Jessica D. Houdek
Elizabeth City,NC
Summary
Dedicated paramedic with 20 years of experience in EMS, including acting as Captain for C-shift from August 2023 through July 2024. Specialties include: establishing and maintaining professional and cooperative relationships with staff, medical facilities, other public safety agencies, and the public; planning, organizing, directing, and monitoring the activities of the field EMS staff; organizing and overseeing shift meetings; diligent trainer, mentor, and morale-building abilities to enhance employee engagement.
Overview
20
20
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Paramedic, Lieutenant
Pasquotank-Camden EMS
01.2012 - Current
- Establish and maintain professional and cooperative relationships with staff, medical facilities, other public safety agencies, and the public
- Act as a role model within and outside the work environment
- Plan, organize, direct, and monitor the activities of the field EMS staff on an assigned EMS Shift
- Review patient care reports for completeness and accuracy, ESO QM/QA/QI
- Provide documentation training for the agency on a yearly basis
- Adhere to and maintain a positive attitude towards County and Departmental procedures/policies and goals
- Maintain knowledge of County Government and Departmental operations, policy, and procedures
- Act in the absence of the Shift Captain
- Assist in Admin Support position
- Identify and assure equipment is in working order, send equipment for repair as needed
- Assist with the purchasing and procurement of department oxygen as outlined in the budget
- Perform professional advanced life support work in operating an approved mobile medical unit, rescuing victims, and performing advanced emergency care including the administration of life sustaining treatment to patients on-site and while in route to hospital
Paramedic
Perquimans County EMS
04.2016 - 12.2023
- Performs professional advanced life support work in operating an approved mobile medical unit, rescuing victims, and performing advanced emergency care including the administration of life sustaining treatment to patients on-site and while in route to hospital
- Work with an inter-disciplinary team, including ER staff, US Coast Guard, fire, and police departments
- Respond to emergent and non-emergent calls
Paramedic
Washington-Tyrrell County EMS
08.2012 - 04.2016
- Performs professional advanced life support work in operating an approved mobile medical unit, rescuing victims, and performing advanced emergency care including the administration of life sustaining treatment to patients on-site and while en route to hospital
- Work with an inter-disciplinary team, including ER staff, fire, and police departments
- Respond to emergencies to assess and treat patients and transfer patients to other tertiary facilities
Medical Assistant
Institute for Asthma and Allergy
05.2010 - 12.2011
- Work with an inter-disciplinary team of doctors, health-care providers, and researchers
- Provide adult and pediatric patients with information about their diseases, the underlying causes of their symptoms, the application of the latest treatments and research, and the potential benefits and dangers of the procedures and treatments
- Work specifically with patients with asthma, sinusitis, rhinitis, anaphylaxis, food allergy, drug allergy, angioedema, urticaria, itching, eczema, otitis, IgG and IgA deficiencies, and other immunologic abnormalities
Paramedic
Metro Paramedic Services, INC
01.2008 - 01.2010
- Provide emergency medical and emergency medical equipment to municipalities and fire protection districts
- Work with an inter-disciplinary team including ER staff, fire and police departments, and trauma centers
- To provide appropriate patient care, and appropriately assess a patient and accurately convey the condition to other medical professionals
Emergency Room Tech
West Suburban Medical Center
01.2005 - 01.2008
- Provides physical comfort measures for patients, performs designated technical tasks, communicates information pertinent to patient comfort and safety, participates in the admission, discharge and transfer process, and documents specified information
- Rooming patients, vital signs, phlebotomy, EKG, O2 saturation check, transport patients to floor and radiology
Education
EMT-P -
College of DuPage
Glen Ellyn, IL01.2006
Skills
- Support and commitment to crews
- Forward thinking
- Attention to detail
- Team leadership
- Effective communication
- Time management
- Expectation setting
- Coaching and mentoring
- Adaptability and flexibility
- Multitasking Abilities
- Organizational skills
Certification
- North Carolina Paramedic Credential
- ACLS
- PALS
- CPR
- PHTLS
- EMS Officer 1
- Field Training Officer
- Field Clinical Instructor
- EMS Instructor Methodology
- ICS 100
- ICS 200
- ICS 300
- ICS 400
- ICS 700
- ICS 800
- CEVO
References
Available upon request.
Timeline
Paramedic
Perquimans County EMS
04.2016 - 12.2023
Paramedic
Washington-Tyrrell County EMS
08.2012 - 04.2016
Paramedic, Lieutenant
Pasquotank-Camden EMS
01.2012 - Current
Medical Assistant
Institute for Asthma and Allergy
05.2010 - 12.2011
Paramedic
Metro Paramedic Services, INC
01.2008 - 01.2010
Emergency Room Tech
West Suburban Medical Center
01.2005 - 01.2008
EMT-P -
College of DuPage
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