Charles Foyt, RRT-NPS, RPFT

Respiratory Care Practitioner

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Charles H. Foyt II, RRT-NPS, RPFT, RCP

 

P.O. Box 1782

 

Euless, Texas 76039-1782

 

E-mail: chfoyt.rrt@gmail.com

 

 

 

OBJECTIVE:

 

 

Seeking a progressive position as a professional in a top-rated hospital in an environment characterized by mutual respect and trust as well as individual empowerment. Able to practice in a stimulating and challenging setting where respiratory therapists are an integral part of the interdisciplinary teams and operate as fully incorporated members of the care teams with ability to implement therapist-driven protocols.

 

 

 

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:

 

Employ strong critical thinking skills, decisive judgment, and ability to work with minimal supervision, ability to work in stressful environment and take appropriate actions in volatile situations. Committed to providing high quality compassionate care in a friendly environment. Possess a strong commitment to customer service and desire an opportunity for personal growth and development. Effective leadership, management, delegation, and listening skills. Approachable, knowledgeable about subject matter, possess a caring attitude, make self available to help, clear and organized, have a good sense of humor. Ability to put patients and staff at ease in all clinical settings. Comfortable with Windows, MS Word, Power Point, Outlook, Excel, Internet browsers, e-mail and experience with electronic information and documentation systems. Self-motivated and detail oriented, strong analytical and problem solving skills. Enjoy working with and helping others. Confident and reliable with an ability to multi-task. Highly committed and skilled caregiver and appreciate leading-edge technologies as well as time-honored traditions.

 

 

 

 

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY:

 

 

 

REGISTERED RESPIRATORY THERAPIST, RRT-NPS, RPFT, RCP

 

PRO-MED RESOURCES INC., Carrollton, Texas

 

RESPIRATORY ASSOCIATES OF TEXAS, Arlington, Texas

 

INGENIUM RESOURCE STAFFING INC., Arlington, Texas

 

ELITE MEDICAL STAFFING, Garland, Texas

 

 

 

Provide as needed Respiratory Care Practitioner staffing to D/FW Metroplex hospitals. Responsibilities include the administration of all phases of respiratory care to general and critical care patients including ICU and ventilator patient responsibilities. Provide treatment, care and evaluation for patients with respiratory insufficiencies, initiate respiratory care on protocol patients, and attend all critical care team activations in addition to routine care. Tasks include EzPAP, IPPB, BiPAP, arterial punctures, tracheostomy care, oxygen and aerosol administration, Vest chest physiotherapy and secretion clearance including flutter devices and Accapella. Documentation of therapy and efficacy of treatments. Sensitive to patients' physical and psychological needs. Pay attention to detail, follow instructions, and work as part of a team.

 

 

 

REGISTERED RESPIRATORY THERAPIST, RRT, RCP

 

ST DAVID'S SOUTH AUSTIN HOSPITAL, Austin, Texas

 

Employed in acute care setting performing respiratory treatments, ventilator care and fast track protocol weaning of post cardiac surgical patients in Critical Care Unit and Open Heart/ Cardiovascular ICU's including medical, surgical, and pulmonary patients. Responsible for planned extubations and assisted with intubations. Perform respiratory care modalities including assessment, management, and intervention in care of adult patients. Performed arterial line draws, arterial puncture and analysis, oxygen delivery, aerosol medication delivery, bronchial hygiene therapy, EzPaP, IPPB, simple spirometery, record electrocardiograms, Holter monitor application and patient charging. Respond to emergency and critical care situations, performed CPR, ACLS and manual resuscitation. Performed a variety of duties related to setting up, operating, troubleshooting, cleaning, sterilizing, and storing respiratory therapy equipment. Educated patients and family members regarding care plans and provided age and culturally appropriate care. Worked with other healthcare team members as needed to facilitate quality patient care. Document treatments and patient response to respiratory interventions. Knowledge of ventilation and aerosol techniques. Worked with Siemens Servo-i, Puritan Bennet 7200 series and 740 ventilators, Respironics Vision and BiPAP ST/D.

 

 

 

REGISTERED RESPIRATORY THERAPIST, RRT-NPS, RCP

 

RESPIRATORY ASSOCIATES OF TEXAS, Arlington, Texas

 

Provide supplemental staffing as RRT-NPS, RCP. Worked in twelve hospitals performing all respiratory procedures as needed. Primarily staffed ICU and NICU as therapist specializing in care of patients with acute and chronic disease process.  Skilled in acute care and critical care areas. Assignments included coverage as sole RCP in active community hospitals on weekend nights to daily staffing as ICU therapist in busy SICU, MICU and Level III NICU. In NICU ability to manage neonatal resuscitation, attend high risk deliveries and intubate. Experienced with conventional ventilation, oscillators and surfactant administration. Responsible for ventilator management, airway maintenance, medication delivery and ongoing respiratory care for patients including invasive and non-invasive ventilation and care following extubation.  Other duties included ETCO2 monitoring, TCPO2 monitoring, EKG's, arterial punctures, arterial line draws, ABG's and lab quality controls, tracheostomy care and management, patient, family and staff education, staffing of  ER, Labor and Delivery, pediatric and adult general care and specialty areas. Safely and effectively setup, modify and troubleshoot equipment, knowledge of safe handling of gas tanks and related respiratory equipment Familiar with several different charting and computer systems used in respiratory care including Clinivision, Mediserve, and Meditech. Work with other healthcare team members as needed to facilitate quality patient care. Performed a wide variety of respiratory care modalities. Worked with Puritan Bennet 840, 7200 series, Drager Evita 4, Respironics Breeze, Drager Babylog 8000 and Babylog 2000, Sensormedics 3100-A and 3100-B High Frequency Oscillators, VIP Bird Gold Series, Sechrist IV 100-B, Infant Star, Infant Star HFFI, Infant Star 500, Bear Cub. Seimens Servo 300. Well versed in airway graphics monitoring and scalar waveform interpretation.

 

 

 

REGISTERED RESPIRATORY THERAPIST, RRT, RCP, PSGT I

 

SCOTT & WHITE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, Temple, Texas

 

Started as Senior RRT working in adult general care areas providing non-invasive respiratory care to adult patients and worked in the Level III NICU for one month. Used established respiratory care algorithms for assessment of patient, selection of treatments and medication delivery and delivery devices, used various treatment modalities including oxygen and aerosolized medication delivery, metered dose inhaler therapy, secretion clearance techniques, CPAP/BiPAP delivery, and flow generators. Active in patient education regarding disease process. In NICU responsible for attending high risk deliveries, resuscitation, initiation of ventilator care and continued monitoring of ventilator patient interface including documentation, surfactant replacement therapy, airway management, suctioning, extubation, NCPAP setup and weaning of premature infants and ongoing oxygen delivery and weaning of patients in high risk and low risk nurseries.  Operate NICU ABG and glucose lab. Transferred to sleep laboratory as RCP training as Polysomnographic Technician I to gain sleep medicine/neurodiagnostics experience. Performed single night and split-night sleep studies involving complete polysomnography (PSG) with patient hookup and NCPAP/BiPAP titration for OSAS and UARS. Used international 10-20 system for placement of monitoring electrodes.  Monitored sleep studies real-time, initiated NCPAP based on number of sleep disturbances and titrated NCPAP/BiPAP and oxygen for resolution of sleep disturbances and ensured accurate data collection and analysis. Maintained supplies and equipment troubleshoot data acquisition equipment, score PSG studies per guideline, respond to patient inquiries related to clinical studies and procedures. Fit CPAP masks as indicated for patient comfort and compliance.

 

 

 

REGISTERED RESPIRATORY THERAPIST, RRT-RPFT, RCP - Pulmonary Care Coordinator

 

HERMANN HOSPITAL, Houston, Texas

 

Trained and skilled in delivery of all types of respiratory care in all hospital settings. Provide all respiratory care setups and procedures as required. Provided ongoing ventilator management and care to patients in MICU, CVICU, Shock Trauma, BURNS, Transplant and Neurological ICUs', including invasive and non-invasive ventilation, medication administration and delivery of respiratory care interventions including inhaled nitric oxide (iNO) in the pediatric and adult ICU in conjunction with conventional ventilation and High Frequency Oscillatory Ventilation. Active in Level III Neonatal ICU and Pediatric ICU, extensive experienced in High Frequency Jet Ventilation (HFJV) and High Frequency Oscillatory Ventilation (HFOV) in the neonatal and pediatric patient. Performed surfactant replacement therapy. Delivery of treatments to neonates and pediatrics patients with asthma, cystic fibrosis, pneumonia, and other various respiratory conditions. Delivery of Pediatric ICU and general care from admission to discharge. Recognized as Perinatal-Pediatric Specialist by National Board for Respiratory Care. Five years neonatal-Pediatric ICU experience. Responsible for medication administration and delivery of respiratory care interventions. Types of treatments included: interpulmonary percussive ventilation (IPV), medication nebulizers, MDIs, incentive spirometery, chest physical therapy, setting up and monitoring BiPAP, helium-oxygen, and aerosol therapies. Worked in multi-place hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) chamber as inside observer during routine and emergency dives. Trained as ECMO Specialist and helped with the neonatal ECMO program. Worked closely with ECMO Coordinator and established clinical guidelines and competency testing for RRT's entering the ECMO program as ECMO Specialist. Other responsibilities included orientation of new respiratory therapy personnel and training them in hospital procedure. As Pulmonary Care Coordinator worked to ensure daily staffing of hospital and provided ongoing in-services to RCP's primarily in patient assessment and ventilator management. Responsible for staff supervision, coaching, counseling, training, clinical competency, testing and evaluating staff performance of respiratory therapists, made shift assignments and performed employee reviews. Six months experience as PCC. Worked with several adult ventilators: Emerson, PPG (Evita), Evita, Evita 2, PB 7200, MA-1, Newport Transport Vent, Bird 6400, Oxford Penlon, Siemens Servo 900 & 900 C, Bird VDR 4. In the  NICU and PICU worked with Bird VIP, Drager Babylog 2000, Siemens Servo 900C, Sensormedics HFOV 3100-B, Bunnell Jet Ventilator, Bear Cub, Infant Star, Infant Star HFFI, Infant Star 500, Sechrist IV-100 series. Used several different transport vents in the neonatal and adult population.

 

 

 

Certifications/Licenses/Credentials/Training    

 

TDSHS Respiratory Care Practitioner # 64712, Earned 05/19/2001, Expires 11/30/2007

 

TDH   Respiratory Care Practitioner # 56924, Earned 01/18/1990, Expired 11/30/2000

 

AHA CPR Provider Basic Life Support-Healthcare, Earned 01/17/2006, Expires 01/17/2008

 

AHA ACLS Provider Advanced Cardiac Life Support, Earned 02/27/2004, Expires 02/27/2006

 

AHA PALS Provider Pediatric Advanced Life Support, Earned 00/00/0000, Expires 00/00/0000

 

AHA NRP Provider Neonatal Resuscitation Program Earned 00/00/0000, Expires 00/00/0000

 

 

 

National Board for Respiratory Care Credentials:

 

NBRC RRT #41260, Registered Respiratory Therapist 06/06/1991

 

NBRC CRTT, Certified Respiratory Therapist Technician 11/10/1990 

 

NBRC RPFT, Registered Pulmonary Function Technologist 12/05/1992 

 

NBRC CPFT, Certified Pulmonary Function Technologist 06/06/1992

 

NBRC Perinatal Pediatric Specialist Examination 03/14/1992

 

NBRC RRT-NPS #41260, Registered Respiratory Therapist 01/01/2003

 

 

 

Special Training:

 

 

 

Polysomnography

 

Digital School of Health Sciences, Houston, Texas 10/31/2000

 

Comprehensive training Course in Sleep Disorders for Polysomnographic Technologists

 

 

 

ECMO Specialist

 

The Hermann Children's Hospital Training Program, Houston, Texas 06/04/1992

 

Extra Corporeal Membrane Oxygenation Specialist

 

ECMO Specialist Training Course

 

Hermann Children's ECMO Program

 

 

 

Hyperbaric Oxygenation

 

Hyperbaric Medicine Support, Inside Chamber Observer, Houston, Texas 00/00/1991

 

Hermann Hospital

 

 

 

Presentations:

 

 

 

High Frequency Jet Ventilation in The Pediatric Patient With Persistent Air Leak Syndrome

 

Abstract: Ninth Annual Conference of High Frequency Ventilation,  1992

 

Snowbird, Utah

 

 

 

Erroneous Measurements of Maximal Inspiratory Force

 

Scott & White Memorial Hospital Continuing Education Seminar, 2001

 

Temple, Texas 

 

 

 

Education:

 

Temple Junior College, Temple, Texas, Associate in Applied Science diploma 1990

 

Respiratory Care

 

Temple Junior College, Temple, Texas, Associate in Arts diploma 1980

 

General Studies

 

Temple High School, Temple, Texas, High School diploma 1972

 

General Studies

 

 

 

Employment Contacts:

 

 

 

Pro-Med Staffing

 

1101 South Broadway

Suite 230-
b

 

Carrollton, Texas 75006

 

(972) 492-4996

 

Paul Maust

 

 

 

Respiratory Associates of Texas

 

P.O. Box 1304

 

Arlington, Texas

 

(817) 469-7287

 

Keith Varnes

 

 

 

Ingenium Resource Staffing Inc.

 

1414 W. Randol Mill Rd. Suite 202

 

Arlington, Texas 76012

 

(817) 461-6543

 

Joe Horn

 

 

 

Elite Medical Staffing

 

4646 Elderberry Dr.

 

Garland, Texas 75043

 

(972) 240-8587

 

Carla DeWitt

 

 

 

St. David's South Austin Hospital

 

901 West Ben White Blvd.

 

Austin, Texas

 

(512) 447-2211

 

Robert Devore

 

 

 

Scott & White Memorial Hospital

 

2401 South 31st Street

 

Temple, Texas 76508-0002

 

(254) 724-2111

 

John Kimble

 

 

 

Hermann Hospital

 

6411 Fannin Street

 

Houston, Texas 77030-1501

 

(713) 704-4152

 

Mike Bernstein