Kenai Crenshaw
Surgical Technician
Vacaville,CA
Summary
Meticulous surgical team member skilled at coordinating supplies and instruments to prepare for procedures and assist staff. Maintain aseptic fields and unobstructed views to help surgeries succeed. Efficiently prioritize tasks and communicate with surgical staff.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
2
2
Certification
Work History
Orthopedic Surgical Technician
United States Air Force
Vacaville, CA
09.2016 - Current
- Verified identity of patient or operative site.
- Quickly responded to emergency situations during procedures with life-saving aid.
- Kept views unobstructed by retracting, sponging and suctioning surgical sites.
- Arranged supplies and instrumentation to meet needs of individual surgeons and enhance team efficiency.
- Quickly learned new skills and applied them to daily tasks, improving efficiency and productivity.
- Offered friendly and efficient service to customers, handled challenging situations with ease.
- Protected patients from infection by setting up and managing sterile operating fields.
- Applied antiseptics and sterile dressings to cover surgical locations and boost healing.
- Assessed patient comfort related to cast and splints and assisted with comfort measures.
- Set up orthopedic fracture tables for casting procedures and applied variety of plaster and fiberglass casting, splints, braces, soft goods and skin and skeletal traction.
- Measured and fit crutches and canes and instructed patients on proper crutch and cane walking.
- Fitted appliances onto patients and made necessary adjustments.
Surgical Technician
United States Air Force
10.2011 - 08.2016
- Anticipated surgeons needs and handed instruments and supplies to surgeons during procedures.
- Gathered and set up equipment, tools and supplies and arrange instruments according to surgeons' preferences or instruction.
- Created safe operating environments for invasive and non-invasive procedures.
- Prepared instruments for terminal sterilization and reset surgical suites for next procedure.
- Performed and documented pre-surgery and post-surgery sponge, instrument, and needle count.
- Collected, prepared, and disposed of medical specimens.
- Operated, adjusted, and monitored diagnostic equipment and other machines used during procedures.
- Introduced new staff members to training protocols regarding operating room procedures, infection control, safety standards and overall facility policies.
- Provided scrubbing surgical assistance and support to surgeons during general, gynecology, genitourinary, orthopedic, neurosurgery and plastic surgery procedures.
Sterile Processing Technician
United States Air Force
10.2011 - 08.2016
- Assessed instruments, equipment and containers to promote cleanliness and proper functioning.
- Wrapped trays, instrument packs and sets.
- Verified and maintained proper documents and records for sterilization.
- Identified parameters and sterilization method required for each item to be sterilized.
- Inspected sterile package integrity prior to distribution.
- Corrected instrument sets according to current standards and established count sheets and instrument tracking systems.
- Prepared instruments for terminal sterilization and reset surgical suites for next procedure.
- Ordered and restocked supplies for decontamination and surgical areas.
- Decontaminated, cleaned, assembled, packaged, sterilized, stored and distributed reusable surgical instrumentation and equipment.
- Maintained specialty equipment, implant and instrumentation inventories.
Education
Associate of Applied Science -
Community College of The Air Force
Montgomery, ALSkills
- Biohazardous waste disposal
- Infection control protocols
- Passing surgical instruments
- Setting up and operating equipment
- Pre-surgical preparation
- Patient transportation
- Wound Dressing
- Training and Development
- Attention to Detail
- Electronic Charting
Certification
- CST - Certified Surgical Technologist
- TS- C - Surgical Technologist
Timeline
Orthopedic Surgical Technician
United States Air Force
09.2016 - Current
Surgical Technician
United States Air Force
10.2011 - 08.2016
Sterile Processing Technician
United States Air Force
10.2011 - 08.2016
Associate of Applied Science -
Community College of The Air Force
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