Amanda Austin, PA-C
Brooklyn,NY
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Physician Assistant, Emergency Medicine
Mount Sinai Beth Isearl
09.2018 - Current
- Perform history and physical exams on adult patients in a busy Metropolitan Emergency Department
- Order laboratory and radiological studies and interpret results
- Develop appropriate differential diagnoses, treatment plans and dispositions
- Collaborate with multiple attending physicians, residents, advanced practitioners and nurses to ensure most effective patient treatments
- Rotate through the Main Emergency Department, Triage and the Observation Unit
- Perform procedures including suturing, incision and drainage, splinting, dislocation reductions, lumbar punctures, intubations, central lines, paracenteses, and procedural sedation
- Perform bedside ultrasound, including FAST exams, echocardiogram, bladder scan, OB ultrasound, DVT assessment
- Follow up and interpret abnormal labs, culture results, radiology results and call patients to follow up their progress after their emergency room visit
Certified Nursing Assistant
New England Baptist Hospital
03.2014 - 01.2017
- Assisted in the care for patients on a medical-surgical telemetry unit
- Performed and documented vital signs, blood glucose levels, bladder scans and EKGs
- Removed Foley catheters and IV lines
Education
Master of Science - Physician Assistant Studies
MCPHS University
Boston, MA05.2018
Bachelor of Science - Human Physiology
Boston University
Boston, MA05.2013
Additional Information
Pharmacology Tutor, MCPHS University, Boston MA (Sept 2016 - May 2017)
- Planned and lead weekly classroom sessions for first year Physician Assistant students
Gross Human Anatomy Teaching Assistant, Boston University, Boston MA (Sept 2013 - May 2014)
- Taught multiple weekly laboratory sessions in the cadaver lab
Certification
- NCCPA Certified
- Advanced Cardiac Life Support, American Heart Association
- Basic Life Support, American Heart Association
- Pediatric Advanced Life Support, American Heart Association
- Infection Control
Timeline
Physician Assistant, Emergency Medicine
Mount Sinai Beth Isearl
09.2018 - Current
Certified Nursing Assistant
New England Baptist Hospital
03.2014 - 01.2017
Master of Science - Physician Assistant Studies
MCPHS University
Bachelor of Science - Human Physiology
Boston University