Barry Outten

• Facilitate hiring of qualified Emergency Department personnel by interview applicants and making recommendations for employment.
• Monitored, analyzed, and corrected staff performance and worked with nurse manager to raise standards of practice.
• Developed improvement plans to solve problems and improve lagging areas.
• Responded to crisis situations with calm and professional approach to optimize support.

- Initial triage of clients that express a need for medical attention

- Assessment and review of client body systems and needs.

- Reviewing patient charts and med rights, administering medications via multiple different routes

- Performs medical tasks that aid in diagnosis (i.e. obtaining intravenous access, blood samples, EKG, etc.)

- Identifying traumatic injuries and determining treatments in stressful situations at a level III trauma center.

-Critical thinking and response to emergent medical situations like STEMI at a Cath Lab facility.

- Sustained quality standards by performing routine medication audits and upholding internal and industry best practices.

• Critical patient transport from patient homes to the hospital through a 40 plus minute transport time
• Pre-hospital diagnosis, radio report calling, and time management
• Responding to emergency events and using critical thinking to extinguish events and prevent further detriment.

• Effectively and safely managed critical care patients including cardiac arrest, aka, heparin drips, pulmonary embolism, and trauma care at a level II trauma center.
• Collaborated with physicians to quickly assess patients and deliver appropriate treatment while managing rapidly changing conditions.
• Communicated openly and collaboratively with all healthcare staff to organize successful patient care.
• Educated family members and caregivers on patient care instructions.
• Educated patients and answered questions about health condition, prognosis, and treatment.