Camryn Brown

Registered Nurse- Surgical Intensive Care Unit

UT Southwestern Medical Center Dallas, TX

July 2024-Present

• Advanced airway support: ventilator management (AC/VC, PRVC, APRV), ARDS protocols, spontaneous breathing trials, and extubation readiness assessments.
• Titration of vasoactive infusions to hemodynamic goals (norepinephrine, vasopressin, epinephrine, phenylephrine, nicardipine) using protocols and clinician judgment.
• Sedation and analgesia management (propofol, dexmedetomidine, ketamine, fentanyl, hydromorphone) with RASS/CPOT targeting
• Pre-op optimization and immediate post-op ICU admission of general surgery, thoracic, vascular, ENT, surgical oncology, and transplant patients.
• Code participation: ACLS leadership, difficult airway support, push-dose pressors, post-ROSC management, and targeted temperature management coordination.
• Renal and metabolic management: CRRT prescription adjustments with nephrology, electrolyte replacement protocols, DKA/HHS management, and lactic acidosis correction.
• Precepting and leadership: orienting new ICU nurses, charge nurse shifts, interprofessional rounding, and quality improvement projects
• MTP activation, component therapy selection (PRBCs/FFP/platelets/cryoprecipitate), and transfusion reaction management.
• Assisting with RSI, fiberscopic intubations; placing ultrasound-guided peripheral IVs; assisting with central/arterial line placement.
• Pain control and regional techniques exposure: monitoring patients with epidurals, peripheral nerve catheters, and intrathecal pumps; managing anticoagulation timing.
• Maintenance and interpretation of A-line, CVP, PA catheter/thermodilution, and continuous cardiac output/ScvO2 monitoring.
• Exposure to anesthesia collaboration: handoffs to/from anesthesia, PACU/OR-to-ICU transitions, and understanding of induction/maintenance agents’ ICU implication