Chelsi Bolanos
Buford,GA
Summary
Chelsi is a dynamic Emergency Room technician offering over 4 years of background in healthcare. Successfully has provided assistance in wide range of major trauma and medical emergencies. Recognized for superior ability coordinate patient flow in a quickly and efficient timely matter. Eager to help all teammates in the department with any task. Accuracy and detail-oriented care when taking initiative. Nursing program student that is highly motivated to expand knowledge, skills, and high quality patient care. Currently looking to expand experience and apprehension from the field of emergency pediatric to emergency adults in order to gain more understanding of emergency medicine.
Overview
5
5
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Emergency Department Technician
Northside Hospital Forsyth
Cumming, GA
01.2022 - Current
- Administered first aid treatment and life support to care for sick or injured individuals.
- Assisted with resuscitation, CPR and emergency airway procedures.
- Continuously monitored patients and reported changes to head nurses and physicians.
- Maintained levelheadedness and efficiency in high-pressure situations, effectively prioritizing tasks to save lives and provide medical care.
- Performs collection of urine through catheterization or foley using proper sterile technique.
- Performs STAT EKG of 5 minutes or less on patients that meet certain criteria.
- Apply proper orthopedic splints, and teaches use of crutches.
- Performs phlebotomy procedures on patients that acquire blood work.
- Obtains vital sign on patients every 45 min-1hour.
Emergency Department Technician
Childrens Healthcare Of Atlanta
Atlanta, Georgia
01.2018 - 04.2022
- Teamed on the trauma team for trauma and medical emergencies such as respiratory, cardiovascular, neurologic, gastrointestinal, endocrine and more.
- Immediately recognizes a decompensating patient and either directly transfers them to the trauma room or at once give them life saving measures on the spot
- Monitored patients' comfort and safety during examinations and alert physicians of abnormalities and changes in patient response.
- Obtain vital signs every 45 minutes to observe and report any patterns, changes and abnormalities.
- Obtain a 12 lead EKG when ordered on patient of any age
- Proactively and independently set up and assist for the following: LP, IV, pelvic exams, wound repair, insertion of chest tube and more
- Administered basic wound care, straight caths of all ages, and insertion of nasogastric tubes
- Obtained specimen collection of bloodwork, urine, strep, stool, and nasal swabs
- Administered medications that have been ordered such as oxygen, bacitracin, LMX, and fleets enema
- Phlebotomy skills for patients of all ages
- Apply orthopedic devices such as splints, prefab devices, crutches on all ages
- Managed 30- 50 patients at one time
- Facilitated transfer of patients throughout medical facility and between departments
Patient Care Technician at NICU
Childrens Healthcare Of Atlanta
Atlanta, GA
05.2019 - 08.2019
- Supported patient admissions, discharges and transfers to promote team efficiency.
- Offered immediate assistance in emergency and routine paging situations to evaluate needs and deliver care.
- Reported any unusual or urgent circumstances in patients' condition or environment immediately to the charge nurse.
- Organized and maintained general supply storage areas.
- Assisted nurses, child life, and parents before, during, and after the Bereavement process
- Collected and transported specimens to prepare for lab testing
Education
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Georgia Gwinnett College
Lawrenceville, GA2024
Skills
- Skilled Preceptor who has trained oncoming techs
- Adapts quickly
- Strong interpersonal skills
- Creative problem solver
- Fast paced multi-tasker
- Excellent organization skills
- Fluent in Spanish
Accomplishments
- Received employee of the month 4 times within the CHOA NICU and the Emergency Department.
- Experienced preceptor. Trained new oncoming staff within the emergency department at CHOA
Affiliations
Northside Atlanta parent support group
Northside Atlanta Preemie Almuni club
Patient and family Experience committee
Seeks to enchance patient experience, outperform national benchmarks, and meet system targets. The council reviews patients satisfaction scores, identifies trends, coordinates implementation of best practice service initiatives, and evaluates outcome.
Certification
- CNA - Certified Nursing Assistant
- BLS certification
- AED certification
Languages
Spanish
Timeline
Emergency Department Technician
Northside Hospital Forsyth
01.2022 - Current
Patient Care Technician at NICU
Childrens Healthcare Of Atlanta
05.2019 - 08.2019
Emergency Department Technician
Childrens Healthcare Of Atlanta
01.2018 - 04.2022
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Georgia Gwinnett College