Provided high level of support and assistance to physicians and nursing staff in Type surgical facility.
Provided airway management interventions, tracheal intubation, and ventilatory support.
Positioned patients to achieve properly support for spinals, epidurals and other procedures.
Scheduled repairs for malfunctioning equipment and kept accurate records of all medical components and machines for optimal efficiency.
Pretested and calibrated anesthesia delivery systems and monitors.
Assisted anesthesia personnel with insertion and setup of temporary pacemakers, catheters, invasive monitoring lines and central lines for hemodynamic monitoring.
Maintained sterile anesthesia supplies within expiration date.
Followed infection control procedures to maintain cleanliness of anesthesia monitors and apparatuses.
Assisted with transports of invasively monitored O.R. and I.C.U. patients.
Stocked anesthesia supplies in anesthetizing locations, fiber optic carts, ploss carts and emergency airway bags.
Maintained and cleaned anesthesia machines by changing soda-lime, refilling vaporizers with anesthetic agents and replacing nitrous, oxygen and air cylinders.