Patti DeJuilio

Respiratory Care Services and Sleep Center, Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital

How point of care blood gas testing transformed one hospital’s respiratory care services

Hear about one hospital department’s transition to point of care blood gas testing and the impact it has had during the COVID-19 pandemic. In this video, Patti DeJuilio, clinical director of respiratory care services and Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital’s sleep center, describes the clinical and operational benefits that point of care blood gas analysis has had on patient care.



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Patti DeJuilio

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Patti DeJuilio, MS, RRT-ACCS, NPS, is Clinical Director of Respiratory Care Services and the Sleep Center at Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital. More

Patti DeJuilio

Respiratory Care Services and Sleep Center, Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital

Patti DeJuilio, MS, RRT-ACCS, NPS, is Clinical Director of Respiratory Care Services and the Sleep Center at Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital. She is a credentialed neonatal/pediatric and adult critical care specialist, and earned a master’s in respiratory care from Rush University. She earned the Six Sigma Green Belt in project management. She has 37 years of experience in Respiratory Care at Northwestern Medicine. Patti has published and presented her work on ventilator-acquired pneumonia reduction, ventilator weaning with early mobility, multidisciplinary teams improve outcomes, open design mask use, improved outcomes with the use of point of care blood gas testing, as well as several other topics. Patti is passionate about consistent, evidenced-based best practices to reduce variance and improve quality of results, department costs, and patient outcomes.