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Martha Alcantar-Lopez

Houston,TX

Overview

5
5
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Registered Nurse

Hillcrest Medical Center
07.2019 - 06.2024


  • Provide holistic care to patients with cardiovascular illnesses
  • ECMO specialist–assist with in-house and outer facility cannulations in patients with respiratory failure, cardiogenic shock, and pulmonary embolisms
  • Provide comprehensive care for patients recovering from open heart surgery
  • Experience operating and monitoring various devices: left ventricular assist device, Impella, intra-aortic balloon pump, and continuous renal replacement therapy
  • Administer various intravenous medications such as vasopressors, inotropes, and sedatives
  • Regularly collaborate with interdisciplinary teams
  • Train and develop new members of the team
  • Charge nurse–setting schedules, managing people and their positions, strategizing personnel assignments based on their expertise

Education

Post-baccalaureate Certificate - Perfusion Technology

The Texas Heart Institute
12-2025

Bachelor of Science - Nursing

University of Oklahoma Health Science Center
Tulsa, OK
05-2019

Skills

    Cases: Transplants (Heart, Lung, Liver), AVR, MVR, TVR (Open, Mini Sternotomy, Robotic with daVinci Surgical System), LVAD/RVAD insertion/exchange (Heartware, Heartmate), Coronary Artery Bypass, Aortic Artery Aneurysm repair of Ascending and Descending with all extents, Left HeartBypass with cold renal perfusion, VV and VA ECMO initiations and bedside monitoring, TAVI/R and Laser Lead Extraction standbys

    Equipment: Quantum Spectrum Heart Lung Machine, Terumo System 1 Heart Lung Machine, Medtronic and Terumo tubing/CPG sets, Medtronic Biomedicus and Maquet Rotaflow centrifugal pumps, Maquet Quadrox-iD Oxygenators, Medtronic Affinity Fusion, Hardshell reservoirs, Terumo Sarns Cardioplegia Delivery Systems, i-STAT ACT, Sarns Dual Heater Cooler System, CardioQuip Cooler Heater Device

Certification

Registered Nurse 2019-Present

· Basic Life Support (American Heart Association, expires April 2025)

· Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (American Heart Association, expires April 2025)


Timeline

Registered Nurse

Hillcrest Medical Center
07.2019 - 06.2024

Post-baccalaureate Certificate - Perfusion Technology

The Texas Heart Institute

Bachelor of Science - Nursing

University of Oklahoma Health Science Center

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