James Bood
Surgical Technologist
Lafayette,LA
Summary
Adaptable professional with proven ability to learn quickly and adjust to new environments. Expertise in acquiring knowledge efficiently and applying it to achieve results. Committed to continuous learning and effectively managing change.
Overview
1
1
year of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Surgical Technologist
Lafayette Surgical Specialty Hospital
Lafayette, LA
02.2025 - Current
- Maintained sterile field during surgical procedures to ensure optimal safety standards.
- Assisted surgeons by passing instruments and sterile supplies throughout operations.
- Applied wound dressings, casts, and medical devices with precision.
- Positioned patients on operating tables, covering them with sterile drapes.
- Coordinated effectively with surgeons, nurses, and anesthesiologists in operating room.
- Ensured availability of all necessary equipment for each surgical procedure.
- Organized operating room by setting up surgical trays according to surgeon preferences.
- Restocked supplies in operating rooms and carts between cases to maintain readiness.
Certified Surgical Technologist
Oschner Orthopedic Hospital
Lafayette, LA
04.2024 - 01.2025
- Prepared operating room for surgical procedures, including setting up sterile field.
- Demonstrated knowledge of principles of asepsis while preparing and caring for patients undergoing surgery.
- Ensured that all equipment was functioning properly prior to use in the operating room.
- Provided instruction on proper techniques of handling instruments to new team members.
- Adhered to department policies regarding infection control practices.
- Set up trays with necessary surgical instruments according to established protocols.
- Performed various duties such as applying dressings to incisions sites postoperatively.
- Maintained aseptic technique throughout the procedure.
- Maintained inventory levels of medical supplies within assigned areas of responsibility.
- Assisted with scrubbing in for each case as needed.
- Assisted surgeons during operative procedures by anticipating their needs and passing instruments.
- Set up equipment, tools, and supplies for procedures and organize instruments as directed in surgeons' preference cards.
- Used retractors, sponges and suctioning and irrigating equipment to create unobstructed operating fields.
- Maintained surgical areas and oversaw inventory management.
Education
Associate of Science - Surgical Technology
Lamar State College-Port Arthur
Port Arthur, TX08-2016
Skills
- Sterile technique and aseptic procedures
- Surgical instrumentation management
- Operating room preparation
- Infection control practices
- Supply inventory management
- Wound dressing techniques
Certification
NBSTSA Certified
References
References available upon request.
Timeline
Surgical Technologist
Lafayette Surgical Specialty Hospital
02.2025 - Current
Certified Surgical Technologist
Oschner Orthopedic Hospital
04.2024 - 01.2025
Associate of Science - Surgical Technology
Lamar State College-Port Arthur
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