Brandi Babbitt
Front Royal,VA
Summary
Dedicated Paramedic with extensive experience in responding to medical emergencies and life-threatening situations. Proficient in patient assessment, triage, and advanced life support care. Skilled in operating emergency vehicles and utilizing a wide range of medical equipment to include the use of auto-ventilators. Committed to providing high-quality patient care and ensuring safety in critical situation. Dependable and effective in managing daily operations from a supervisory role. Well-organized, self-motivated, and knowledgeable about successful strategies for critical incident management.
Overview
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Work History
Paramedic CCT/Team Lead/Field Training Officer
MMT Ambulance
Lorton, VA
- Perform all duties of a Paramedic at the Critical Care Technician level to include following ambulance interpretive guidelines/protocols; making independent decisions regarding patient transport and continuing care of critical patient conditions; utilizing medical equipment such as monitor/defibrillators, endotracheal tubes/auto-ventilators, and intravenous pumps.
- Collaborate with field providers, dispatchers, management, and other healthcare professionals to facilitate smooth shift operations; proactively addressing potential obstacles based on real-time system demands
- Problem solved effectively and efficiently with minimal oversite to improve shift operations when senior management was unavailable; providing appropriate detailed after-action reports to ensure closed ended communication and transparency
- Lead Paramedic for specialty critical care transports alongside hospital based PICU, NICU, and ECMO teams
- Field training officer for BLS, ALS, High Flow Nasal Cannula/Ventilator capable providers at various experience and skill levels
- Created a successful training model and "test-out" process integrated into the provider release program for improved knowledge building and understanding; geared towards new and struggling providers who required further assistance prior to operating as a fully released provider at their specific skill level
- Cross trained to perform dispatching and call taking job duties when necessary.
Paramedic/Pharmacy Management
Guardian Medical Services
Catlett, VA
- Performs all duties of a Paramedic including respond to non-emergent and emergent patient conditions involving injury, illness, and life threatening situations.
- Created and implemented pharmacy tracking for accountability and compliance while maintaining 1:1 drug exchange with local hospital systems
- Achieved 98% compliance and 100% accountability within the first 60 days of implementation
- Developed cost analysis for internal pharmacy implementation; including but not limited to developing a system for accountability, facilitating independent drug exchange, supply management, and active participation in protocol review with OMD; addressing changes required due to updated pharmacy inventory and procedures according to current day best practice
- Actively participated in guideline/protocol review process, providing guidance based on experience and expertise to facilitate smooth transition to maximum practice for EMTs, Paramedics, and Critical Care providers per VA OEMS guidelines under the direction of the OMD.
Communications Paramedic/Emergency Department EMT
INOVA Fairfax Hospital
Fairfax, VA
- Required to understand emergency department flow and patient assessment reports
- Managed multiple phone calls simultaneously, prioritizing accordingly with a consistent professional approach
- Accurately follow guidelines on various team activations with respect to information provided by outside healthcare providers, seeking more information when necessary, ensuring the right teams were ready to receive the patient upon arrival
- Duties as assigned when filling the role as an Emergency Department EMT such as; receiving direction and assignments from physicians and nurses, providing efficient technical support to optimize patient care; assisting in obtaining and documenting vital signs, obtaining 12-leads, and applying non-invasive monitoring systems; inserting peripheral IV and specimen collection.
Paramedic/Field Training Officer
American Medical Response
Herndon, VA
- Follow Ambulance Interpretive Guidelines for various patient conditions; assisting with critical care teams when required.
- Adapted treatment plans quickly and effectively based on changing patient conditions; communicating with sending and receiving facility Physicians to address advanced needs of critically ill patients.
- Field Training Officer for Basic Life Support and Advanced Life Support providers at various experience and skill levels.
- Established and lead a Protocol Review Committee to help the company evolve with changes in healthcare, ensuring continuous improvement and best practice by all providers.
- Operate emergency vehicles and utilize medical equipment, such as monitor/defibrillators and intravenous pumps.
Emergency Department Technician
Valley Health Winchester Medical Center
Winchester, VA
- Provided efficient technical support to optimize patient care as a member of the clinical staff.
- Assisted in obtaining and documenting vital signs via the use of blood pressure cuffs, pulse oximetry, cardiac monitor, glucose monitors, and performing of 12 lead EKGs.
- Respond to emergency situations; assisting with life-saving measures such as cardiac arrest intervention when necessary.
- Inserted peripheral IVs; collecting basic samples, labeled specimens properly, and transferred to laboratory for testing.
Basic EMT
Physicians Transport Service
Herndon, VA
- Respond promptly to pending calls, assessing patient conditions and providing appropriate medical interventions.
- Conduct thorough patient assessments, obtain medical history, and record vital signs.
- Make independent decisions regarding patient transport to the most suitable medical facility.
- Operate emergency vehicles in a safe manner with consideration to due-regard when necessary.
- Follow Ambulance Interpretive Guidelines for various patient conditions.
- Collaborate with healthcare professionals and communicate effectively via radio and telephone systems.
- Ensure vehicle readiness by replacing supplies, performing safety inspections, and maintaining equipment.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Business Administration Human Resource Management
Western Governors University
08-2025
Skills
- Interfacility Transport patient care at the EMT, Paramedic, and Critical Care level; to include Specialty Teams
- ePCR system proficiency to include ESO, ImageTrend, TraumaSoft, and MEDS Familiarity with EPIC EHR system
- Training, coaching, and mentoring at the BLS, ALS, and CCT provider levels
- Operations and Pharmacy Management for interfacility ambulance transport
- Healthcare Data Analytics; Ad Hoc reporting tracking various KPIs to promote continuous improvement
- Project Management; Smartsheet automation integration
- Critical decision making; independent patient assessment and logistical consideration for appropriate transport considerations
Certification
- National Registry Paramedic Certification
- Virginia State Paramedic Certification
- AHA Basic Life Support
- AHA Advanced Life Support
- AHA Pediatric Advanced Life Support
Volunteer Experience
- North Warren Volunteer Fire and Rescue - Warren County
- Blue Ridge Volunteer Fire and Rescue - Clarke County
- Nokesville Volunteer Fire and Rescue - Prince William County
Timeline
Paramedic CCT/Team Lead/Field Training Officer
MMT Ambulance
Paramedic/Pharmacy Management
Guardian Medical Services
Communications Paramedic/Emergency Department EMT
INOVA Fairfax Hospital
Paramedic/Field Training Officer
American Medical Response
Emergency Department Technician
Valley Health Winchester Medical Center
Basic EMT
Physicians Transport Service
Bachelor of Science - Business Administration Human Resource Management
Western Governors University
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