Katrina White
Newport News,Va
Summary
Certified ACLS Provider excited to apply training and clinical skills to secure a rewarding role. With over 20 years experience, highly skilled with comprehensive training in cardiac analysis, to include measuring cardiac complexes, interpreting all vital signs, and reporting any changes to attending RN or MD; additionally, notified appropriate staff of lethal rhythms and heart attacks missed by monitoring system. Also strong phlebotomy and intravenous needle insertion with few misses. Although pediatric patients can be difficult, having the ability to relate to their understanding has offered much success and praise from parent and patient alike. Further roles included but not limited to collecting medical specimens, treating wounds and assisting with various medical procedures, and assisting physicians, nurses, and other allied health professionals in providing high quality care to patients. Highly motivated with outstanding skills in relationship and team building, as well as focused, reliable, and a strong aptitude in the use of critical thinking.
Overview
24
24
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
MT1
Philips Contingent
Norfolk, VA
01.2025 - 01.2026
- Self-motivated, with a strong sense of personal responsibility.
- Passionate about learning and committed to continual improvement.
- Evaluate, measure and label any abnormal anomalies and accurate rhythms.
- Organized and detail-oriented with a strong work ethic.
- Labeling ECG strips appropriately for urgency in notification.
- Developed and maintained courteous and effective working relationships.
- Proven ability to learn quickly and adapt to new situations.
- Verifying and validating heart rate strips to accurately label high or low rhythms and recognize artifact,
Cardiac Monitor Technician
Bon Secours Mercy Health
Newport News, Va
08.2019 - 12.2024
- Monitored cardiac rhythms and identified abnormalities to ensure patient safety.
- Document all measurements obtained and any additional information in the patient's EMR hourly.
- Operated and maintained cardiac monitoring equipment to guarantee optimal performance.
- On admission, enter patient demographics into telemetry system, assign and label telemetry equipment and release to nurse.
- Served as a dependable resource for nurses and other healthcare staff, providing guidance on proper lead placement and interpretation of cardiac monitor findings.
- Cleaned and sterilized equipment after each appointment, changed batteries and checked for malfunctions.
- Facilitated smooth transitions between shifts by providing comprehensive handover reports detailing any significant events or observations during monitoring periods.
- In addition to cardiac monitoring, also monitored oxygen saturation through pulse oximetry. Continuous monitoring to ensure proper waveform and saturations maintain above 95%.
- On discharge of patient, receive telemetry equipment back from nurse, clean and disinfect all equipment, remove all patient information from active telemetry system, and return equipment back into service.
Emergency Room Technician II
Sentara Healthcare
Hampton, VA
08.2001 - 05.2019
- Comprehensive training at monitoring, measuring, and evaluating all patient vital signs; Additionally, highly adept at identifying any abnormal cardiac or vital sign finding, and referring this information to the attending nurse and doctor
- Working with Emergency Department Management and Educator to develop and organize engaging educational curriculum, to include maintaining American Heart Association certifications with complete compliance
- Supporting duties for diagnostic and technical treatment procedures, to include but not limited to, operating special medical equipment and apparatus, dressing wounds, applying necessary splints, transporting patients, and documenting all activities performed accurately in patient's electronic medical record
- Offering a comforting and soothing environment when possible, acknowledging and honoring the patient's fear, to have success in obtaining the elusive intravenous access for either phlebotomy or venous medication administration
- Demonstrating high standards of performance, to include dependability, knowledge, reliability, focus, critical thinking skills, de-escalating ability, compassion, communication, and teamwork, directly worked with doctors and other staff in a large, busy emergency room to achieve the highest level of care and positive customer service
Education
Some College (No Degree) - Biological Sciences
University of South Carolina - Columbia
Columbia, SCBachelor of Science - Criminal Justice
University of Phoenix
Tempe, AZ2012
Skills
- Strategic decision making
- Critical thinking
- Self-motivated, Focused, and Organized
- ECG rhythm monitoring, measuring, and interpretation
- Dependable and responsible
- Sharp Critical Thinker with excellent communication skills
- Friendly, positive attitude
- Customer service
Affiliations
Emergency Medical Services Provider
CRAT certified
Certification
- AHA BLS Instructor
- AHA ACLS Instructor
- AHA PALS Instructor
- Emergency Medical Technician- Intermediate
Timeline
MT1
Philips Contingent
01.2025 - 01.2026
Cardiac Monitor Technician
Bon Secours Mercy Health
08.2019 - 12.2024
Emergency Room Technician II
Sentara Healthcare
08.2001 - 05.2019
Bachelor of Science - Criminal Justice
University of Phoenix
Some College (No Degree) - Biological Sciences
University of South Carolina - Columbia