Dana LaBrasca
San Diego,CA
Summary
Patient-oriented Critical Care Transport/ ICU nurse with 7 years xperience delivering high-quality care to patients in critical care units. Highly skilled in critical care transports with demonstrated leadership skills that drive patient outcomes while sustaining care objectives.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Critical Care Transport Nurse/ECMO Specialist
Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla
San Diego
03.2021 - Current
- Collaborated with interdisciplinary team members to provide excellent patient care during transport.
- Maintained up-to-date documentation of all treatments provided to each patient.
- Provided medical care to critically ill patients in a mobile environment.
- Performed post-transport evaluation upon arrival at destination hospital or alternate facility.
- Conducted pre-transport assessments prior to transfer from one medical facility to another.
- Facilitated successful transition of critically ill patients between different levels of care settings.
- Managed PA catheters and arterials, vasoactive drug administration and titration, thrombolytic therapy, dysrhythmia interpretation, and chest tube management.
- Safely manage and transport patients on mechanical circulatory support devices such as ECMO, IABP and impellas.
- Collaborate with respiratory therapy to transport patients requiring mechanical ventilation.
Registered Nurse, CVICU
Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla
San Diego, CA
08.2020 - Current
- Provided bedside care to critically ill patients in the Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit.
- Collaborated with multidisciplinary healthcare team members to develop individualized patient plans of care.
- Conducted daily rounds with attending physician to discuss treatment plans for each patient.
- Assessed and monitored patient conditions, including vital signs, lab results, and symptoms.
- Managed emergency situations quickly and effectively utilizing evidence based practices.
- Educated patients and families on post-operative care instructions and lifestyle modifications.
- Relief charge nurse role.
Travel Registered Nurse, ICU
Aya Healthcare
09.2019 - 08.2020
- NYU Langone Health CTICU - New York, NY
- September 2019-December 2019
- Scripps Health ICU Float Pool - San Diego, CA
- January 2020- August 2020
Registered Nurse, CTICU
Allegheny General Hospital AHN
Pittsburgh, PA
07.2017 - 09.2019
- Participated in interdisciplinary team meetings to discuss patient progress towards goals of care plan.
- Identified potential problems through assessment data collection which allowed for early intervention.
- Provided direct care to critically ill patients in the Cardiovascular Thoracic Intensive Care Unit.
- Assisted with the insertion of central lines, chest tubes, arterial lines, Swan Ganz catheters, ECMO cannulation, open chest washouts and open chest closures.
- Manage patients requiring mechanical circulatory support devices such as EMCO, LVAD/RVAD, IABP, impellas.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Gannon University
Erie, PA05-2017
Skills
- Interdisciplinary collaboration with the team to manage ECMO circuits and assist with bedside ECMO cannulation
- Critically transporting patients requiring higher level of care including patients with mechanical support devices such as ECMO, IABP and impella and multiple IV infusions
- Initiation ECMO at outside facility and safety transporting to higher level of care facility with perfusion
- Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to facilitate a safety transport with patient care and safety as top priority
Certification
- ECMO Specialist: June 20232-present
- NIH Stroke Scale: November 2019-present
- Critical Care Registered Nurse (CCRN): August 2019-present
- Registered Nurse, State of California: November 2019-present
- BLS and ACLS, American Heart Association: June 2017-present
Timeline
Critical Care Transport Nurse/ECMO Specialist
Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla
03.2021 - Current
Registered Nurse, CVICU
Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla
08.2020 - Current
Travel Registered Nurse, ICU
Aya Healthcare
09.2019 - 08.2020
Registered Nurse, CTICU
Allegheny General Hospital AHN
07.2017 - 09.2019
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Gannon University
- ECMO Specialist: June 20232-present
- NIH Stroke Scale: November 2019-present
- Critical Care Registered Nurse (CCRN): August 2019-present
- Registered Nurse, State of California: November 2019-present
- BLS and ACLS, American Heart Association: June 2017-present
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