Judy Long

• Attended training programs to deepen professional skillset and assisted in training fellow associates on existing and new training programs.
• Monitored industry trends and best practices to adapt strategies accordingly.
• Communicated with empathy to best interpret clients’ needs and introduced services to fit specific requirements.
• Supported bereaved families throughout postmortem processes and procedures. Ensuring accurate, timely, completion of required documents and paperwork.

• Attended webinars to stay informed regarding updates in polices, procedures and compliance protocol.
• Collecting and verifying digital fingerprints
• Followed strict laboratory safety procedures to ensure safety of personnel and evidence.
• Facilitated seamless transfer of evidence from crime scenes to laboratory.
• Attended and examined scenes of crimes.
• Reconstructed crime scenes to determine relationships among pieces of evidence.

• Aseptic surgical removal of donated human tissue for transplant, education and research.
• Recovery, Packaging & Shipment of authorized human tissue including but not limited to: Heart for Valves, Descending Thoracic Aorta, Aorta-Iliac, Femoral Vein/Artery, Saphenous Veins, Skin, Adipose, Muscular Skeletal tissue from the upper and lower extremities, Corneas, and Vertebral Bodies.
• Team Leader — Delegates and supervises events throughout the case. Documents case activity in real time, notifies personnel of recovery times, ensures recovery occurs in compliance with SOPs, collects necessary evidence for Pathologists: Blood, Vitreous, and blood stain card if necessary. Completes a checklist to ensure accuracy of all ME requirements.
• Document in photo and chart, critical findings throughout the recovery process: Photos of the popliteal displaying the Femoral A/V in-situ, bilateral pulmonary A/V — in the event that emboli are suspected or apparent.
• Establish and maintain effective communication with staff, physicians, Medical Examiners, Funeral Directors and community organizations to promote high quality decedent care
• Communication of findings during physical assessments, documenting said findings on a physical assessment form in the decedent chart.
• Shipping tissue with great attention to detail as to the packaging, labeling, temperature control, and contacting shipping agencies to coordinate timely delivery of recovered tissue to associated processors.
• Efficiently delegating tasks to team members and communicating with team prior to shift to ensure the most effective process in completing all cases timely and without error.
• Adhering strictly to policies and procedures in accordance with FDA, OSHA and AATB standards.
• Participating in necessary training or reviewing amendments to policies to maintain up to date recovery practices.
• Attending AATB webinars, maintaining up to date knowledge of Tissue Recovery practices and regulations, earning CEUs
• Continuous education and networking via conferences and summits with affiliate Tissue Banks, and Organ Processing Organizations.

• Gathered, arranged, and corrected research data to create representative graphs and charts highlighting results for presentations.
• Performed statistical, qualitative, and quantitative analysis.
• Attended seminars and symposiums to improve overall knowledge and understanding.
• Worked both independently and collaboratively in fast-paced laboratory environment.
• Maintained up-to-date records of research activities and results for future reference.
• Reviewed documents and data to identify trends and patterns.
• Maintained and calibrated various types of lab equipment.
• Collaborated with other researchers to develop successful research strategies.
• Recorded experimental findings in laboratory notebook to analyze and interpret experimental findings.
• Adhered to laboratory safety procedures to maintain compliance with quality control standards.

• As a Recovery Technician I traveled to approximately 50 counties on the across the state of Iowa to assess and perform in-situ corneal tissue recovery in compliance with AATB, EBAA, Iowa Lion's Eye Bank SOPs for tissue recovery, packaging, and transportation of Human Tissue.

Responsibilities

• Traveling to the decedent location, coordinating with authorized personnel regarding recovery timeframes
• Speaking with authorized personnel to obtain and review decedent medical records: verify fluid intake, plasma dilution and medication intake within 72 hours of death.
• Perform physical assessment of decedent: documenting injury/trauma, scars, needle stick sites/punctures, tattoos and other identifying marks. Verify punctures with medical intervention documented in chart to ensure accuracy.
• Post mortem collection of fluids, blood draw from appropriate sites: Femoral / Subclavian Veins. Carefully Drawing Vitreous for Medical Examiners on autopsy cases.
• Collected decedent records upon arrival. Entered patient data into Paper Chart / i Transplant
• Prepared sterile kits and equipment on a regular basis for Tissue Recovery.
• Developed, implemented and operated network system infrastructure and procedures.
• Supported patient confidentiality in accordance with HIPAA regulations.
• Collaborated with various groups to troubleshoot and resolve build and deployment issues.

• Honor Roll Spring 2019
• Relevant Coursework: Human Computer Interaction
• 3.8 GPA
• summa cum laude graduate
• Thesis: The Veil ,
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• Research Project: Morgue Life, Informative visual account of working in the post mortem industry.

• 3.8 GPA
• summa cum laude graduate

• Relevant Coursework: Human Anatomy Lab & Physiology Lab Tech