Ekg Technician, Paramedic, Instructor

Karen Haller

Paramedic/EKG Technician

Palouse, WA

Professional Summary

Experience of 9 years as EMT, AEMT and Paramedic. Recently earned EKG Technician certification. Currently, Veterinary Technician Assistant at WSU VTH in ICU. Authorized to work in the US for any employer

Work Experience

Veterinary Technician Assistant

Washington State University-Pullman, WA

March 2024 to Present

I am a paramedic taking a break from the ambulance and currently working in the ER/ICU at WSU Veterinary hospital. I triage, work ER cases and take care of small animals in the ICW and ICU wards, performing regular nursing care, such as placing IV, making medication bags, placing EKGs and recording/ reporting findings to doctors, as I would on humans. Paramedic

PACT EMS-Genesee, ID

August 2023 to December 2023

Transporting critically ill patients to surrounding areas of Washington and Idaho. Paramedic

Lander County EMS, BattleMountain General Hospital-Battle Mountain, NV August 2017 to August 2023

Paramedic, in rural northern Nevada 911 ground service for our local community. We also transported sick patients to Trauma level 1 hospitals located three to five hours away. As a paramedic, our service members worked as ER techs, helping the nurses and doctors with EKG and IV catheter placement and monitoring, working codes, intubation, and other tasks in the ER. Reading Specialist

Lander County School District-Battle Mountain, NV

August 2016 to September 2018

Supervise tutors, teach and implement reading curriculum and strategies I have developed to struggling readers grades K to 5. Instruct and provide strategies to classroom teachers. Education

U.S. Career Institute in EKG Technician

U.S. Career Institute-Remote

April 2025 to Present

I finished the EKG Technician diploma May 26, 2025. I and prepared and will sit for the CET, if required, however, I have studied cardiology and have been reading ECGs for the past 9 years in EMS and for the past 1.5 years in the ICU at WSU VTH. I am a paramedic and have been reading ECGs with STEMI, non STEMI, heart blocks, monomorphic and polymorphic VT, and cardiac arrest, plus more, getting patients to critical care hospitals by ambulance and or flight. I have EKG reading and interpretation in hospital for ICU patients, human and animal.

Associate's degree in Paramedic

Great Basin College-Elko, NV

August 2019 to May 2021

Bachelor's in Animal Science

London Hanover University-Britain, VA

August 2014 to July 2016

Master's in Education/Reading specialist

Fresno Pacific University-Fresno, CA

May 1993 to June 1997

Teaching Credential in Secondary Education

UC Santa Barbara

August 1986 to June 1987

Bachelor's in Geography

UC Berkeley-Berkeley, CA

September 1981 to May 1985

Skills

• Infection Control Training

• Recruiting

• Physiology knowledge

• Experience administering injections

• EMR systems

• Security

• Animal handling

• EMT, Microsoft Office, Spanish, Italian, work with people of difference for years (10+ years)

• Triage

• Kennel Experience

• Medical terminology

• Venipuncture

• ICU experience

• Basic IV

• Employee Orientation

• Anatomy knowledge

• Emergency room experience

• Animal restraint

• Veterinary technician experience

• Microsoft Office

• EKG certification (9 years)

• Animal care

• CPR

• Acute care

• Patient Care

• Blood sampling

• Data collection

• Dog handling

• EMT experience

• Paramedic (7 years)

• Hospital experience

• Documentation review

• Software deployment

• Basic life support

• Vital signs

• Medication administration

• Critical Care Experience

• Airway management

• Patient assessment

Languages

• Spanish and Italian - Intermediate

Certifications and Licenses

Driver's License

CPR Certification

Teaching Certificate

May 2014 to May 2027

The difficult airway course

July 2022 to July 2025

Intubation and advanced airway systems skills and lecture course. Paramedic

June 2021 to March 2025

Ready to take CCP exam

CPR/AED, First Aid,ACLS, PALS,PEPP,ASHI,Immunization endorsement, MA education, curren teaching certification K to adult January 2021 to January 2025

PHTLS

September 2020 to September 2024

Trauma license

NREMT

June 2021 to March 2023

K9 Handler, Trainer

January 2018 to January 2019

Annual k9 certification to maintain my k9 team status since 2011. Independent SAR Rescue team member and leader for Pershing and Humboldt County, NV.Certified for any national emergency with ASCTK9 in Virginia

Paramedic License

EMT License

Class D

ACLS Certification

NRP Certification

AEMT Certification

Ambulance Driver's License

BLS Certification

PALS Certification

NREMT Paramedic

Groups

ASPCA, Ruby Mountain Relay for autism

May 2014 to August 2019

Our group of 12 team members ran up to 17 miles each over a 24 hour period, competing with other area teams through the Ruby Mountains of Spring Creek to raise awareness for Autism. Publications

Several K9 papers

http://www.asctk9.org

2015

Seven papers relating to k9 training from 2014 through 2015. Presented during seminar in May 2014.

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