Experience
- Minimum 2 years of Emergency Room experience required
- Previous charge experience preferred
- Experience with patient ratios of 4:1
- Community hospital experience preferred
- LTAC experience preferred
- Trauma Level I and II experience preferred
License & Certification Required
- California state RN license
- ACLS
- BLS
- NIHSS
- PALS
Skills Required
- Management of abdominal pain
- Acute psychosis
- Arterial line management
- Asthma management
- BiPAP/CPAP management
- Blood product administration
- Burn management
- Care of ventilated patients
- Central line care/management
- Chest tube insertion/management
- Continuous IV paralytics
- Continuous IV sedation
- CVA (Cerebrovascular Accident) management
- Drug overdose management
- Emergency medication administration
- Epiglottitis management
- General Emergency Department knowledge
- Gunshot wound management
- Head injury management
- Hyperglycemia management
- ICP monitoring
- Identification and reporting of neglect or abuse
- Infection management
- Interpretation of arterial blood gases (ABGs)
- Interpretation of dysrhythmias
- Intubation
- Isolation precautions/PPE knowledge
- IV vasopressor management
- Management of splints
- Management of dysrhythmias
- Managing patients with multisystem organ dysfunction/failure
- Management of violent behavior
- Care of mental/behavioral health conditions
- Near drowning management
- Neuro-trauma management
- Non-trauma Emergency Department knowledge
- Obtaining 12 lead EKG/ECG
- Ortho trauma management
- Phlebotomy skills
- Poison ingestion management
- Psychiatric hold procedures
- Respiratory infection management
- Seizure management
- Sickle cell crisis management
- Skin disorder management
- Spinal cord injury management
- Starting and maintaining IVs
- STEMI knowledge
- Stroke knowledge
- Suicide risk assessment and management
- Traumatic amputation management
- Traumatic brain injury management
- Triage skills
- Urinary tract infection management
Desired Skills
- Experience in a trauma center
