Jose Aguilar Vanegas
Simi Valley,CA
Summary
Detailed and Oriented Anesthesia Technician wit 10 years of experience supporting anesthesiologists and surgical teams in operating rooms, emergency rooms, and procedural suites. Proficient in preparing and maintaining anesthesia equipment, and ensuring a sterile environment. Committed to patient safety and efficiency in high-pressure clinical settings.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
Work History
Anesthesia Technician
Los Robles Hospital & Medical Center
03.2023 - Current
- Calibrate, test, and troubleshoot anesthesia machines and monitoring equipment.
- Maintain a clean, stocked an organized anesthesia workroom with necessary supplies.
- Respond rapidly to emergency situations, ensuring timely support with resuscitation equipment.
- Assisted with transports of invasively monitored O.R. and I.C.U. patients.
- Assist with induction and placing patient monitors for vitals.
- Assist for arterial line placements, both invasive and non-invasive.
- Scrub in for central line placement assistance.
- Assist with nerve block placements for; adductor, tap, popliteal sub-clavicular.
- Set up rooms for MVR's, CABG, VATs, Liver transplants, Heart transplants, single and double lung transplant procedures.
- Set up and run rapid tranfusers.
- Set up fiber optics.
Patient Specialty Service Technician
Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center
01.2016 - Current
- Set up anesthesia machine for the anesthesiologist
- Set up airway supplies for intubation at the beginning of the case
- Knowledge with setting up and troubleshooting glide scopes, fiber optics scopes and towers.
- Knowledge of setting up and troubleshooting rapid transfusers such as; Thermacore’s and Belmont’s.
- Responsible to set up A-lines and CVP’s for the trauma room
- Responsible to set up A-line, Central, double and triple lumen kits for the anesthesiologist upon their request.
- Handing over and assisting with sterile items prior to incision
- Knowledge of troubleshooting patient monitors such as vital or non-invasive arterial line set-ups
- Knowledge of setting up and troubleshooting flo-tracs and clearsights
- Experienced with TEE probes, Olympus and Storz fiber optics
- Responsible to set-up fluid-warmers, IV bags and pump towers for liver and cardiac cases
Education
High School Diploma -
Reseda High School
Reseda, CA01.2010
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Santa Monica Community College
Santa Monica, CA01.2016
Skills
- Communicate well with the providers
- Work well with a fast paced environment
- Anesthetic equipment maintenance
- Patient positioning
- Extubation assistance
- Ultrasound-guided procedures
- Highly motivated to learn all new equipment to help providers
- Work extremely well under pressure
Languages
English
Native or Bilingual
Spanish
Native or Bilingual
Timeline
Anesthesia Technician
Los Robles Hospital & Medical Center
03.2023 - Current
Patient Specialty Service Technician
Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center
01.2016 - Current
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Santa Monica Community College
High School Diploma -
Reseda High School
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