Tsegamlak Girma

1. Trained in acute care dialysis with versatile dialysis modalities such as peritoneal dialysis and CRRT.

2. An adequate understanding of the complex care needed for acute and chronic patient population.

3. In depth understanding of the inter-relationship between different comorbidities and kidney failure.

1. Focused renal assessment of weight gain, lung sounds, edema, and renal specific laboratory results for effective fluid removal of dialysis patients.
2. Effective management, assessment, and troubleshooting of central venous catheters, fistula, graft, and hemocyte for effective patient care and exceeding patient outcome.
3. Key team player in the delicate inter-disciplinary team of dialysis, compiling critical patient observation and assessment with doctors, dieticians, intervention radiologists, and the like.

• Responded quickly to codes and coordinated efficient and skilled care.
• Triaged and treated high-volume caseload in busy emergency room setting.
• Administered critical IV medications to stabilize patients for assessment and treatment.
• Coordinated care with physicians and other clinical staff to prepare for treatment, carry out interventions and enhance continuum of care.

1. Intense ICU specific training.

2. Worked directly with COVID-19 patients at the early stage of the pandemic.

3. Responded to diffrent floor codes as part of the code response team.

1. Proficient phelobotomist of fistulas, graft, and hemo-sites access with adequate skills to manage complications.
2. Proper care and management of central venous catheter for patients awaiting graft or fistula placement.

3. Initiating, monitoring and termination of hemodialysis treatment per physician prescription and management of complication with an inter-disciplinary team.