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CERTIFIED SURGICAL FIRST ASSISTANT
Professional Summary

Focused and adaptable cardio thoracic and vascular surgical assistant with good vein harvesting skills. Team player who works well others. Very supportive of my surgeon and to training others.

Skills

Cardiovascular,Thoracic and Vascular assisting.

Vein Harvest: Most recently the Maquet Vasoview

system. I have in the past used Temuco Also I did minimally invasive vein harvest with the Saph Light system. And am very good in open harvest with bridging if the need arises.

  • Suturing
Work History
Certified Surgical First Assistant, 10/2019 to Current
Company Name – City, State

I transitioned to a private contractor working for Mercy Fort Smith. At this time Mercy had lost all of their permanent cardio thoracic surgeons in Fort Smith. I was hired as primary surgical assistant and to train a new assistant. Since that time I have worked with 7 different surgeons on a rotational basis. I have learned that while the end result is the same for all: the technique and what is used to get there is very different for each surgeon. This has made me more adaptable and a better assistant.

Skilled in Vein Harvest

  • Verified identity of patient or operative site.
  • Minimized surgical bleeding with skilled ligation and clamping of blood vessels.
  • Clamped, ligated or cauterized blood vessels to control bleeding during surgical entry using hemostatic clamps, suture ligatures or electrocautery equipment.
  • Kept views unobstructed by retracting, sponging and suctioning surgical sites.
  • Applied sutures, staples or other materials to close skin, facial or subcutaneous wound layers.
  • Along with the surgeon responded to emergency situations during procedures with life-saving aid.
  • Applied antiseptics and sterile dressings to cover surgical locations and boost healing.
Certified Surgical First Assistant, 06/2019 to 06/2019
Company Name – City, State
  • I did a short assignment for Locum Tenens in June 2019.I went to Portsmouth Ohio to fill in for an Assistant on medical leave. I worked with a group of three surgeons for 7 days. I did have the opportunity to work with all three surgeons. It was a great learning experience. I did surgical assisting and vein harvest.
  • Applied antiseptics and sterile dressings to cover surgical locations and boost healing.
  • Kept views unobstructed by retracting, sponging and suctioning surgical sites.
  • Minimized surgical bleeding with skilled ligation and clamping of blood vessels.
  • Applied sutures, staples or other materials to close skin, facial or subcutaneous wound layers.
  • Verified identity of patient or operative site.
  • Clamped, ligated or cauterized blood vessels to control bleeding during surgical entry using hemostatic clamps, suture ligatures or electrocautery equipment.
  • Along with the surgeon quickly responded to emergency situations during procedures with life-saving aid.
Certified Surgical First Assistant, 01/2018 to 10/2019
Company Name – City, State
  • I worked anytime they had two am surgery starts and took call with a group of three Cardio thoracic and vascular surgeons.
  • My duties included vein harvest for coronary artery bypass and femoral popliteal bypass surgeries, assisting on various surgeries as well as training vein harvest and assisting to other assistants.
  • Used haemostatic clamps, suture ligatures, and electrocautery equipment to control bleeding.
  • Used retractors, sponges and suctioning and irrigating equipment to create unobstructed operating fields.
  • Closed wounds using sutures, staples and other tools.
  • Pursued numerous learning opportunities in order to continuously expand core knowledge associated with surgical and technical procedures to advance patient care.
  • Punctual and reliable surgical assistant, no matter the time of day or night.
  • Exhibited confidence to work extremely well under pressure and with a variety of physicians of different temperaments.
  • Applied antiseptics and sterile dressings to cover surgical locations and boost healing.
  • Along with the surgeon quickly responded to emergency situations during procedures with life-saving aid.
  • Kept views unobstructed by retracting, sponging and suctioning surgical sites.
Certified Surgical First Assistant, 11/1994 to 12/2017
Company Name – City, State
  • I worked over this 24 years with many cardio thoracic and vascular surgeons.
  • Surgeons came and went during this time but I was a constant.
  • I assisted many surgeons during their early years just out of training.
  • I also helped to train other assistants to assist and vein harvest.
  • The last 15 years or so I have worked with a single surgeon at this clinic.
  • My work experience involved the evolution of vein harvest.
  • I am well trained in open harvest, then minimally invasive technics such as saph light, and then on to endovein harvest.
  • I have used the Terumo and the Macquet systems.
  • I am a good assistant and work well under pressure.
  • Created and maintained sterile operating fields to minimize infection risks.
  • Controlled bleeding during surgical procedures by clamping and ligating blood vessels.
  • Dressed wounds with antiseptic compounds and sterile coverings to protect surgical sites and promote healing.
  • Provided surgical support to help [cardio thoracic or vascular] surgeon execute safe operations and procedures resulting in positive patient outcomes.
  • Used retractors, sponges and suctioning and irrigating equipment to create unobstructed operating fields.
  • Used hemostatic clamps, suture ligatures, and electrocautery equipment to control bleeding.
  • Use suture and staples to close surgery wounds.
Education
High School DiplomaNorthside High School

Fort Smith, AR Trained to be Surgical Technologist in house training at Sparks Regional Medical Center and passed the certifying exam in

2011
.Ethicon VATS training in
2008
Trained for endoscopic vein harvest on the Terumo system in
2007
2006
Maquet

. Trained for EVH on MAQUET VASOVIEW in

1992
. I havekept up my continuing education and recertified on an ongoing basis.Trained for minimally invasive vein harvest The Saph Light in
1978
. Three years later I went to work for a group of cardio thoracic and vascular surgeons atHolt Krock Clinic who in time trained me to assist. I set for the CFA credential exam and passed in
Accomplishments
  • ABIOMED Training in 2008 but have not used it much.
Certifications

CERTIFIED SURGICAL FIRST ASSISTANT

Certification # 00F189

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Resume Overview

School Attended

  • Northside High School
  • Maquet

Job Titles Held:

  • Certified Surgical First Assistant

Degrees

  • High School Diploma
    2011
    2008
    2007
    2006
    1992
    1978

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