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Certification
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Christine  Richard

Christine Richard

Anesthesia Tech
Houston ,TX

Summary

Dedicated Anesthesia Technician with extensive experience at Texas Children’s Hospital, skilled in intubation assistance and anesthetic equipment maintenance. Proven ability to enhance patient care through effective communication and collaboration, ensuring optimal functionality of anesthesia machines and supplies for successful surgical outcomes. Committed to maintaining high standards of safety and professionalism in fast-paced environments.

Overview

2027
2027
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Anesthesia Technician

Metro Sugery Center

To provide support to the anesthesiologist, the CRA make sure that the anesthesia machine is working properly making sure that I do a leak test in the morning and make sure it’s functioning before we do the first surgery case of the day making sure that they have a clean soda line making sure that you have clean blades for the first case of the day ordering anesthesia, supplies, stocking anesthesia, carts, making sure we have a glide scope whenever we have emergency, difficult intubation, helping the anesthesiologist transferred the patients to preop or recovery or to the units assist anesthesiologist provider with pediatric cases setting up IV for the pediatric cases making sure every anesthesia machine has a oxygen tank air tank and nitrous tank making sure every anesthesia machine has CO that flow gases in every machine

Anesthesia Technician

River Oak Surgery Center
09.2014 - Current
  • Maintained sterile anesthesia supplies within expiration date.
  • Maintained and cleaned anesthesia machines by changing soda-lime, refilling vaporizers with anesthetic agents and replacing nitrous, oxygen and air cylinders.
  • Stocked anesthesia supplies in anesthetizing locations, fiber optic carts, ploss carts and emergency airway bags.
  • Assisted with transports of invasively monitored O.R. and I.C.U. patients.
  • Demonstrated professionalism and attentiveness while responding to urgent situations involving anesthesiology requirements or emergencies swiftly.
  • Maintained a high standard of care by adhering to strict infection control guidelines when handling anesthesia equipment.
  • Followed infection control procedures to maintain cleanliness of anesthesia monitors and apparatuses.
  • Contributed to a positive work environment by providing ongoing support to anesthesia providers throughout each procedure.
  • Assisted in successful surgeries through effective communication and collaboration with fellow healthcare professionals.

Anesthesia Technician

CHI St. Luke’s Hospital
10.2013 - 07.2026

to eye support to the anesthesia providers in other members of the internal professional healthcare team that is directly involved in the patient care before doing an after procedures, utilizing my skills and ethics to assist with anesthesiologist related procedures, troubleshooting of anesthesia, related equipment and setting up operating and intubating of patient monitoring and all anesthesia locations as well as preoperative unit post anesthesia care units intensive care units as they demanded necessary or assign ordering anesthesia supplies Making sure the anesthesia machine is functioning before we do the first surgery case of the day I’m being the only anesthesia tech working at this facility

Anesthesia Technician

Memorial Hermann Hospital
01.2013 - 11.2014

Assistant anesthesiologist is working with the heart team setting up everything for the hard cases floating the swan helping with the art line CVP line Blood warmer helping assist with central line

Anesthesia Technician

St Anthony’s Hospital
04.2010 - 01.2013

Being the only anesthesia tech, I would order anesthesia supplies, assist with EGD and colonoscopy, helping anesthesiologist intubate making sure that anesthesiologist had it when they needed for the cases

Anesthesia Technician

Cypress Fairbanks Hospital
03.2006 - 03.2010

Starting today with assisting the anesthesiologist, making sure they have everything they need to start off the first surgery scheduled for today making sure they have airways 4 x 4‘s tum blades tape making sure the CO is filled with gas making sure the anesthesia machine is functioning and there’s no leaks and everything is working properly making sure my anesthesia cards are stop ordering anesthesia supplies

Anesthesia Technician

12 Oaks, Medical Center
09.2004 - 02.2006

Assist anesthesiologist with intubating assist anesthesia providers with pediatric experience in art lines CVP lines experience in swans for hard cases, including blood Walmarts maintain an upgrade, Montee equipment, responsible for maintaining inventory and ordering supplies

Anesthesia Technician

Texas Children’s Hospital
09.1996 - 04.2004

Stock anesthesia courts on the evening shift make sure they have what they need and everything is well stock with intubating tubes airways, 4 x 4 tapes sample lines, different type of art lines, fluids in the cart making sure the court has circuits on it and blue bags on it making sure I have everything they need for the cases in the morning where you do not have to keep running and get what the anesthesiologist need

Education

High School Diploma - Major Studios

Northside
Lafayette, LA
05.1990

Skills

  • Intubation assistance
  • Anesthetic equipment maintenance
  • Patient positioning
  • Induction assistance
  • Extubation assistance
  • Patient transportation

Certification

BLS Basic Life Support issue Date 12/11/2024 Renew 12/2026 training center id Tx 20956 I’m a member of Asatt

Timeline

Anesthesia Technician

River Oak Surgery Center
09.2014 - Current

Anesthesia Technician

CHI St. Luke’s Hospital
10.2013 - 07.2026

Anesthesia Technician

Memorial Hermann Hospital
01.2013 - 11.2014

Anesthesia Technician

St Anthony’s Hospital
04.2010 - 01.2013

Anesthesia Technician

Cypress Fairbanks Hospital
03.2006 - 03.2010

Anesthesia Technician

12 Oaks, Medical Center
09.2004 - 02.2006

Anesthesia Technician

Texas Children’s Hospital
09.1996 - 04.2004

Anesthesia Technician

Metro Sugery Center

High School Diploma - Major Studios

Northside
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