Preethy Thomas

Responsibilities
•Assess and care for patients with heart problems.
• Respond with initial diagnosis to person undergoing sudden life-threatening emergency.
• Administer interventional procedures, including cardiac catheterizations, angioplasties and
Valvuloplasties.
•Implement pacemakers and implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs).
•Monitor patients for any negative signs of a change in condition.
•Administer medication and help with basic personal care needs.
•Develop a plan of action for the patient's care.
•Provide a collaborative approach to patient care.
•Educate patients and their families help them make lifestyle changes that contribute to recovery.
•Maintains good interpersonal relationship with colleagues, supervisors and medical staffs

•Provide direct patients care to residents who need constant care.
•Monitor patients’ physical status such as vitals and cardiac activity.
•Perform emergency nursing procedures.
•Assess patients’ individual care needs and chart out care plan to meet those needs.
•Take and record vitals in regular intervals.
•Evaluate and interpret diagnostic tests.
•Respond immediately to life savings situations.
•Administer fluids and injections in accordance to treatment plans.
•Monitor and adjust specialized equipment.
•Make necessary physical changes in patient care plan in accordance to patients’ varying needs.
•Perform necessary physical examinations.
•Educate patients and provide emotional support.
•Assess pain levels of patients to determine need for sedation.
•Collect specimens for laboratory tests.
•Document findings on patients’ assessments.
•Ensure that all equipment is running smoothly and handle any malfunctions.
EQUIPMENTS HANDLED
•ECG Machine
•Syringe Pump (B Braun)
•Infusion Pump (B Braun)
•Suction Apparatus
•Nebulizer
•Pulseoxemeter
•Defibrillator
•Cardiac Monitor
•Accuchek Inform - Glucometer

SPECIALIZED PROCEDURES
•Assist in Intubating the Patient
•Assist in ICD Procedures
•Catheterization
•InsertingIV Cannula
•Surgical dressing
•Assist in Central Venous Catheterization.