Cicily Ragsdale

• Performed daily pre-procedure brief's with physicians to identify needs for existing and future procedures.
• Contact support from Reps/Clinical Specialist for case coverage and educational in-services.
• Facilitated new product coordination by scheduling third party in-services and maintained trial tracker for new product.
• Direct coordination with reps for future product request. Coordinate trial product that doctors are interested in and insert new product into VAMS for approval or denial.
• Report practice changes to supervisor/manager, and reflect changes to physicians preference cards and huddles.
• Coordinated schedule and procedure changes with Charge Nurse.
• Facilitated on-time starts for procedures by coordinating with nurses to ensure on-time patient transport and overseeing all tables set by technologists for proper equipment for a set procedure.
• Performed weekly inventory checks and reported to Cath Lab Supervisor.
• Created monthly education topics and teachings including hands on sessions to help staff improve their understanding of medical equipment and best practices.
• Managed modality specific preference cards for each procedure and physician by collecting feedback from each member of our team.

• Performed a variety of advanced/technical procedures including but not limited to diagnostic and interventional cardiac/vascular/neuro and IR procedures.
• Performed all tasks including scrubbing, circulating, and monitoring in all four modalities.
• Demonstrated strong communication and problem solving-skills to work effectively with physicians, patients, and co-workers.
• Monitored and managed inventory and supply levels of sterile and non-sterile items, contrast materials, catheters, wire, and advanced interventional product.
• Operated diagnostic imaging equipment to complete contrast-enhanced IR, neuro,vascular, and cardiac system radiographs, angiograms and echocardiograms.
• Independently performed and assisted the physicians in performing all vascular procedures in IR, body, neuro, and cardiac, including, but not limited to embolization, angioplasty, drug infusions, pericardiocentesis / bubble studies using echo, stent and filter placements, and pressure measurements.
• Able to operate the following equipment/systems: PACS, MacLab, EPIC, Volcano, Siemens, etc. Able to retrieve and merge images.
• Provided patient care and the appropriate education to patient prior to and post Radiology procedure.

• Performed a total of 2600+ hours of clinical education.

• Rotating in over 10 major facilities including, Cedar-Sinai Medical Center, UCLA Medical Center, Keck Hospital of USC, Northridge Dignity Health, and many more.

• Assisted in Right and Left Heart Catheterizations with dual transducer simultaneous intra vascular pressures, stenting and ballooning.

• Assisted in percutaneous coronary intervention, transcatheter aortic valve replacements, transcatheter mitral valve replacements, chronic total occlusion, etc.

• Safely and correctly operate radiographic equipment such as x-ray, portables, bi-plane rooms, and c-arms to produce angiographic, digital and other specialized images.

• Assisted cardiologist with accurate injections of contrast media under live radiation.

• Performed and equipped sterile tables and procedures.

• Instructed and prepared patients for cardiac procedures.

• Consistently able to offer comprehensive assistance to all personnel and procedures.