Patient Care Echo Technician

JACQUELINE ALVAREZ

909-***-**** ad5o18@r.postjobfree.com

OBJECTIVE

• To obtain a position that offers professional growth and patient care opportunities in the cardiovascular medical field.

SKILLS

• 2-D, M-Mode, Digital, Continuous and pulsed wave Doppler, Color-flow Doppler, and Definity Contrast, CPR Certification, HIPAA Certification, & EKG performance. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

ECHO TECHNICIAN

REDLANDS COMMUNITY HOSPITAL (2020-2022)

• In-Patient and Out-Patient routine and emergency echocardiograms

• Perform 2-D, M-mode, color Doppler, pulsed wave Doppler, and continuous wave Doppler. This includes all measurements as needed for a complete study.

• Echocardiographic imaging as indicated under skills as well as special procedures

• Prepare preliminary reports for review and interpretation by cardiologist

• Experience in capturing images using mobile equipment in operating rooms, emergency rooms and patients’ bedsides

• Applying and positioned patients and echo equipment to take images following set parameters

• Educating patients on procedure details, provided instructions and answered questions to minimize anxiety and improve cooperation

• Upholding legal standards, HIPAA requirements and facility guidelines by obtaining written consent and securing patient information

• Specializing in operating echo equipment, calibrated settings and adjusted controls to obtain accurate scans

• Submission of written reports, verbal summaries, photographs and recordings to physicians to support accurate medical decision making

• Experience in taking images and recordings of internal body areas, including blood movement, organ positioning, bodily masses and fluid accumulations ECHO TECHNICIAN

HEART AND VASCULAR INSTITUTE OF TEXAS/ BAPTIST MEDICAL NETWORK (2022-CURRENT)

• Outpatient routine and stat echocardiograms

• Perform 2-D, M-mode, color Doppler, pulsed wave Doppler, and continuous wave Doppler. This includes all measurements as needed for a complete study to include parasternal long axis, parasternal short axis, apical 4-chamber, apical long axis, and apical 2-chamber, and subcostal 4-chamber view, subcostal short axis, subcostal RV outflow, abdominal aorta, suprasternal long axis of the aortic arch, and RV outflow. Applies critical thinking skills to assess the patient condition to provide any additional views that will assist the cardiologist in the care/treatment of the patient.

• Echocardiographic imaging as indicated under skills as well as special procedures

• Prepare preliminary reports for review and interpretation by cardiologist EDUCATION

West Coast Ultrasound Institute, Beverly Hills, CA Bachelor of Science in Diagnostic Medical Sonography PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

US NAVY Reserve 2018-2022

US NAVY 2013-2017

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