Cassidy Walla

-Transport patients to higher levels of care while continuing current treatment.

-Provide medications and do interventions while working based on critical thinking and assessments under standing order sets.

-Able to transport ventilators and life support devices. Including: IABP, Impella, and ECMO as well as maintain hemodynamic monitoring.

-Communicate with sending facility, receiving facility and dispatch throughout transports, as well as radio reporting for trauma transfers.

-Transport all ages of patients and specialty cares including pediatrics, infants, and Obstetrics. In addition to all adult specialties.

• Recovered patients from open heart surgery. frequent surgeries recovered include: CABG, valve surgeries, dissection and aneurysm repairs.
• Managed life support and advanced hemodynamic monitoring devices including: Ventilators, IABPs, Impella, CRRT, ECMO, Temporary Pacemaker, Swan-Ganz, EKOS, and TTM devices.
• Provided care for a range of cardiothoracic/ cardiovascular surgery patients as well as cardiology patients, such as post codes, STEMIs, and cardiogenic shock patients.
• Assisted in other units such as COVID, Medical, Surgical, and Trauma ICUs, ER, Medical-Surgical and Telemetry units.
• Continuous learning and proficiency in many different charting systems and medical equipment. Experience with EPIC, Cerner, and Meditech charting systems. Baxter and Alaris pumps, and multiple generations of Pyxis as well as Omnicell.
• Monitored patients and carried out orders while collaborating/communicating with doctors, families and ancillary staff.
• Assisted with therapies, ADLs, and hygiene.

• Admitted, discharged, recovered and monitored general care to ICU level patients in cardiothoracic surgery, cardiology, interventional cardiology, electrophysiology, vascular, and vascular surgery specialties as well as collaborate with consulting physicians from other specialties.
• Performed detailed patient assessments as well as hemodynamic monitoring.
• Passed medications as well as titrated IV drips.
• Communicated finding with doctors and other ancillary staff.
• Responded to codes.
• Recovered patients from open heart surgery including CABG, valves, aortic dissections, tumor removal and aneurysms.
• Stabilized cardiac arrest patients and STEMIs from the field.
• Managed life support devices including ventilators, IABP, Impella, ECMO, CVVHD, and temporary pacemakers.
• Interpreted rhythm strips and lab values

• Answered call lights and supported patient comfort and safety by adjusting bed rails and equipment.
• Assisted with feeding and monitored intake to help patients achieve nutritional objectives.
• Assisted patents with ambulating, and basic cares.
• Performed EKGs, took vitals, and prepared patients for surgery.
• Helped put in physician orders and admit patients

• Promoted good oral and personal hygiene by aiding patients with shaving, bathing, and teeth brushing.
• Checked patient vitals such as temperature, blood pressure, and blood sugar levels.
• Assisted with feeding and monitored intake and output.
• Safely passed medications, took blood sugars, and assisted with breathing treatments