Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States
Over 30 years in the health care field, first as a CNA and perioperative clinical associate in surgery, the last 19 years as an Internal Medicine PA working in the outpatient setting with previous hospital and nursing home experience. Clinical lead and infection control at a COVID clinic until the summer of 2021. Now serving Colorado Springs as a PA in pulmonology.
Practicing pulmonary and sleep medicine.
Facilitating operations of our COVID clinic testing site. Educating patients and staff on current COVID recommendations and care. Evaluating patients for potential COVID or other acute infections and treating and advising accordingly. Evaluating patients post ER and hospitalizations for COVID infection. Performing COVID swabs. Assuring good PPE protocol is maintained at our COVID site to protect patients and teammates. Practicing internal medicine on patients age 16 and up. Evaluating and treating patients in the clinic for acute medical issues from sinus infections to abdominal pain to minor injuries etc, performing physicals, managing chronic medical follow-ups, evaluating ER follow-ups and hospital follow-ups. Performing minor skin biopsies and nail procedures to minor laceration repairs and I&Ds of thrombosed hemorrhoids and infected cysts. EMR experience on Allscripts.
Practiced Internal Medicine and limited Nephrology. Evaluated and treated patients in the outpatient clinic from acute to chronic medical issues to include physicals. Admitted, rounded and discharged hospital and nursing home patients. Dictated H&Ps and discharge summaries. EMR experience
Prepped surgical sites for operation. Placed Foley catheters. Scrubbed during operations as a 2nd assistant to hold retractors, hearts and limbs. Prepared surgical rooms for operation. Ran errands for surgical rooms. Cleaned and prepared surgical instruments trays for sterilization. Prepared anesthesia carts for intubation.