Sidney Maman, RN, CPTC

• Screening potential organ donors with referral facilities, staffing for current and potential donation opportunities and coordinating logistics involved with the donation process
• Responsible for enhancing the mission of STA by triaging organ referrals so the appropriate STA staff can be dispatched to facilitate the donation process
• Responsible for monitoring active referrals for potential donation opportunities and coordinating with Operations leadership to ensure the appropriate staff are dispatched in a timeframe that provides an option for donation

-Communicate lab data and diagnostic results to leadership during initial referral to determine donation candidacy

-Identifies family dynamics, authorizing party, language requirements, and other pertinent information, as the circumstances allow.

-Responds promptly and appropriately, as assigned, to referring hospitals to gather information and discuss organ and tissue donation potential in collaboration with clinical leadership

-Participate in training and mentoring new ORC/HD staff in the community region and other areas

-Actively involved in the organ donation process and utilized that knowledge to coordinate the care of the donor for maximal

-Provides input and assists in the facilitation of the referral/donor process, and the organ recovery
process using knowledge of critical care principles such as hemodynamic monitoring, ventilator
management, and administration of critical care medications

-Attends and participates in appropriate hospital committees to foster relationships and develop a culture of donation

-Carries out organ case start-up activities of authorized assigned donor case(s), including verification of proper brain death documentation, donor assessment, order placement, and initial standard notifications

• CVICU

-Educated patients and their families regarding the plan of care, treatments, post opp and discharge planning. Perform nursing assessment on critically ill, fresh open heart pateints daily. 

-Performed CPR/resuscitation to patients in cardiac/respiratory failure as a member of the hospital Code Team.

-Trained and performed orientation for new staff members, RNs, and nursing students.

• CVICU/OHRR

-Provided outstanding care to ICU patients every shift, performing multiple clinical procedures utilizing both invasive and noninvasive monitoring equipment, including EKGs, arterial and central line insertion, Swan, vasopressor therapy, inotropes and insulin drips.

-Maintained active communication with the patients' families, explaining their loved ones' health progress in a compassionate and non-technical manner.

• CVICU/OHRR

-Alerted physicians and nursing supervisors in case of sudden changes in patient conditions and performed hemodynamic monitoring to minimize mortality and shock

-Collaborated with doctors and pharmacists from the Critical Care Team to help patients with complex medical issues, including ED transfers, post-op patients and direct admits.

-Educated families on how to support their loved ones throughout recovery and drafted care plans to fit the patient's health needs.

• CVICU/MICU

-Provided therapeutic care in a cardiac intensive care unit, adjusting specialized equipment for arterial pressures, ventilators, dialysis, and IV drips.

-Recovered fresh CABG, AVR, MVR open heart patients 

-Provided nursing care/perfusion support to VA ECMO patients in the acute phase of cardiogenic shock

-CVICU/OHRR

-Certified in CRRT, IABP, Impella, LVAD, RVAD, NuPulse, VV ECMO & VA ECMO

-Certified in lung/heart transplant recovery 

• Deployment two, Edinburg Regional Hospital

-Adaptability to any situation that presents 

-Instant decision making and flexability to work swing shifts 

-Covid-19 treatment protocol awareness

-The ability to work with different ventilation devices, modes and treatment plans

-The ability to implement preventive measures for Covid-19

• Deployment one, Elmhurst Hospital

-Adaptability to any situation that presents

-Instant decision making and flexability to work swing shifts

-Covid-19 treatment protocol awareness

-The ability to work with different ventilation devices, modes and treatment plans

-The ability to implement preventive measures for Covid-19