LARIN CLARK
Barksdale AFB,Louisiana
Summary
Compassionate Licensed Practical Nurse and Medical Technician with 15 years of diverse patient care experience. Managed a 20-bed Intermediate Care Ward and provided critical support in ER and Trauma settings. Basic Life Support Instructor for over 100 healthcare professionals. Expertise in patient care, medication administration, and health monitoring, with a commitment to effective communication and teamwork to enhance patient outcomes.
Overview
1
1
Certification
15
15
years of professional experience
Work History
Licensed Practical Nurse
Intensive Specialty Hospital LLC
Shreveport, LA
01.2026 - Current
- Administered medications and treatments per physician orders, ensuring patient safety and compliance with protocols.
- Monitored vital signs and reported changes to nursing staff for timely interventions.
- Assisted in developing individualized care plans based on patient assessments and needs.
- Collaborated with multidisciplinary teams to enhance patient outcomes and streamline care processes.
- Managed patient care through closely monitoring respiration, blood pressure, and blood glucose levels.
- Demonstrated excellent technical skills in wound dressing changes, IV therapy administration, catheter insertion, and other routine nursing procedures.
- Gathered lab specimens, ordered testing, and interpreted results to diagnose patients.
- Used aseptic techniques to provide sterilized wound care and dressing applications.
Independent Duty Medical Technician
United States Air Force
05.2019 - Current
- Active-duty military health care providers, not otherwise classified, need to be separately identified for operational, clinical, or administrative processes.
- Specially trained and educated to perform primary medical care, minor surgical services, and treatment of dental disorders for active-duty military members in a variety of health care and non-health care settings worldwide under direct and indirect physician supervision.
- Took medical histories, performed physical exams, ordered lab tests and x-rays, prescribed medications, and administered immunizations to ensure comprehensive patient care.
- Stabilized patients for transport by administering critical treatments at accident sites, enhancing their chances of recovery.
- Administered oral or injectable medications and initiated IV lines to effectively address patient conditions and facilitate timely treatment.
Aerospace Medical Technician
United States Air Force
05.2017 - 05.2019
- Facilitated immediate treatment by promptly conveying vital statistics and treatments administered to physicians.
- Enhanced treatment effectiveness by optimizing based on current medications and noted pre-existing conditions.
- Optimized treatments based on currently available information such as medications taken or pre-existing conditions noted.
- Trained and mentored lower-level medical technicians to improve team competency and service delivery.
Emergency Department Technician
Central Health
Lynchburg, Virginia
02.2014 - 05.2017
- Assisted RNs in obtaining vital signs, retrieving lab specimens, applying orthopedic splints, performing patient movements and transports, conducting glucose checks, assisting with oxygen therapy, and administering wound care.
- Assist RNs in obtaining vital signs, retrieving over 100 lab specimens, applying over 50 orthopedic splinting, doing over 100 patient movements and transports, countless glucose checks, assisting with oxygen therapy via non-rebreather masks or nasal cannulas, and administering effective wound care for patients
- Performed various tasks including cutting clothes and securing valuables during emergency situations.
Aerospace Medical Technician
States Air Force Reserve
Joint Base Andrews, MD
11.2011 - 05.2017
- Managed patient care for over 200 individuals in the Intermediate Care Ward.
- Provided extensive trauma care for patients with sucking chest wounds, burns, eye and facial injuries, and amputations from IEDs, MVCs, helicopter and plane crashes, and GSWs.
- Orchestrated 16 patient movement missions enplaning and deplaning 24 patients, guaranteeing no patient safety mishaps or flight delays for one month.
- Coordinated 16 patient movement missions for 24 patients, ensuring zero safety mishaps or flight delays.
Education
Associates - Applied Health Sciences
Rowan College of Burlington County
Mount Laurel08-2025
Associates - Practical Nursing Technology
Community College of the Air Force
Montgomery07-2022
High School Diploma - undefined
Heritage High School
Lynchburg06-2009
Skills
- Medication administration
- Intravenous medications
- Immunization administration
- Wound care
- Direct patient care
- Vital signs monitoring
- Vital signs
- Physical assessment
- Patient assessments
- EMR EHR
- Clinical documentation
- Patient charting
- Breathing treatments
- ADL assistance
- EMR / EHR
- Healthcare software proficiency
- Transcribing orders
- Compassionate care
Certification
National/State Certified Emergency Medical Technician(EMT) Certified Basic Life Support(BLS/CPR) Certified Advance Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) Certified Pediatric Advance Life Support(PALS) Basic EKG/ECG Arrhythmia Interpretation
Timeline
Licensed Practical Nurse
Intensive Specialty Hospital LLC
01.2026 - Current
Independent Duty Medical Technician
United States Air Force
05.2019 - Current
Aerospace Medical Technician
United States Air Force
05.2017 - 05.2019
Emergency Department Technician
Central Health
02.2014 - 05.2017
Aerospace Medical Technician
States Air Force Reserve
11.2011 - 05.2017
High School Diploma - undefined
Heritage High School
Associates - Practical Nursing Technology
Community College of the Air Force
Associates - Applied Health Sciences
Rowan College of Burlington County