إكرام عثمان صالح

• Mentor and develop OR staff competencies in cardiac surgical and perioperative nursing practice, delivering structured
training during the Open Heart Surgery Unit commissioning.
• Review and update the general nursing competency framework, and conduct ongoing assessment and evaluation of
new nursing staff.
• Coordinate OR setup and lead policy review for the new unit, ensuring compliance with regulatory and international
standards.
• Collaborate with the multidisciplinary team to refine intraoperative workflows, improving efficiency and patient safety.
• Partner with the Quality Department on hospital policy review, ensuring accurate numbering and institutional
alignment.

• Assisted surgeons as scrub nurse in high-volume general and OB/GYN procedures, ensuring instrument readiness and
maintaining strict sterile technique.
• Performed sterilization and reprocessing of surgical instruments and equipment in line with infection control
standards, ensuring readiness for scheduled and emergency procedures.
• Managed theatre stock control and ordering, maintaining adequate supply levels of consumables and instruments to
support uninterrupted surgical activity.

• Scrubbed and circulated for a wide range of war and trauma surgery procedures, including debridement (DBR), delayed
primary closure (DPC), craniotomy with dura packing and unpacking, thoracotomy, chest drain insertion, exploratory
laparotomy, external fixation, K-wire fixation, above- and below-knee amputations, pin traction, and skin grafting.
• Managed daily operations of the operating theatre department, coordinating staff assignments and patient flow to
ensure efficient workflow and consistent standards of patient care delivery.
• Oversaw consumables supply coordination, ensuring uninterrupted availability of medications, instruments, and
consumables required for scheduled and emergency surgical procedures.

.Set up operating room based on scheduled operation, ensuring necessary instruments and supplies are readily available

.Prepar patients for surgery by cleaning and disinfecting areas to be operated on

.Maintain a clean work environment at all times; adhered to infection control practices and safety regulations while performing job duties.

.Scrub in and Assist surgeons during surgical procedures

• Scrubbed and circulated across a broad range of surgical procedures, including general, OB/GYN, and open-heart
surgeries.
• Delivered postoperative care in the PACU, ensuring patient safety, hemodynamic stability, and comfort during
recovery.
• Responded rapidly to emergent situations, performing life-saving interventions and coordinating escalation to higher
levels of care.

🔹 Provided nursing care for patients undergoing surgery.
🔹 Prepared the operating room for all emergency and scheduled procedures.
🔹 Kept principles of aseptic techniques in performing surgical scrub, setting
instruments, gowning, gloving as needed for the procedure.
🔹Checked and make that all the trolleys are furnished with the needed materials and
medication.
🔹 Communicated with all other hospital departments to manage patients movements.
🔹 Assisted surgeons in minor or major operations.
🔹 Assisted as a circulatory nurse.
🔹 Assisted as anesthesia nurse.
🔹Sent material to be sterilized and recuperates it from sterilization
🔹Carried and supervised administrative procedures and documents (fill in patients
files, forms, consumptions, statistics, registers, health files, etc.), ensuring an
appropriate written/oral handover, and reporting any problematic situations and
cases that may arise.
🔹 Participated in data collection and keeping doctors/supervisors informed.
🔹 Participated in the department-related pharmacy and medical equipment control
and maintenance.

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