Don'ta Watkins
Homewood,IL
Summary
Seeking a position within a company with a proven record of success and where my skills will be utilized and further developed.
Overview
17
17
years of professional experience
Work History
Bus Operator
Chicago Transit Authority
09.2014 - Current
- Possess a valid Illinois Class "B" CDL driver's license or CDL permit with Knowledge, Passenger and Air Brakes Endorsements
- Drives bus and announces stops along routes
- Inspects passes; ascertains appropriate fares
- Issues and receives transfer cards (collects invalid transfer cards) and receives and returns fare-cards
- Contacts Control Center regarding all problems
- Operates lift to board and discharge disabled passengers
- Prepares daily trip sheets and bus for service
- Removes refuse and prepares bus for pull-out
- Tallies various categories of boarding passengers by manually operating a recording device
- Enters tally numbers from recording device at beginning and end of run.
Emergency Medical Technician (EMT-B)
Superior Ambulance Service
10.2006 - Current
- Responding to emergency and non-emergency calls calmly, efficiently and promptly
- Administering basic and restricted advanced life support to patients at the scene, en route to the hospital and in a pre-hospital setting
- Assessing the nature and extent of injury or illness to establish and prioritize medical procedures to be followed
- Rescuing and extricating victims of accidents, sudden illness or entrapment using proper rescue and medical techniques
- Communicating with professional medical personnel and treatment facilities to obtain instructions regarding further treatment and/ or to arrange reception of patients to the appropriate center
- Maintaining order at scenes, including crowd disbursement and restraint of family and friends
- Completing patient care forms, insurance forms, evaluation forms, and all other forms in a competent and timely manner.
Grounds Crew Member
American Airlines
07.2021 - 10.2022
- Servicing planes prior to and after schedules arrivals and departures.
- Transferring cargo and luggage to inline destinations.
- Deicing and preparing planes for departure in extreme weather conditions.
Certified Nursing Assistance (CNA)
Evergreen Health Care
02.2013 - 09.2014
- Provides patients' personal hygiene by giving bedpans, urinals, baths, showers, backrubs, shampoos, and shaves; Provides for activities of daily living by assisting with serving meals, feeding patients as necessary; ambulating, turning, and positioning patients
- Provides adjunct care by administering enemas, douches, non-sterile dressings, surgical preps, ice packs, heat treatments, sitz and therapeutic baths; applying restraints when necessary
- Maintains patient stability by checking vital signs and weight; testing urine; recording intake and output information; completing forms, reports, logs, and records
- Provides patient comfort by utilizing resources and materials; transporting patients; answering patients' call lights and requests; reporting observations of the patient to nursing supervisor
- Maintains work operations by following policies and procedures.
Patient Care Technician (PCT)
Renal Care Group
08.2010 - 06.2012
- Assist patients to exam rooms
- Obtain vital signs (temperature, heart rate, pulse ox, blood pressure and weight)
- Document in patient computer record histories and chief complaint
- Prepare patients for examinations and procedures
- Assist with exams and invasive procedures
- Placing leads and performing EKGs
- Administering breathing treatments
- Application of basic dressings
- Performing visual acuities
- Collecting and labeling urine and stool specimens
Education
Medical Assistant Certification -
Brown Mackie College
Merrillville, IN05.2015
Licensed Emergency Medical Technician (EMT- B) - Expires May 2015 -
South Suburban College
South Holland, IL06.2004
Skills
- Patient Assessment; Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR); Cardiac Arrest Management; Airway Emergencies; Neonatal Resuscitation; and Neurological Emergencies Excellent Customer Service and Communication Skills
References
Available Upon Request
Timeline
Grounds Crew Member
American Airlines
07.2021 - 10.2022
Bus Operator
Chicago Transit Authority
09.2014 - Current
Certified Nursing Assistance (CNA)
Evergreen Health Care
02.2013 - 09.2014
Patient Care Technician (PCT)
Renal Care Group
08.2010 - 06.2012
Emergency Medical Technician (EMT-B)
Superior Ambulance Service
10.2006 - Current
Medical Assistant Certification -
Brown Mackie College
Licensed Emergency Medical Technician (EMT- B) - Expires May 2015 -
South Suburban College