Suzanna Roberts
Atwater,CA
Summary
Experienced with providing critical care in high-pressure flight environments, ensuring patient stability and safety. Utilizes advanced life support techniques and thorough patient assessments to manage emergencies effectively. Knowledge of aeromedical protocols and teamwork essential for seamless patient transport.
Overview
20
20
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Certified Flight Nurse
Air Methods
02.2020 - Current
- Documented appropriate and accurate information for assessment and treatment during stabilization and transport.
- Planned, organized and positioned equipment and supplies for use in emergency conditions before, during and after transport.
- Performed wide range of specialized functions and complex assessments, diagnoses, therapies and emergency treatment of patients transported by rotor-wing. Maintained flight medicine knowledge base by attending mandatory meetings, performing chart and equipment reviews, skills labs and clinical rotations and participating in continuing education sessions for care and transport of critically ill and injured patients.
- Provided skilled, timely and level-headed emergency response to critically-ill patients.
Charge Nurse, Emergency Department
Mercy Medical Center Merced
06.2005 - 07.2025
- Trained new nurses in proper techniques, care standards, operational procedures, and safety protocols.
- Coordinated nursing care on unit through staff assignments, assisting and rounding with physicians, monitoring patient orders, and communicating with ancillary departments.
- Conducted daily shift briefs to inform staff of changes in patient care assignments.
- Supervised and managed daily scheduling, tasking, and administration.
- Monitored nursing care, patient assessment processes, and treatment implementations.
- Integrated data from various sources to provide customized reports.
- Recruited, hired and trained all staff, providing direct supervision, ongoing staff development and continuing education to employees.
- Collaborated with physicians to quickly assess patients and deliver appropriate treatment while managing rapidly changing conditions.
- Administered medications via oral, IV, and intramuscular injections and monitored responses.
- Provided coaching and mentoring to employees.
- Trained and mentored new personnel hired to fulfill various roles.
Critical Care Transport Nurse, Flight Nurse
Riggs Ambulance Service
06.2016 - 03.2021
- Assessed for and detected changes in status of patients and demonstrated proactive approach to solving patient problems.
- Planned, organized and positioned equipment and supplies for use in emergency conditions before, during and after transport.
- Maintained flight medicine knowledge base by attending mandatory meetings, performing chart and equipment reviews, skills labs and clinical rotations and participating in continuing education sessions for care and transport of critically ill and injured patients.
- Supervised enplaning, securing and deplaning of patients and liaised between medical and operational aircrews and support personnel to facilitate multidisciplinary care.
- Delivered advanced cardiac life support (ACLS), basic life support (BLS), and pediatric advanced life support (PALS) under pressure.
- Responded to daily emergencies and worked alongside firemen and EMTs.
- Delegated life-saving tasks to provide comprehensive treatment to triaged patients in emergency situations.
- Assessed patient condition through physical and verbal exams and by collecting information from others at scene.
- Transferred patients safely and securely to medical facilities for continued care.
- Performed intubations to secure airway in patients under respiratory and cardiac arrest.
Clinical Assistant
Merced Community College
01.2007 - 01.2012
- Supervised students when administering medications to maintain patient safety.
- Assigned students to patients based on students' learning objectives and patient needs.
- Provided immediate and constructive feedback to students individually and as group.
- Instructed students on how to perform head-to-toe assessments on patients and how to intervene in medical emergencies.
- Conducted clinical simulations and provided feedback for each individual student.
- Coached underperforming students to help meet clinical objectives
- Monitored progress of each student and provided formal evaluation upon completion of clinical placements.
Education
Master of Science - Family Nurse Practitioner
United States University
Chula Vista, CA10.2024
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Grand Canyon University
Phoenix, AZ09.2016
Associate of Science - Nursing Science
Merced Community College
Merced, Ca.06.2005
Skills
- Medical Procedure Preparation
- Airway Management
- Critical Care Nursing
- Anesthetic Administration
- Emergency Response
- Endotracheal Intubation
- Cardiac Arrest
- Aircraft Safety Adherence
- Emergency Treatment Procedures
- Life Support
Certification
- CFRN
- ACLS
- BLS
- PALS
- NRP
- TPATC
Timeline
Certified Flight Nurse
Air Methods
02.2020 - Current
Critical Care Transport Nurse, Flight Nurse
Riggs Ambulance Service
06.2016 - 03.2021
Clinical Assistant
Merced Community College
01.2007 - 01.2012
Charge Nurse, Emergency Department
Mercy Medical Center Merced
06.2005 - 07.2025
Master of Science - Family Nurse Practitioner
United States University
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Grand Canyon University
Associate of Science - Nursing Science
Merced Community College
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