Well-qualified healthcare professional adept at undertaking a range of clinical support functions. Participates in continuous quality improvement initiatives to enhance the quality of patient care and of the practice. Motivated, team-oriented and enthusiastic about using skills to support company success.
Assisted anesthesia personnel with insertion and setup of temporary pacemakers, catheters, invasive monitoring lines and central lines for hemodynamic monitoring.
Maintained and cleaned anesthesia machines by changing soda-lime, refilling vaporizers with anesthetic agents and replacing nitrous, oxygen and air cylinders.
Pretested and calibrated anesthesia delivery systems and monitors.
Scheduled repairs for malfunctioning equipment and kept accurate records of all medical components and machines for optimal efficiency.
Positioned patients to achieve properly support for spinals, epidurals and other procedures.
Verified availability of operating room supplies, medications and gases.
Assisted with airway management interventions, tracheal intubation, and ventilatory support.
Stocked anesthesia supplies in anesthetizing locations, fiber optic carts, ploss carts and emergency airway bags.
Assisted with transports of invasively monitored O.R. and I.C.U. patients.
Accessed and reviewed safety data sheets (SDS) of hazardous materials and latex allergy items used in anesthetizing location.
Followed infection control procedures to maintain cleanliness of anesthesia monitors and apparatuses.
Provided high level of support and assistance to physicians and nursing staff.
Handled emergency situations by stepping in to perform CPR on patients until anesthesiologist arrived.
Provided high level of support and assistance to physicians and nursing staff.
10/2008 to 08/2020
Patient Care AssistantArdent Health Services – Pryor, OK,
• Followed all hospital policies and procedures and complied with local, state and federal agency and accrediting body guidelines.
Assisted in obtaining and documenting vital signs and placement of oxygen saturation, cardiac monitoring and non-invasive blood pressure monitoring systems.
Received direction and assignments from physicians and nurses, providing efficient technical support to optimize patient care.
Worked with nurses to assess patients and prepare for tests and procedures.
Assisted doctors with examinations
Collected basic samples, labeled specimens properly and transferred to laboratory for testing.
Measured and fit crutches and canes, instructing patients on proper use of support devices.
Administered basic wound care, insertion of Foley catheters
Quickly responded to codes and cardiac monitor alarms.
Assisted with resuscitation, CPR and emergency airway procedures.
Decontaminated and sanitized all equipment, instruments and supplies.
Utilized hospital beds and wheelchairs to transport patients throughout hospital.
Used EPIC to maintain records of patient care, condition and progress.
Measured and fit crutches and canes and instructed patients on proper crutch and cane walking.
Set up orthopedic fracture tables for casting procedures and applied variety of plaster and fiberglass casting, splints, braces, and soft goods .
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