Deanna Winchel

• Prepare OR suites for obstetric procedures, including cesarean sections, D&Cs, tubal ligations, and emergency deliveries.
• Collaborate with OB/GYNs, RNs, anesthesiologists, and the NICU team during surgical procedures.
• Maintain a sterile field and assist with instrumentation, retraction, suctioning, and sponging during surgery.
• Working in the CST role and also the First Assist role in c-sections.
• Monitor and track by counting sharps, sponges, and instrumentation, per hospital policy, to prevent retained surgical items.
• Assist with emergency situations, including c-sections and D&Cs, ensuring readiness for setting up equipment, instrumentation, and patient prep.
• Train new surgical techs and nursing staff on sterile technique and OB surgical protocols.
• Setting up supplies and instrumentation for deliveries, and assisting OB/GYNs during delivery.eliveries.
• Stocking triage, labor suites, and also the operating room.
• Handling specimens by logging them into a record book, or transporting them to the lab.

• Maintained equipment in optimal condition per manufacturer's guidelines.
• Prepared specialty coffee drinks, including lattes and cappuccinos other beverages.
• Greeted customers and took orders for beverages and food items efficiently.
• Stocked shelves with ingredients to ensure readiness for beverage preparation.
• Adhered to sanitation standards set by health department regulations.
• Managed cash register operations, ensuring accuracy in transactions.
• Followed safety procedures while operating grinders and espresso machines.
• Maintained a clean work environment by cleaning counters, dishes, and floors.

• Worked in a fast-paced, high-birth-volume, and very high-risk environment.
• Set up trays with the necessary surgical instruments and supplies for vaginal deliveries, and assist OB/GYNs.
• Set up for cesarean sections, D&Cs, and emergency deliveries using sterile technique.
• Assist with instrumentation, retraction, suctioning, and sponging during surgery.
• Worked in the CST role in OR procedures.
• Responded quickly to changes in patient status or emergency situations.
• Handled specimens according to protocol.
• Performed vital signs on newborn babies in vaginal deliveries.
• Stocked labor room suites.

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