Mario Salazar Escudero

Mario Salazar
License Number (Registered Nurse) 719683
712 N. Kings Road #302
West Hollywood, CA
90069
Phone: 310 729 8462
Email: [email protected]

Nursing Education

Feb 2005 - Sept 2007 Associate Degree in Nursing
Los Angeles Valley College
June 2012 - June 2013
Bachelors of Science in Nursing
Walden University
August 2014 – Present
Acute Care Nurse Practitioner.
University of California Los Angeles

Employment History:

February 2008 -March 2009
Staff COU Nurse
Saint Joseph’s Medical Center

Duties:
- Assessment, implementation, and evaluation of individual patient care, including physical, psychological and psychosocial needs
-Care of patient’s status post coronary artery bypass grafts, and status post coronary angiography, including managing chest tubes, hemodynamic needs of patients as well as constant monitoring of the patient
-Maintaining patient airways, and providing tracheal, oral, nasal, suctioning as required.
-Adequate chest physiotherapy to mobilize secretions, administering oxygen as necessary
-Monitoring fluid and electrolyte imbalances
-Intravenous cannulation
-Administration of inotropic drugs
-Management of blood products as needed
-Meeting nutritional and elimination needs:
-Inserting NG tubes
-Urinary catheterization
-Monitoring vital signs of the patient
-Meeting hygienic needs
-Surgical wound care and dressings
-Maintaining accurate records and reports
-Postoperative care specific to surgical procedure and post operative instructions
-Assisting in cardioversion, defibrillation, pleural tapping, CVP line insertions
-Providing emergent adenosine to patients in supra ventricular tachycardia
-Transferring patients to a less acute area when medically appropriate
Cases Handled:
-Cardiac System: Patients with acute myocardial infarctions, patients status post coronary artery bypass grafts, cardiac dysrhythmias, patients that required cardiac catheterization, embolization, etc.

May 2008 – February 2009
Per Diem Medical Surgical/Telemetry Nurse
Sherman Oaks Hospital

Duties:
- Assessment, implementation, and evaluation of individual patient care, including physical, psychological and psychosocial needs
-Care of patient’s status post coronary artery bypass grafts, and status post coronary angiography, including managing chest tubes, hemodynamic needs of patients as well as constant monitoring of the patient
-Maintaining patient airways, and providing tracheal, oral, nasal, suctioning as required.
-Adequate chest physiotherapy to mobilize secretions, administering oxygen as necessary
-Monitoring fluid and electrolyte imbalances
-Intravenous cannulation
-Administration of inotropic drugs
-Management of blood products as needed
-Meeting nutritional and elimination needs:
-Inserting NG tubes
-Urinary catheterization
-Monitoring vital signs of the patient
-Meeting hygienic needs
-Surgical wound care and dressings
-Maintaining accurate records and reports
-Postoperative care specific to surgical procedure and post operative instructions
-Assisting in cardioversion, defibrillation, pleural tapping, CVP line insertions
-Providing emergent adenosine to patients in supra ventricular tachycardia
-Transferring patients to a less acute area when medically appropriate
Cases Handled:
-Cardiac System: Patients with acute myocardial infarctions, patients status post coronary artery bypass grafts, cardiac dysrhythmias, patients that required cardiac catheterization, embolization, etc.

April 2009 – February 2011
Staff Telemetry Nurse
Cedars Sinai Medical Center

Duties:
-Assessment, implementation, and Evaluation of individual patient care, including physical, psychological, and psychosocial needs
-Care of patients that require cardiac monitoring
- Maintaining patient’s airway
-Intravenous cannulation
-Administering intravenous fluids, monitoring and maintaining adequate levels
-Monitoring vital signs of the client every four hours
-Meeting patient’s hygienic needs.
-Providing health information to patient and family, as well as updating them with plan of care
-Preparing patients for tests including MRI, Echocardiograms, CT Scans,
-Monitoring blood glucose levels
-Administering drugs and fluids via infusion pumps.
-Supervision of students and non-professional workers

Cases Handled:
-Cardiac System: Patients with cardiac arrhythmias or potential for dysrhythmias
-Respiratory System: Patients that required continuous cardiac monitoring including patients on bipap machines, and patients with COPD
-GastroIntestinal System: Patients with G Tubes and patients that required assistance with nutrition and elimination
-Vascular: planned Cardiac catheterizations

February 2011 – February 2015
Staff Emergency Room Nurse
Cedars Sinai Medical Center

Duties:
-Assessment, implementation, and Evaluation of individual patient care, including physical, psychological, and psychosocial needs
-Identifying medical problems
-Documenting medical history
-Reviewing information regarding allergies and current medications
-Obtaining an initial height, weight, body temperature, heart rate and blood pressure
-Care of patients with multiple needs including pediatric patients, adult patients with comorbidities, traumatic injuries, psychiatric problems, and all other patients with emergent medical problems
-Maintaining patient’s airways including assisting with endotracheal intubations
-Intravenous Cannulation
-Monitoring fluid and electrolyte balances
-Administration of inotropic drugs
-Management of blood products as needed
-Meeting nutritional and elimination needs:
-Monitoring vital signs of the patient
-Meeting hygienic needs
-Surgical wound care and dressings
-Maintaining accurate records and reports

Cases Handled:

-All emergency medical problems including all systems of the body, as
well as traumatic injuries that require immediate medical assistance in a Trauma 1 Center.
- Triage RN
- Charge RN of Emergency Department

-Ultrasound guided intravenous line placement

March 2015 – Present
Staff Emergency Room Nurse
Los Angeles County USC Medical Center

Duties:
-Assessment, implementation, and Evaluation of individual patient care, including physical, psychological, and psychosocial needs
-Identifying medical problems
-Documenting medical history
-Reviewing information regarding allergies and current medications
-Obtaining an initial height, weight, body temperature, heart rate and blood pressure
-Care of patients with multiple needs including pediatric patients, adult patients with comorbidities, traumatic injuries, psychiatric problems, and all other patients with emergent medical problems
-Maintaining patient’s airways including assisting with endotracheal intubations
-Intravenous Cannulation
-Monitoring fluid and electrolyte balances
-Administration of inotropic drugs
-Management of blood products as needed
-Meeting nutritional and elimination needs:
-Monitoring vital signs of the patient
-Meeting hygienic needs
-Surgical wound care and dressings
-Maintaining accurate records and reports

Cases Handled:

-All emergency medical problems including all systems of the body, as
well as traumatic injuries that require immediate medical assistance, in a Trauma I Center.

-Ultrasound guided intravenous line placement

Board Certifications:

Certified Emergency Nurse

Nursing Licensure:

Board of Registered Nursing State of California

Memberships and Associations

Emergency Nurses Association
Sigma Theta Tau Honor Society of Nursing
Honor Society Membership.