Sarah Heitmeyer

• Collaborated with physicians to quickly assess patients and deliver appropriate treatment while managing rapidly changing conditions.
• Administered medications via oral, IV, and intramuscular injections and monitored responses.
• Administered medications and treatment to patients and monitored responses while working with healthcare teams to adjust care plans.
• Educated patients, families and caregivers on diagnosis and prognosis, treatment options, disease process, and management and lifestyle options.

• Competent in wound care/ dressings, handing central/PICC lines, blood draws and IV insertion.

• Step down cases handled: cardiac; MI, CHF, Arrhythmias, DVT/PE, post CABG, pre/post cardiac catheterization, CVA, post stroke intervention.
• Act as a patient and family advocate.

• Interview patients to obtain medical information, history, allergies, weight and height measurements, and vital signs in pre-op.
• Monitored patient reactions to drugs and carefully document vital signs of patients during IV conscious sedation.
• Provide post anesthesia care of patients following operative and invasive procedures, monitor for post op complications, and maintain thorough and complete record of patient recovery.
• Safely discharges patients form facility, using policies and criteria defined by anesthesia dept. and PACU.
• Educated patient and family members and caregivers on patient care instructions.