Robin Pietrucha

• Acted as first assistant in the scrub role of diagnostic, interventional, and acute procedures.
• Maintained asepsis throughout the course of procedures such as ablations, ICD, BiV, and temporary and permanent pacemakers.
• Displayed effective utilization of equipment, and became Super user for the portable OEC 9800 C-arm.
• Constantly researched ways to maintain EP lab efficiency, by accomplishing departmental goals, cost effective projects and enhancing overall team performance, by being a top performing EP technologist.
• Provided training to new EP Lab hires with regard to scrubbing and monitoring.
• Developed excellent and helpful rapport with patients, staff, families, and physicians.
• Assisted the physician in administering direct/indirect care to patients undergoing invasive cardiac procedures.
• Developed advanced clinical practice skills and grew both the clinical and technical applications of devices and equipment used in the EP Lab.
• Maintained k.

• Chart prepping, recording vitals and medication reconciliation

• Provide patient education and discharge instructions

• Electronic medical record data entry

• Involved with maintaining audit tracking tools for the department

• Direct and indirect care of patients with cardiac pacemakers and AICDs

• Collaboration with other healthcare professionals to provide quality and continuity of care

• Responsible for scheduling, ECG’s, event monitors and remote monitoring of device patients

• Assisted with data entry for device registries

• Offered advice and assistance to customers, paying attention to special needs or wants.
• Answered customer telephone calls promptly to avoid on-hold wait times.
• Provided primary customer support to internal and external customers.
• Updated account information to maintain customer records.

• Scrub Technician assisting interventional Cardiologist and Radiologist with : IABP insertion, angiogram, balloon angioplasty, stent, femoral closure, FFR, IVUS and temporary pacemaker insertion

• Hemodynamic monitoring and ECG acquisition

• Inventory specialist

• Set-up, calibrate and operate instruments to perform and document hemodynamic and ECG measurements during diagnostic and interventional adult and pediatric procedures

• Directly assist attending cardiologist during procedures from prep to patient transport upon completion

• Monitor status and condition of patient and act as unsterile assistant

• Hemodynamic monitoring and recording

• Assist Cardiologist during procedures including Angiogram, PTCA, stent, IABP, Rotational atherectomies and access closure devices

• Hemodynamic monitoring during above procedures

• Ordering and stocking of supplies

• Patient care after procedures including sheath removal and hemostasis