Registered Nurse and ECMO Specialist
Oklahoma Heart Institute: 24-bed CVICU
Tulsa, OK
07.2022 - Current
- Directly managed ICU devices such as ECMO, LVAD, IABP, Impella, CRRT, ventilators, Swan-Ganz catheters, arterial lines, and central lines.
- ECMO specialist
- Managed immediate post-op surgical patients such as LVAD Implant, CABG, TEVAR, TAVR, carotid edarterectomy, and thoracotomies
- Titration of vasoactive medications in hemodynamically unstable patients
- Assisted in moderate sedation and emergency bedside procedures such as bedside ECMO cannulation, open chest washout, and fasciotomies.
- Trained nurse preceptor