medical team.
Overview
15
15
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Registered Respiratory Therapist
HealthEast Care System St. John's Hospital
04.2010 - Current
- Overseas RT when designated as charge.
- Precepts new RTs, always emphasizing competency and efficiency over mere memorization and application of therapies.
- Efficacious and timely patient evaluation and monitoring of treatment interventions: efficacies of various ventilator modes in an honest attempt at liberation from ETT in the ICU; efficacies of various bronchial hygiene, lung expansive therapies, and nebulizers/inhalers on the floors in honest attempt at decreasing hospital length of stay.
- Proficient and efficient in airway managementgoal always being: patent, natural airway. Lately, come to love the use of LMA VS King/Combitube in emergent situations; recent research is showing positive results.
- Effectively manages mechanical ventilators, including advanced modes, i.e. Bilevel, Nitric Oxide, HFO; extensive knowledge in the operation and trouble shooting of PB840, Esprit, Engstrm Carestation, and Drager mechanical ventilators.
Chronic Pulmonary Disease Specialist
M Health FairviewU Of M Medical Center
05.2019 - 12.2023
- Reduced unnecessary and potentially preventable hospital readmissions.
- Member of a team that cut UMMC's COPD readmission rate from 27% down to 14.7% in just three years.
- Coordinated program referrals for community-based resources.
- Organized clinical documentation, treatment plans, and referrals.
- Documented case notes daily and coordinated follow-up for seamless case management.
- Coordinated individualized discharge plans to manage safe transition back into community and home environments.
- Provided ongoing counseling to help patients deal with conditions and processes
- Worked with medical teams, patients and families to implement effective treatment plans.
- Updated treatment plans on monthly basis with latest intervention strategies and progress notes.
Staff Registered Respiratory Therapist
Mayo Clinic
09.2011 - 12.2015
- Reduced unnecessary and potentially preventable hospital readmissions.
- Member of a team that cut UMMC's COPD readmission rate from 27% down to 14.7% in just three years.
- Coordinated program referrals for community-based resources.
- Organized clinical documentation, treatment plans, and referrals.
- Documented case notes daily and coordinated follow-up for seamless case management.
- Coordinated individualized discharge plans to manage safe transition back into community and home environments.
- Provided ongoing counseling to help patients deal with conditions and processes
- Worked with medical teams, patients and families to implement effective treatment plans.
- Updated treatment plans on monthly basis with latest intervention strategies and progress notes.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Respiratory Therapy
University Of Minnesota
Rochester, MN2010
Associate of Applied Science - Pre-med and respiratory
Normandale Community College
Bloomington, MN2008
Skills
- Competent in relational, situational, inter-personal, non-verbal, written, and oral communication
- Profoundly value collaboration (how you do or say something is astronomically more important than what you do or say)
- Competent and efficient in advanced critical care/clinical judgments in all care areas of the hospital: ED, floors, NICU, and general care floors
- Operating Epic
- ECG
- Exuberant personality, very adoptable conceptually and contextually, intellectually flexible; always a source of ideas but also equally accepting and receptive to other's ideas and input System-minded attitude; understanding healthcare is a collaborative initiative
- Effectively collaborate with hospital, emergency, and critical care medicine, always working towards more synergistic, mutual and total respect, and harmonious work environment for all staff
Affiliations
- Member of AARC, MBRC
- President and soccer Coach, Somali American Youth Enrichment Club, SAYEC; a 401 (c) 3 non-profit organization serving the youths of underprivileged and underserved communities by providing tutoring, leadership training, community service volunteering, recreational and competitive soccer programs. Won Minnesota Youth Soccer Association "Volunteer of the Year Award" 2018 and 2019 .
Certification
CRT, RRT, BLS, ACLS,NRP, State of MN RCP license,
Certified Tobacco Treatment Specialist, COPD Educator
Additional Information
- Chronic Disease management, decreasing hospital length of stay and preventing unnecessary and costly readmissions.
- Comprehensive smoking cessation interventions
- Public and community health issues as they relate to healthcare delivery and utilizationpreventative medicine emphasis vs. disease management as is the case for the current healthcare model.
Timeline
Chronic Pulmonary Disease Specialist
M Health FairviewU Of M Medical Center
05.2019 - 12.2023
Staff Registered Respiratory Therapist
Mayo Clinic
09.2011 - 12.2015
Registered Respiratory Therapist
HealthEast Care System St. John's Hospital
04.2010 - Current
Bachelor of Science - Respiratory Therapy
University Of Minnesota
Associate of Applied Science - Pre-med and respiratory
Normandale Community College
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