Amber Lyons
FRISCO,TX
Summary
Detail-oriented Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist with 7 years of experience delivering anesthesia care in obstetric, trauma, emergency, and surgical settings. Expertise in managing high-acuity cases, including labor analgesia, cesarean deliveries, and emergencies. Proficient in rapid assessment, airway management, and hemodynamic stability, contributing to effective multidisciplinary collaboration and patient outcomes.
Overview
1
1
Certification
7
7
years of professional experience
Work History
Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist
U.S Anesthesia Partners
Medical City Plano, Plano TX
08.2019 - Current
- Administered neuraxial analgesia and anesthesia for labor and operative deliveries, ensuring effective pain management through techniques such as epidural placement and spinal anesthesia while addressing complications in neuraxial blocks.
- Manage anesthesia for scheduled and emergent cesarean deliveries, including patients with preeclampsia, eclampsia, placenta previa/accreta, postpartum hemorrhage, obesity, difficult airway risk, and other high-risk obstetric conditions.
- Respond to obstetric emergencies requiring rapid anesthetic intervention, airway management, hemodynamic stabilization, and coordination with obstetric, neonatal, surgical, and critical-care teams.
- Provide anesthesia care for trauma patients, hemorrhagic shock, and emergent surgical interventions.
- Continuously evaluate physiologic responses to anesthesia and surgery and make timely adjustments to anesthetic technique.
- Utilize multimodal and regional anesthesia techniques to optimize analgesia, facilitate recovery, and reduce opioid requirements when clinically appropriate.
- Collaborate closely with surgeons, obstetricians, emergency physicians, nurses, and other healthcare professionals to provide safe and efficient care for high-acuity patients.
- Participate in perioperative quality initiatives, case reviews, and ongoing professional education.
Education
Doctorate of Nursing Practice in Anesthesia - Nursing Anesthesiology
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA05-2019
Skills
- Obstetric Anesthesia & Labor Analgesia
- High Risk and Emergent Obstetrics
- Polytrauma management
- General and Regional Anesthesia
- Strong technical and procedural skills
- Patient Centered Anesthesia Care
- Patient safety commitment
Affiliations
American Association of Nurse Anesthetists (AANA)
Texas Association of Nurse Anesthetists (TxANA)
Certification
Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist
ACLS, BLS, PALS
Timeline
Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist
U.S Anesthesia Partners
08.2019 - Current
Doctorate of Nursing Practice in Anesthesia - Nursing Anesthesiology
University of Pennsylvania