Tracy Wise
Atlanta,GA
Summary
Compassionate Emergency Medicine Physician Assistant with experience providing acute care across multiple settings within a high-volume Level 1 Trauma Center. Skilled in emergency assessment, clinical decision making, managing diverse patient populations, and coordinating multidisciplinary care in fast-paced environments. Committed to enhancing patient outcomes through collaborative care, effective communication, and evidence-based practice.
Overview
2
2
years of professional experience
Work History
Emergency Medicine Physician Assistant
Grady Memorial Hospital
Atlanta, Georgia
05.2024 - Current
- Provide emergency medical care to a diverse patient population within a busy urban level 1 trauma center
- Evaluate, diagnose, treat, and disposition patients presenting with a broad spectrum of acute medical conditions
- Perform rapid medical screening and initial evaluation of patients in the waiting room/triage setting, identifying clinical deterioration and escalating care for time sensitive or life threatening conditions
- Order and interpret laboratory studies, electrocardiograms, and diagnostic imaging to guide emergency evaluation and management
- Perform emergency medical procedures including laceration repair, incision and drainage of abscesses, pelvic examinations, point-of-care ultrasound, intubation, and peripheral nerve blocks
- Manage acute pain crises and other emergent presentations in patients with sickle cell disease within a dedicated sickle cell emergency care setting
- Provide observation-based care in clinical decision unit, conducting serial examinations, diagnostic testing, therapeutic interventions, reassessment, and determining disposition
- Evaluate and medically manage patients presenting with acute psychiatric complaints while collaborating with psychiatry, nursing, social work, and other multidisciplinary services
- Participate in the evaluation and management of trauma patients as part of a level 1 trauma team
- Educate patients and families regarding diagnoses, treatment plans, medications, follow-up recommendations, and return precautions
- Maintain accurate and timely documentation in the electronic medical record while managing multiple patients in a high- volume emergency department
Education
Master of Science - Physician Assistant Studies
Emory University
Atlanta, GA12-2023
Skills
- Advanced medical procedures
- Emergency stabilization
- Medical triage
- Clinical decision making
- Diagnostic interpretation
- ACLS, BLS, and ATLS
- Use of Epic (electronic medical record)
- Analytical and critical thinking
- Care coordination
- Effective communication
- Patient education
- Conflict resolution
- Cultural competency
Timeline
Emergency Medicine Physician Assistant
Grady Memorial Hospital
05.2024 - Current
Master of Science - Physician Assistant Studies
Emory University