Sumithra Ramachandran

Provided care to patients in the General and High Dependency Unit of the Burns Center.

Underwent cross-trainings in the Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and Medical Intensive Care Unit.

Key Responsibilities:

• Performing Complex Burns Wound Dressings
• Nursing patients with Tracheostomy
• Initiating Nurse-Led Fluid Resuscitation
• Managing Central and Arterial Lines
• Caring for patient pre and post breast augmentation and breast flaps
• Carrying out Admissions and Discharges

Completed two weeks in the department of Cardiology and Cardio-Thoracic Intensive Care Unit.

Rotation:

• Morning Ward Rounds
• Out-Patient Clinic
• Observed a Pacemaker Insertion
• Observed a Cardiac Ablation
• Clinical teaching with the Local Medical Students

Provided basic nursing care to Hemodialysis patients in the General Ward.

Key Responsibilities:

• Monitoring and Recording Vital Signs
• Monitoring and Recording Blood Glucose
• Caring of Individuals with Nasogastric Tube
• Patient Education and Care of Arteriovenous Fistula/Graft for Hemodialysis