LENE ELKHAWAND

• Managed patients' conditions and reported changes in post-operative patients, including heart and lung transplants.
• Prioritized assignments, executing care based on each patient's relative condition, and devices such as VADs, centrimag, IABP, and CRRT(Prismaflex).
• Titration of pressors, inotropes, vasodilators, and sedation per ICU protocol
• Managed patients on ventilators in collaboration with a respiratory therapist.

• Performed post-op recovery of Coronary Artery Bypass grafts and AVR/MVR surgeries.
• Managed EKOS, IABP, and Impella
• Performed postoperative care on cardiac catheterization/PCI and ablations for afib/flutter with focus on radial TR bands and groin access management (Femstop, Angioseal, Mnyx, and Perclose).
• Management of post-arrest (cooling-hypothermia protocols on Alsius)
• Discharge instructions are explained and given for patients who have undergone heart bypass, valve surgeries, or post-cardiac catheterization.

Ann Arbor, Michigan's University of Michigan Health System

Cardiothoracic ICU, CVC4 Main Hospital

5/2021–8/2021

2. MPU East Medical Procedure Unit, East Ann Arbor

10/2020- 4/2021

• Performed preoperative and postanesthesia care for ambulatory patients on endoscopy procedures.
• Discharge Instructions given and explained prior to discharge

• Performed care in relation to discharge criteria for post-anesthesia care-surgical patients
• Initiated instructions for discharge before being released.
• Recovery of patients post-catheterization or PCI with management on TR band or groin access
• Rotated and performed pre- and post-op care for endoscopy patients

• Worked in the float pool that covers staffing in different ICUs at Henry Ford Main Hospital (Detroit), Henry Ford Macomb, and Henry Ford West Bloomfield.
• provided medical care to patients in Main Hospital Detroit's post-anesthesia unit (PACU).

• Provides post-op care for CABG, TAVR, and valve surgeries.
• Provides care for patients with VAD placement, centrimag, and ECMO.
• Manage patients with congestive heart disease or structural heart disease.
• Experience with Impella 5.0 device.
• Skill in titration of inotropes, vasopressors, and vasodilators
• Management in recovery of heart and lung transplant patients, post cardiac catheterization (PCI)
• Experience with arterial lines, swan ganz, ventilators and IABP, pacemakers, and EKOS

• Recover patients post Coronary Artery Bypass Grafts(CABG), valve surgeries, and aortic dissection repairs
• Experience with Intra-aortic Balloon Pump, arterial line, swan, pacemakers, CRRT(Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy) NextStage
• Collaborates with perfusionist on patients with ECMO
• Assist insertion of tracheostomies and PEG @ bedside
• Performed initiation of paralytics and assist intubation
• Experience with Impella 5.0 and 2.5.

• Cardiac Telemetry: 35-bed capacity with 1:5 ratio patient care.

• Assumes role of circulating and scrub nurse in trauma surgeries, such as stab wounds and gunshot wound victims.