Amanda Duperron

• Effectively navigate the logistical complexities of patient care in a remote, isolated, northern community.
• Education and CQI team participation, facilitate education for new equipment and procedures such as Mcgrath Video Laryngoscope, IGELS, Turkel decompression needles, iSTAT POC testing, Monoferic infusions, Octaplex administration.
• Managed daily tasks consistently, seeking out opportunities to go

beyond requirements, supporting operational targets.

• Assisted team members and managers with tasks to maintain productivity and meet project milestones.
• Maintained good working relationship with co-workers and senior leadership.
• Demonstrate cultural competence and awareness.
• Navigate logistics of of providing patient care and transport in remote settings.
• Practice to full ACP scope providing compassionate and competent care in both primary and emergency care.
• Competently perform various point of care tests and ALS procedures.
• Patient advocate, ensuring care plans are thorough, connecting patients with appropriate resources.
• Propose and implement several new initiatives such as standardized crash carts, designated, pre filled drip medication bins with calculation charts, organized Paramedic medication cabinets.

• Provided both primary and emergency care to remote northern communities
• Work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary clinical team to provide best practice care.
• Adhered to established medical protocols and procedures, as well as legal guidelines and health and safety standards.
• Effectively navigate the logistical complexities of patient care in a remote, isolated, northern community.
• Developed and maintained rapport with community members to foster a trusting relationship with care providers.
• Demonstrated cultural competence and respect for the local community members
• Adapted treatment plans quickly and effectively based on changing patient conditions and reactions.
• Delivered advanced cardiac life support (ACLS), pediatric advanced life support (PALS), neonatal resuscitation (NRP) under pressure.
• Dispensed medications from Kroll pharmacy system, provided patient education and monitored for adaptive treatment.

• Design clinic schedule Manage 15 clinic employees
• Provide employee coaching and performance management for staff
• Conduct interviews and recommend staff for various clinic positions
• Proficient in use of electronic medical record software
• Proficient in use of scheduling software
• Maintain clinical equipment and schedule required maintenance
• Ensure appropriate supply ordering
• Facilitate staff training
• Work collaboratively with clinic HR manager
• Report directly to the medical director
• Triage and assign all incoming cardiac referrals
• Work directly with the physicians to facilitate best practice, timely

patient care

• Patient counseling and teaching for all procedures and Nuclear Stress

Testing

• Confirmation, tracking and interpretation of lab, angiograms, PCI and
• CABG results to ensure appropriate patient follow up and ongoing

management

• Support staff with various needs as they arise on shift
• Facilitate scheduling changes as needed
• Work collaboratively with other team leads and managers
• Provide feedback to staff and assist managers with performance

management

• Work directly with QA team Meet with various stakeholders to

implement new patient care initiatives

• Participate in developing and implementing the initial Community Care Paramedic program in Calgary
• Work independently to provide advanced assessments and full scope treatment to clients in community through physician and NP consultation
• Increase access to primary care and alternate available resources to provide timely, appropriate care in place
• Communicate effectively with GP's and other point of care practitioners to ensure awareness of care provided in community, thereby complimenting and completing patient care plans
• Demonstrate competence and confidence performing skills such as PORT and PIC lines access, initiating and monitoring blood transfusion, lab result interpretation, catheterization, wound management including suturing.

Maintain ALS level qualifications and ongoing training

• Work independently and collaboratively with collogues to provide ALS

level care to the sick and injured

• Precepted multiple students at both ALS and BLS levels
• Supervisor selected for targeted mentoring of new recruits
• COE QA committee involvement with Calgary EMS
• Maintain strong working relationship with other agencies
• Responded to emergency and non-emergency calls with consistent

attention to detail and skill

• Attended to injuries or sudden illnesses by applying variety of BLS and ALS pre-hospital medical interventions.
• Evaluated patient condition on scene and perform preliminary diagnosis.
• Operated ambulance equipment and responded to radio transmissions.
• Developed and maintained rapport with coworkers and local hospital staff to facilitate efficient patient care.
• Maintained patient care, treatment and medication documentation for accurate, up-to-date clinical records.

• Liaised with previous shift personnel to discuss logistics and shift reporting.
• Completed medical reporting and documentation to transfer information from scene to hospital.
• Maintained adherence to dispatch communication and response protocols.
• Maintained patient care, treatment and medication documentation for accurate, up-to-date clinical records.
• Assessed patient condition through physical and verbal exams and by collecting information from others at scene.