Rebekah Strahan
Summary
Passionate Advanced Emergency Medical Technician offering 12+ years of experience providing assistance in emergency patient care and administrative support. Known for efficiency and accuracy in stressful situations with excellent decision-making skills and attention to detail. Dedicated to comprehensive and compassionate patient care. Possessing expert knowledge of medical terminology and medical equipment operations. Trustworthy and responsible professional comfortable working in fast-paced environment and adapting quickly to changes.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
In-Home Medical Specialist and Member Outreach
Devoted Medical Group
05.2021 - Current
- Assisting with the development and training for the new in-home technician program
- Document patients' medical information and vital signs
- Complete specialized health risk screenings to assist in closing gaps in patients' healthcare such as but not limited to, QuantaFlo, in-home Retinopathy testing, spirometry and in-home neuropathy testing
- Collect blood to conduct specified laboratory tests, log the specimens, and prepare them for testing. Monitor, record, and report symptoms or changes in patients condition
- Assess the needs of individuals including assessment of individuals' home environments, to identify potential health or safety problems. Communicated with patients to understand health needs and challenges.
- Inventory and order medical, lab, and/or office supplies or equipment
- Maintain records of patient care, condition, progress, or problems to report and discuss observations with supervisor or case manager
- Piloting new processes and workflows
- Assist and help prepare patients for upcoming tele-health visits
- Make outreach calls to members for the scheduling of in-home appointments
- Working with in home-techs to map out appointments correctly and efficiently
- Receive incoming calls, assist members needs/questions, and create cases if need be or transferring to appropriate dept.
Emergency Room Technician
Memorial Hermann TMC Trauma Institute
04.2019 - 12.2020
- Providing specialized assistance to registered nurses, ER physicians, and residents such as but not limited to administering and recording EKGs, proper lifting techniques, blood draws, assisting physicians with central lines, and placing patients on cardiac monitor.
- Proper documentation and recording actions performed on patients.
- Worked with nurses to assess patients and prepare for tests and procedures.
- Maintaining patient care areas with appropriate supplies, obtaining and recording vital signs, and assisting with admission, transfer, and discharge of patients
- Unit Clerk administrative responsibilities include but are not limited to greeting patients, answering phones, paging physicians on call, transferring calls, breakdown of charts, data entry, using medical codes to post charges for medical billing to patient records, and ordering supplies.
- Responded quickly and calmly to codes and cardiac monitor alarms.
- Responding/reporting to Level 1 trauma calls for both adult and pediatric patients when assigned and assisting the emergency room team with resuscitation, CPR, and emergency airway procedures.
- Attending in-person and/or completing online continuing education courses provided.
Emergency Room Technician
CHI ST. Lukes Patients Medical Center
03.2014 - 04.2019
- Providing specialized assistance to registered nurses and ER physicians such as but not limited to, obtaining vital signs, administering and recording EKGs, initiating IV access, splinting and casting, urinary catheterization, proper lifting techniques, blood draws, assisting physicians with central lines, proper documentation and recording on computer of actions performed on patients.
- Assisted with resuscitation, CPR, and emergency airway procedures. Quickly and calmly responded to codes and cardiac monitors.
- Maintaining patient care areas with appropriate supplies, obtaining and recording vital signs, and assisting with admission, transfer, and discharge of patients
- Unit clerk responsibilities such as but not limited to greeting patients and checking them in, paging physicians on call, answering phones, transferring calls, preparing patient charts for transfer or admission, and data entry.
- Attending in-person and/or completing online continuing education courses provided.
Emergency Room Technician
Excellence 24Hr Emergency Room (Freestanding)
10.2016 - 01.2018
- All the above responsibilities in previous description along with performing blood diagnostics on patients using the lab equipment provided of the freestanding ER
- Maintaining temperature logs, performing waived testing such as INR, Influenza A/B, Strep, UA, HCG, H. Pylori, and RSV.
- Performing calibrations, monthly and daily cleaning requirements of equipment, quality control checks and logging, documenting send out labs, and maintaining up to date education on all lab equipment and changes if any.
- Attending in-person and/or completing online continuing education courses provided.
Emergency Medical Technician
East Texas Medical Center EMS
05.2011 - 08.2014
- Responding to dispatched 911 emergency assignments quickly and safely. Transporting patients to a higher level of care at the patient's request or based on severity of medical need/condition. Requested aircraft transport if necessary.
- Maintained levelheadedness and efficiency in high-pressure situations, effectively prioritizing tasks to provide out of hospital medical care for the citizens of Pasadena, TX
- Performing both basic and advanced trained skills such as but not limited to intubation, initiating IV access, EKG's, CPR/resuscitation, vehicle extrication, and some medication administration all under the direction of a physician.
- Controlled wounds and injuries en-route to hospitals, prepping patients for advanced treatments or maintaining conditions pre-arrival.
- Monitoring, documenting, and notifying appropriate continuing care providers of patient's condition and changes
- Maintaining education and attending classes provided for up-to-date knowledge on equipment or any other changes made to provide for better prehospital care.
Education
Advanced Emergency Medical Technician Certification -
San Jacinto College- Central Campus
Pasadena, TexasHigh School Diploma -
Deer Park High School
Deer Park, Texas06.2008
Skills
- Computer knowledge using Microsoft word, Powerpoint, Google sheets, Google calendar, Google Docs, Atlassian/Confluence, Looker Data platform, and Slack
- EMR Systems
- Data entry
- Medical Terminology
- Patient Care
- Teamwork
- Customer Service
- Multi-tasking and Critical Decision-Making
Certification
Basic Life Support Certification (BLS) Advanced Cardiac Life Support Certification (ACLS) Pediatric Advanced Life Support Certification (PALS )
Timeline
In-Home Medical Specialist and Member Outreach
Devoted Medical Group
05.2021 - Current
Emergency Room Technician
Memorial Hermann TMC Trauma Institute
04.2019 - 12.2020
Emergency Room Technician
Excellence 24Hr Emergency Room (Freestanding)
10.2016 - 01.2018
Emergency Room Technician
CHI ST. Lukes Patients Medical Center
03.2014 - 04.2019
Emergency Medical Technician
East Texas Medical Center EMS
05.2011 - 08.2014
Advanced Emergency Medical Technician Certification -
San Jacinto College- Central Campus
High School Diploma -
Deer Park High School
Basic Life Support Certification (BLS) Advanced Cardiac Life Support Certification (ACLS) Pediatric Advanced Life Support Certification (PALS )
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