Morgan Padilla
Critical Care Registered Respiratory Therapist practicing since 2019, with specialized experience in air medical and critical care transport. Experienced in rotor-wing, fixed-wing, and critical care ground operations with advanced skills in airway management, mechanical ventilation, emergency procedures, medication and blood product administration, and stabilization of critically ill and injured patients. RRT-ACCS and NREMT credentialed with experience across adult, pediatric, neonatal, emergency, and critical care populations. Proven ability to perform effectively in high-acuity, time-sensitive environments requiring independent clinical judgment and multidisciplinary collaboration.
Work History
Flight Respiratory Therapist
- Provide advanced critical and respiratory care during rotor-wing, fixed-wing, and ground transports of all ages.
- Perform advanced procedures including IV/IO access, medication and blood product administration, emergency airway interventions, and trauma stabilization.
- Manage critically ill patients requiring continuous infusions, vasoactive medications, sedation, hemodynamic monitoring, and advanced cardiopulmonary support.
- Rapidly assess and stabilize high-acuity patients while collaborating with flight nurses, physicians, EMS, pilots, and receiving facilities
Travel Registered Respiratory Therapist
4 Months- Intubate/Extubate
- Manage Ventilators
Travel Registered Respiratory Therapist
6 Months- Place arterial lines
- Intubate/Extubate
- Manage ventilators
Registered Respiratory Therapist
2 Years- Bronchoscopies, as well as bronchial alveolar lavage procedures.
- Intubating/extubating.
- Managing ventilators, as well as monitoring and changing ventilator settings based off patients’ acid base status, and dynamic and static compliance.
- Arterial blood gases.
- Assessing and monitoring patients in acute conditions within a wide variety of age groups.
- Administering aerosol inhalation therapy, bronchopulmonary drainage, assisting with breathing exercises.
- I have recent and ongoing NICU experience.
- Level 1 trauma experience.
Float Respiratory Therapist
- Assessed patient respiratory status and adjusted therapy plans per physician orders
- Administered oxygen therapy, nebulized medications, and airway clearance treatments
- Monitored ventilator settings and responded to changes in patient condition
Education
Associate of Science - Respiratory Therapist
Skills
Certification
RRT-ACCS
NREMT
BLS | ACLS | PALS | NRP
S.T.A.B.L.E.
TNCC / TPATC
Air Medical Resource Management (AMRM)
Night Vision Goggle (NVG) Training
Air Medical Survival Training
Advanced Mechanical Ventilation Training
Air Medical & Transport Safety Training
Critical Care Simulation Training
Accomplishments
250+ Critical Care Transports
Affiliations
- Maintained membership through the American Association of Respiratory Care.
- A proud member of the National Honor Society.