Tierra Blake
Annapolis,MD
Summary
Focused professional well versed in wide range procedures. Adept in quickly preparing surgical suites per procedure and surgeon instructions. Expertise in sterile and aseptic techniques. Board certified by national board of surgical technology and surgical assisting.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
Work History
Certified Surgical Technologist
Advance Surgical Center of Maryland
Lanham, Maryland
10.2024 - Current
- Helped maintain an organized working environment in the OR through cleaning, stocking supplies, and organizing equipment carts.
- Monitored patients' physical condition during surgery and reported any changes to the surgeon or circulating nurse.
- Maintained aseptic technique throughout the procedure.
- Assisted surgeons during operative procedures by anticipating their needs and passing instruments.
- Performed instrument counts before, during, and after surgeries as required by hospital policy.
Certified Surgical Technologist
Accountable Healthcare Staffing Inc.
Lutherville, Maryland
01.2018 - 10.2024
- Assisted surgeons during operative procedures by anticipating their needs and passing instruments.
- Set up trays with necessary surgical instruments according to established protocols.
- Prepared sterile trays for various orthopedic surgeries.
- Provided direct assistance to the orthopedic surgeons during surgical procedures.
- Handled surgical table equipment, positioned patients and applied plaster casts and dressings.
- Set-up surgical tables, instruments and supplies required for specific operations and assisted in preparation and draping of patient and operative area.
Certified Surgical Technologist
University of Maryland Capital Region Health
Largo, MD
04.2014 - 08.2021
- Helped maintain an organized working environment in the OR through cleaning, stocking supplies, and organizing equipment carts.
- Monitored patients' physical condition during surgery and reported any changes to the surgeon or circulating nurse.
- Maintained aseptic technique throughout the procedure.
Education
Surgical Technician
Fortis
04-2014
Skills
- Aseptic technique
- Surgical instrumentation
- Patient monitoring
- Sterile supply management
- Arthroscopic knee scopes (Meniscectomy, Meniscus repairs, etc)
- ACL reconstruction(Allograft or Autograft, Hamstring, Achilles or Patella Tendon)
- Arthroscopic shoulder scopes/repairs (Bankhardt, Rotator, Biotenodesis, Decompression, etc)
- Foot and Ankle procedures (Bunionectomy, neuroma, ORIF of ankle, etc)
- Total and Unilateral Knee Arthroplasty procedures
- Spine surgery (Laminectomy, Decompression, CervicalInstrumentation, Disc Replacement, Spinal Instrumentation, etc)
- Orthopedic Trauma Surgeries (Systems - Synthesis, Stryker, Smith and Nephew, Zimmer/ Biomet)
Timeline
Certified Surgical Technologist
Advance Surgical Center of Maryland
10.2024 - Current
Certified Surgical Technologist
Accountable Healthcare Staffing Inc.
01.2018 - 10.2024
Certified Surgical Technologist
University of Maryland Capital Region Health
04.2014 - 08.2021
Surgical Technician
Fortis
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