Amber, RRT 🎃

She/Her. Mom, Respiratory Therapist, Seattleite. Leaves, Trees, Autumn, & Spring. Music.

[Amber, RRT 🎃 @RrtAmber]

@EM_RESUS I wish this wasn’t the truth, but it is.

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#rcweek2023

[Providence Swedish @ProvSwedish]

Providence Swedish Respiratory Therapist Amber Christensen shares her own experience as a caregiver for her late mother, and how that chapter of her life set her on the path to becoming a respiratory therapist.
https://t.co/o9urinblKm

#RespiratoryCareWeek #RespiratoryCare

[Providence Swedish @ProvSwedish]

Flu season is here! 🤒 We’re seeing a major surge of respiratory illnesses, including influenza and #RSV, in our hospitals and clinics. Amber Christensen, RRT, gives you five ways you can stay healthy this #flu season.

Learn more: https://t.co/MkFVzMQe62

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@calvinjburke This respiratory therapist is grateful for your kind words. ☀️

[Gabriel Bosslet @gbosslet]

Really? For me the most disturbing image was the husband and wife who died of refractory hypoxemia in the same ICU on the same day but to each their own I guess

[Lauren Driscoll @LaurieVogl]

#RespiratoryTherapists were on the front lines during the COVID pandemic, but did you know RTs are an essential part of the biopreparedness team? Pictured are examples of PPE worn to treat patients with COVID and Ebola.
https://t.co/ckw2Hj79QO #WorldNeedsMoreRTs #nbrcambassador

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@DaniAndi4 Perfection. And so exciting! 🧡

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@DaniAndi4 @DrDadSays Not mine, yet… but just yesterday I shuddered noticing the number of people coming in with it the last few days.

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@thanh_neville So many years. Thank you for sharing. I’ve just realized that so many of us are just now starting to talk about our experiences. It was other-worldly; a war-zone. It became familiar, and normal.. when it was everything but. I still cannot believe we went through it.

[Amber, RRT 🎃 @RrtAmber]

Iceland.

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@DocLarus The beauty of the landscape was overwhelming!

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@DocLarus I just got back too! This was my favorite- summer! 😀

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@AlanaKinrich The common theme I’m reading here is a doctor/ other high earner should tip more because the employer doesn’t pay a living wage and that employee relies on tips?

[Amber, RRT 🎃 @RrtAmber]

For me, 16 was first love, music that still moves me to this day. My first brush with mortality. When I discovered the beauty of the ocean, autumn leaves, and coffee.

My brain and heart is also still stuck in 16. All these years later.
(2/2)

[Amber, RRT 🎃 @RrtAmber]

“I still feel like a 16 year old in my mind. My body is a different story…”

I hear variations of this sentiment frequently in the ICU.

What strikes me is that people often go back to sweet 16. I hear it so often I’m taking note. Formative. Everlasting.
(1/2)

[hard feelings @thesadbaby]

the 1975 / somebody else

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“Your loved one is dying. Let’s make them comfortable.”

Too many times I’ve heard “do you want to make your loved one comfortable?” And “dying” is never used.

This creates confusion. Words matter. Precise words matter.

[Amber, RRT 🎃 @RrtAmber]

@AndijoTheRRT I made a special trip out to the Bridge of the Gods too, and stepped on to the PCT 😉

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@AndijoTheRRT I saw Wild right after my mom died and it haunted me. ❤️

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