Faithia Wilson
Palm Coast
Summary
Proactive and goal-oriented professional with excellent time management and problem-solving skills. Known for reliability and adaptability, with swift capacity to learn and apply new skills. Committed to leveraging these qualities to drive team success and contribute to organizational growth.
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
Work History
Paramedic
AdventHealth
07.2022 - Current
- Attaches 12 lead EKG's and completes test before giving strip to physician on duty. Initiates cardiac monitoring and performs venipuncture for testing. Initiates cardiac monitoring, demonstrates ability to detect dysrhythmia and notifies the assigned nurse or charge nurse of abnormalities. Initiates oxygen therapy as directed by RN or Physician.
- Transports unmonitored patient to inpatient departments as needed, transports stable (no blood infusion drips or no oxygen > 50%) monitored patients to PCU/med-tele, or accompanies RN to transport patient to specialty units.
- Assists physician or RN with procedures and exams (i.e., set up and clean up for sutures, pelvic exams, lumbar punctures, application of orthopedic splints and casting, etc.) Applies slings, sling-n-swathe, finger splints, application of dressings, etc. Follows CDC isolation guidelines, demonstrates appropriate use of PPE, performs hand washing according to policy and enforces safety regulations.
- Maintains room and work area organization and stocking levels per 5 S principles. Maintains rooms and work area cleanliness
- Is a customer service champion as demonstrated by Acknowledge, Introduce, Duration, Explanation, and Thank You (AIDET), keeping patients informed, providing information and updates to patients, apologizing for waits, demonstrating caring, compassion, and concern, demonstrating a sense of urgency, advocating for pain management, and ensuring that patients can get help at any time.
- Performs hourly rounding on patients to keep them informed and to ensure that the patients have call bells, pillows, blankets as needed, that care givers names are on the boards, and that patient and family needs are exceeded.
Paramedic
Advent Health Orlando
09.2021 - Current
- Providing direct patient care including taking vital signs; ECG; phlebotomy charting on electronic patient care report; ventilator care operation; determining proper treatment for patients, based on their signs and symptoms
- Interacting and communicating with patients of all ages, in the bid to providing quality medical care and treatment
- Administering and properly discarding of controlled narcotics, and assuming full responsibility for possession of access key
- Giving adequate reports to nursing staff and doctors during patient transfer to hospitals, and other healthcare facilities
- Emergency room experience: - Memorial 24/7 Urgent Care Center (Contractor): Direct patient care: Drawing and collecting blood, and urine specimens and charting on patient in electronic patient care report (EPIC)
Paramedic
Century Ambulance
10.2020 - 09.2021
- Providing direct patient care including taking vital signs; ECG; phlebotomy with I-Stat monitoring; charting on electronic patient care report; ventilator care operation; determining proper treatment for patients, based on their signs and symptoms
- Critical Care Paramedic: Treating and transporting critical patients in need of higher level of care
- Community Care Paramedic: Providing treatment to patients at home based on physician's order
- Interacting and communicating with patients of all ages, in the bid to providing quality medical care and treatment
- Administering and properly discarding of controlled narcotics, and assuming full responsibility for possession of access key
- Giving adequate reports to nursing staff and doctors during patient transfer to hospitals, and other healthcare facilities
- Emergency room experience: - Memorial 24/7 Urgent Care Center (Contractor): Direct patient care: Drawing and collecting blood, and urine specimens and charting on patient in electronic patient care report (EPIC)
EMT, Paramedic, Certified
American Ambulance, Inc
04.2009 - 03.2020
- Providing direct patient care including taking vital signs; ECG; phlebotomy with I-Stat monitoring; charting on electronic patient care report; ventilator care operation; determining proper treatment for patients, based on their signs and symptoms
- Critical Care Paramedic: Treating and transporting critical patients in need of higher level of care
- Community Care Paramedic: Providing treatment to patients at home based on physician's order
- Interacting and communicating with patients of all ages, in the bid to providing quality medical care and treatment
- Administering and properly discarding of controlled narcotics, and assuming full responsibility for possession of access key
- Giving adequate reports to nursing staff and doctors during patient transfer to hospitals, and other healthcare facilities
- Emergency room experience: - Memorial 24/7 Urgent Care Center (Contractor): Direct patient care: Drawing and collecting blood, and urine specimens and charting on patient in electronic patient care report (EPIC)
Education
Associate of Science - Nursing
Daytona State College
Daytona Beach, FL12-2025
Associate of Science - Emergency Medical Services
Broward College
01.2009
Skills
- Emt/Paramedic Experience
- Phlebotomy
- Critical Care Experience
- Hospital Experience
- Patient assessment
- Patient documentation
- Team collaboration
- Critical thinking
- Documentation and reporting
- Critical decision-making skills
- Neonatal resuscitation (NRP)
- Basic life support(BLS)/ RQI
- Pediatric advanced life support (PALS)/RQI
- Advanced life support(ALS)/RQI
- EMR / EHR/ EPIC
Additional Information
CPR, PALS, ACLS, EVOC, Strike team medic (Hazmat, ICS 100.a, ICS 200.a, ICS 700.a, ICS 800.b)
Timeline
Paramedic
AdventHealth
07.2022 - Current
Paramedic
Advent Health Orlando
09.2021 - Current
Paramedic
Century Ambulance
10.2020 - 09.2021
EMT, Paramedic, Certified
American Ambulance, Inc
04.2009 - 03.2020
Associate of Science - Nursing
Daytona State College
Associate of Science - Emergency Medical Services
Broward College
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