Dr. KIRUTHIKA MEENAVARTHINI SEKAR

No **, Karthick Nagar, 1st Street, Ariyur, Vellore – 632055

Email : adpd09@r.postjobfree.com

Mobile: +919*********

Professional Summary

Highly actuate and self-stimulated ER professional with 9+ years of experience emergency

medicine.Enjoys the challenge of working in uptight environment with restricted timeline for saving a life, with a broad range of acumen in medical conditions and emergency care.

Areas of expertise

•Endo Tracheal Intubation and difficult airway

•Central Venous Catheterization and arterial Line Insertion

•Intra Costal Drainage Insertion

•Supra pubic catheterization

•Defibrillation

•Emergency Ultrasonography and echocardiogram

•Ventilator management

•Bedside Tracheostomyand cricothyroidotomy.

•Pericardiocendesis, Thoracentesis.

•lumbar puncture and Bone marrow aspiration.

Employment Chronology

Department of Emergency medicine and Intensive care unit .

Naruvi Hospital, Vellore, India.

Specialist (Sep 2020 – Till Date)

Department of Emergency medicine and Intensive care unit .

Sri NarayaniHospital & Research Center. Sripuram, Vellore, India.

Junior Consultant (Jun 2017 – April 2020)

Consultant working in MICU and CCU involved in all aspects of care of critically ill adult patients using evidence based medicine and standard protocols.

Expertise in organ system support for acute illness.

Provide system management, patient safety, ethics, end of life care and support of families.

Tutor ( Internal & External Examiner) for B.Sc., Critical care Technology at Sri Narayani Hospital & Research Center, Vellore, Approved by Tamilnadu Dr.M.G.R University Chennai.

Department of Emergency medicine and Intensive Care Unit Ministry of Health, Kingdom Of Saudi Arabia Al-Quwayiyah Hospital,Riyadh Region, KSA

Emergency Physician – MO (Sep 2016 – May 2017)

Responding to the immediate control of accident & emergency situations.

Member in rapid response team.

Ventilation and Intensive care management.

Member in VTE(Venous Thrombus Embolism) committee, Quality management for MOH at Al-Quwayiyah hospital in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Department of Emergency medicine, Meenakshi Mission Hospital and Research Center, Madurai, India

Registrar ( Mar 2012 – Sep 2016 )

Assuming immediate control of accident & emergency situations.

Resuscitation & Intensive care management

Led an extensive emergency team of 50+ staff across several disciplines.

Followed a methodical, open and evidence based approach in management of patients.

Guiding the residents and interns in the management of seriously ill patients on daily basis in the emergency department.

Faculty for Postgraduate Diploma in Emergency Medicine course, Affiliated to George Washington University, USA and B.Sc. Accident and Emergency Care Technology course, Affiliated to Dr. MGR Medical University, Chennai.

Resource person for CME’s and conferences.

Published number of case reports in Madurai medical journal.

Department of Emergency medicine, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India

Registrar (FAEM) (Mar 2010 - Mar 2012)

Handled 200 + adult emergencies and 100 + pediatric emergencies per day.

Demonstrated the role of team leader in resuscitation of polytrauma, cardiac arrest and other medical emergencies.

Extensive experience on demonstrating coaching and training sessions for nursing staff and paramedics. Delivered lectures in academic session.

Member of mass casualty responder’s team.

Senior House Surgeon ( Sep 2009 - Feb 2010 )

Manage airway by intubation in both arrest scenarios and pre arrest situations. Developed airway management skills including RSI.

Providing emergency care to patients with polytrauma, head injuries, crush injuries, fractures, tendon injuries, foreign bodies etc.

Actively participated in grand rounds, topic presentations and also lecture sessions.

Rotation through medical, surgical, cardiac and pediatric intensive care units helped me in developing my understanding in critical care concepts.

Department of Emergency medicine, Meenakshi Mission Hospital and Research Center, Madurai, India

General Duty Medical Officer ( April 2009 - Sep 2009 )

Responsible for care of patients in the emergency fast track clinic in an outpatient setting during duty hours

Handled new emergency and after office-hour patients.

Utilized knowledge from the American Heart Association’s Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) and Basic Life Support (BLS) certifications in resuscitation of cardiac arrest patients.

Sree Balaji Medical College & Hospital, Chennai, India

Intern ( Mar 2008 - Mar 2009 )

Gained experience in practical application of medicine from rotations in: Internal Medicine, Surgery, Obstetrics,

Ophthalmology, Otorhinolaryngology, Radiology, Emergency Medicine, Psychiatry, Orthopedics, Pediatrics and Preventive Social Medicine

Independently performed procedures such as lumbar punctures, thoracentesis, paracentesis and emergency intubation.

Documented medical histories and determined differential diagnosis.

Conferences & Presentations

•Participated as a delegate in critical care CME 13th update and attended workshop at Christian Medical College in Vellore. FEB 2019.

•Participated as delegate attended ECG and Pharmacology workshop in GAMET,Chennai. March 2015.

•Participated as delegate in PACE 2014, 6th National Annual Conference on emergency medicine, Chennai .

August 2014.

•Resource person in the State level CME on " Disaster management " at Mount Zion College of Nursing, Pudukkottai. April 2014.

•Attended CME- MAC 2013" and workshop, at MMHRC, Madurai, August 2013.

•CME on "Hormones 2013" at Lakshmi Sundaram Hall, Madurai, June 2013.

•Resource person in the State level CME on "Critical and Emergency Care" Mount Zion College of Nursing, Pudukkottai, May 2013.

•Organizing committee member in PACE 2012, 4th National Annual Conference on emergency medicine, Madurai. Sept 2012.

•Update on Tuberculosis, CME at CMC, Vellore. March 2011.

Certifications

•Basic course in Pediatric Intensive care Jan 2016

•American Heart Association - Advanced cardiac life support (ACLS) & Basic Life support (BLS) Jan 2014.

•Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) Aug 2011.

•Early Management of Trauma Course (EMTC) Dec 2009.

Education & Training:

•FRCEM-Primary, June 2019.

Fellowship of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine,UK.

•Fellowship in Accident and Emergency medicine ( FAEM ) Mar 2010 – Mar 2012 Christian Medical College, Vellore

•Bachelor of medicine & bachelor of surgery (MBBS) Mar 2003 – Mar 2009 Sree Balaji Medical College, Bharath University, Chennai.

Volunteer Experience

•Participated in a press meet on World first aid day, organized by Meenakshi Mission Hospital and research center September 2013

•Conducted “Injury Prevention Camp” with Christian Medical College team in Vellore, Dec 2010 to Dec 2011

Publications

•Contributor of the Chapter 31 “Basics of Pediatric Toxicology” for the text book NACPFMT's Practical Medico Legal Manual : Medical Ethics, Clinical Forensics and Toxicology Vol 1 -1st 2019.(Editor in Chief: V V.Pillay)

•Resuscitation in Blunt trauma – Time to take the right decision” A review article, published in Madurai medical journal ( Official journal of IMA Madurai Meenakshi Branch ) May 2016

•Posterior Circulation Stroke in Young – Time to Save the Brain- A case report, published in Madurai medical journal, March 2016

•Trauma in Pregnancy: A case series published in Madurai medical journal, Nov 2015.

•Naphthalene poisoning : A case report published in Madurai medical journal, April 2015.

•Potassium dichromate poisoning: A case report published in Madurai medical journal, Jan 2015.

•Pyrethroid - A different and rare route of poisoning : A case report published in Madurai medical journal, Oct 2014.

•Dissertation on “Profile of Splenic Injury in Blunt Trauma abdomen” a descriptive retrospective study, Christian medical college, Vellore. ( Jan 2006 to Dec 2011 )

Personal Profile

Date of birth - 21st March 1986

Marital Status - Married

Nationality - Indian

Vernacular - English & Thamizh

References:

1.Dr. Jayaprakash Narayanan B,

MBBS,MD (Internal medicine), IDCCM.,PDFCCM,EDIC

Head of Department & Intensivist

Department of Critical Care Medicine

Sri Narayani Hospital and Research centre

Vellore India adpd09@r.postjobfree.com

+91-960*******

2.Dr. Karthick N, MBBS,MRCEM,FAEM,IDCCM,MBA

Intensivist

Department of Critical Care Medicine

Sri Ramachandra Medical College & Hospital

Porur

Chennai India adpd09@r.postjobfree.com

+91-984*******

I hereby declare that the details furnished above are true to the best of my knowledge.

Yours

Dr. KIRUTHIKA MEENAVARTHINI SEKAR

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