Heather Swindle
Selmer,TN
Summary
Dynamic Critical Care Paramedic with extensive experience at Hardeman County EMS, excelling in advanced life support and critical decision-making. Proven ability to enhance patient survival rates through effective trauma management and hemodynamic monitoring. Recognized for training new paramedics and fostering collaboration with healthcare teams to ensure optimal patient outcomes.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Critical Care Paramedic
Hardeman County EMS
01.2024 - Current
- Administer advanced life support techniques in critical situations.
- Collaborate with healthcare teams to ensure optimal patient care.
- Monitor and assess patients' vital signs and medical status continuously.
- Utilize emergency medical equipment effectively during transport and procedures.
- Evaluate and document patient responses to treatments accurately.
- Streamlined documentation processes by accurately recording patient information during transport, ensuring seamless transfer of care upon arrival at hospitals or other healthcare facilities.
- Administered tests and medication to stabilize patients in field or in transit.
- Completed files for treatment options and billing information.
- Demonstrated strong decision-making abilities under pressure, leading to successful interventions and positive patient outcomes.
- Provided pre-hospital trauma life support to keep patients alive and stabilized for hospital care.
Critical Care Paramedic
Medical Center Ems
09.2014 - 08.2023
- Administer advanced life support techniques in critical situations.
- Collaborate with healthcare teams to ensure optimal patient care.
- Monitor and assess patients' vital signs and medical status continuously.
- Utilize emergency medical equipment effectively during transport and procedures.
- Provide education and training to new paramedics on protocols and procedures.
- Evaluate and document patient responses to treatments accurately.
- Built rapport with local law enforcement agencies through frequent collaboration on scene management tasks, fostering cooperation among first responders during emergencies.
- Trained EMTs in basic life support skills, oxygen therapy, and wound care.
- Collaborated with hospital and facility staff to provide correct patient treatments.
- Restocked ambulance with proper equipment such as vents, ET tubes, medication, and IV pump tubing to maintain optimum inventory.
- Administered tests and medication to stabilize patients in field or in transit.
- Demonstrated strong decision-making abilities under pressure, leading to successful interventions and positive patient outcomes.
- Conducted thorough assessments of patients'' conditions, enabling accurate diagnosis and prompt initiation of appropriate treatments.
- Enhanced patient survival rates by providing timely and accurate emergency medical care in critical situations.
- Provided pre-hospital trauma life support to keep patients alive and stabilized for hospital care.
- Reduced response times for emergency calls by efficiently coordinating with dispatchers and navigating optimal routes.
- Delivered advanced cardiac life support (ACLS), basic life support (BLS), and pediatric advanced life support (PALS) under pressure.
Education
No Degree - Paramedic Certificate Program
Jackson State Community College
Jackson, Tennessee, TN12-2011
Skills
- Critical care transport
- Critical decision-making skills
- Hemodynamic monitoring
- ECG interpretation
- Intubation
- Medical history collection
- Cardiopulmonary resuscitation
- Trauma management
- TN licensed EMT-p
- Advanced cardiac life support
- Certified critical care paramedic
Certification
Critical Care Paramedic Program 2021
Timeline
Critical Care Paramedic
Hardeman County EMS
01.2024 - Current
Critical Care Paramedic
Medical Center Ems
09.2014 - 08.2023
No Degree - Paramedic Certificate Program
Jackson State Community College