Candace Miranda

•Manage assigned patients for medical care and treatment

• Obtaining blood samples without compromising sample for testing

• Using Aseptic Technique

• Creating and Charting patients' treatments and progress notes

• Medical calculations for treatments and CRI's

• Intubation on Felines and Canines

• Obtaining patient's history

• Placing IVC

• Recognition of patient's potential medical emergencies; i.e.: seizures vs. tremors vs. vestibular vs. bloat vs. cardio distress vs. oxygen dependency vs. potential URI, etc.

• Perform Radiographic Imaging

• Documentation and charting in the patient's record

• Prioritize patients and triage for rooms, surgeries, and emergencies

• CPCR/ Assist in Emergency situations

• Placing arterial catheter and troubleshooting line while

under anesthesia

• Knowledge on how-to-use an Oxygen Cage and maintenance

• Assist in discharging patients and clients from the hospital

• Induce Anesthesia, intubate, monitor under anesthesia

• Recovering patients from sedation and surgical procedures

• Scrub and clean surgical instruments

• Manage assigned patients for medical care and treatment

• Obtaining blood samples without compromising sample for testing

• Using Aseptic Technique

• Creating and Charting patients' treatments and progress notes • Medical calculations for treatments and CRI's

• Assist in Blood Transfusions

• Assisting in placing nasogastric tube

• Intubation on Felines and Canines

• Fear Free Techniques for restraint (canine, feline, pocket pets and wildlife)

• Obtaining patient's history

• Placing IVC

• Recognition of patient's potential medical emergencies; i.e.: seizures vs. tremors vs. vestibular vs. bloat vs. cardio distress vs. oxygen dependency vs. potential URI, etc.

• Perform Radiographic Imaging

• Documentation and charting in the patient's record

• Prioritize patients and triage for rooms, surgeries, and emergencies

• CPCR/ Assist in Emergency situations

• Knowledge on how-to-use an Oxygen Cage and maintenance • Assist in discharging patients and clients from the hospital

• Assist in treatment and critical care for domestic and wildlife

• Knowledge of using Fluid pump and Syringe pump

• Induce Anesthesia, intubate, monitor under anesthesia

• Recovering patients from sedation and surgical procedures

• Scrub and clean surgical instruments

• Prepping and reading cytology slides

• Running Labs for Heska, IDEXX, Coag Dx Analyzer, SediVue Dx, VetScan cPL (VuecPL)

• Performing and reading snap tests

• Prepping and reading urine samples (also slide stain)

• Prepping and reading Fecal samples

• Prepping and reading differentials and platelet count

• Knowledge of prepping, maintaining, and cleaning Isolation room

• Critical care/ medical maintenance of patient in Isolation Ward

• Knowledge of PPE

• Prep for Thoracentesis and Abdominocentesis

• Prep for Laceration repairs

• Assist/ perform in fluorescence eye stain and ocular pressure

• Prepping and cleaning cages for patients

• Round doctor and/or technician for shift change and transferring of patient care

• Cytocentesis

• Assigned patients for medical care and treatment

• Obtaining blood samples without compromising sample for testing

• Using Aseptic Technique

• Creating and Charting patients' treatments and progress notes electronically

• Round doctor and/or technician for shift change and transferring of patient care

• Medical calculations for treatments

• Assist in Blood Transfusions

• Assisting in placing nasogastric tube

• Fear Free Techniques for restraint (canine, feline)

• Obtaining patient's history

• Placing IVC

• Knowledge of handling hazardous waste

• Recognition of patient's potential medical emergencies; i.e.: seizures vs. tremors vs. vestibular vs. bloat vs. cardio distress vs. oxygen dependency vs. potential URI, etc.

• Perform Radiographic Imaging

• Documentation and charting in the patient's record

• Assist in holding for Ultrasound readings

• Assist in holding for Echocardiograms

• CPCR/ Assist in Emergency situations

• Knowledge on how-to-use an Oxygen Cage and maintenance • Assist in treatment and critical care

• Knowledge of using Fluid pump and Syringe pump

• Induce Anesthesia, intubate, monitor under anesthesia

• Recovering patients from sedation and surgical procedures

• Prepping and reading cytology slides

• Running Labs for Heska, IDEXX, Coag Dx Analyzer, SediVue Dx, VetScan cPL (VuecPL)

• Performing and reading snap tests

• Cytocentesis

• Prepping and reading differentials and platelet count

• Knowledge of prepping, maintaining, and cleaning Isolation room

• Critical care/ medical maintenance of patient in Isolation Ward

• Knowledge of PPE

• Prep for Thoracentesis and Abdominocentesis

• Prep for Laceration repairs

• Assist/ perform in fluorescence eye stain and ocular pressure

● Overnight Emergency Shift at Veterinary Medical and Surgical Group - San Juan Capistrano, CA

● Day Shifts at Monarch Veterinary Hospital – Laguna Niguel, CA ● Overnight/Day Shifts at ACCESS Specialty and Emergency Animal Hospital- Pasadena, CA

● Overnight/Day Shifts at Pacific Care Pet Emergency and Specialty

• Holding techniques for Vestibular/ painful/ geriatric patients for exam/ procedures

• Assist/ Administration techniques in Cytarabine injections

• Perform Radiographic Imaging

• Assist in Anesthetic procedures for MRI and surgeries

• Monitor for Anesthetic procedures

• Assist in recovery after Anesthetic procedures

• Prep and clean O.R.

• Prep and clean instrumental surgical packs

• Assist in MRI positioning and monitoring

• Assist in CT Scanning positioning and monitoring

• Obtain and chart medical treatments

• Obtaining blood samples without compromising sample for testing • Prep and assist in getting patient ready for procedures

• Setup and assist doctor in performing a “High Tap” and “Low Tap” procedures to collect CSF sample

• Knowledge of anatomy and physiology

• Knowledge of Medications for treatment, pre-med, post-op and seizures

• Assist in placing arterial catheter and troubleshooting line while

under anesthesia

● Induce Anesthesia, intubate, monitor (charting) under anesthesia ● Perform Radiographic Imaging

● Assist and prep in complex Orthopedic and Soft Tissue Surgeries ● Assist in recovering patients in from anesthesia

● Scrub in to assist Doctor with procedures

● Administer medications – pre/post medications

● Troubleshooting medical equipment

● Medical drug calculations

● Placing IVC

● Transferring patients from prep table to Mobile O.R.

● Techniques in positioning animals for surgery

● Induce Anesthesia, intubate, monitor under anesthesia

● Schedule appointments and surgeries

● Assist in routine to complex medical procedures such as surgeries and outpatient/inpatient management

● Recovering patients from sedation and surgical procedures

● Documentation and charting in the patient's electronic record

● Prioritize patients and triage for rooms, surgeries, and emergencies

● Admit and discharge patients and clients from the hospital

● Experience in small animals/ pocket pets for surgical procedures, restraint, and treatment

● Apply Splints and bandages

● Perform Dental Prophylactic Procedures and Extractions

● Perform Radiographic Imaging whole body including Dental Radiographs

● CPCR

● Assist in Emergency situations

● Venipunctures

● Collect, prepare, label and run samples for laboratory testing, or microscopic examination

● Knowledge in controlled substance and Logging properly

● Review and finalize reports and documents for pathologists.

● Contact/ call clients for reports and patient results as well as other patient information verifications/ additional information.

● Manually documenting and entering patient data for test/patient results.

● Manage and improve pathological materials loan request process.

● Prioritize urgent patient cases and tasks/duties in a dynamic, fast paced environment.

● Manage several pathologists and workflow at the same time all while multitasking other duties.

● Assisting in other departments for help.

● Review and process billing to charge clients for tests performed at our facility.

● Data/ analyst entry.

● Schedule appointments and surgeries

● Assist in medical procedures as well as routine to complex surgeries including inpatient/ outpatient management

● Monitor in surgeries and complex procedures

● Documentation and charting in the patient's electronic record

● Assist and coordinate community outreach events

● Prioritize patients and tasks/duties in a dynamic, fast paced environment

● Admit and discharge patents and clients from the hospital

● Knowledge on handing/ treating/ medicating "pocket pets" and exotics

● Making and presenting estimates

● Radiographic imaging as well as dental imaging

● Placing IVC

● Administering medications via IV, CS, IM, and PO

● Recovering patients after procedures/ surgeries

● Administering vaccines

● Preparing and reading fecal samples

● Preparing and reading urine samples

● Preparing and reading cytology slides; skin, ear and aspirates

● Preparing and reading Differentials

● Knowledge of Preventatives

● Aseptic Technique