Christopher Krippinger Email and Phone Number

Emergency Medicine, McHenry, Huntley, and Woodstock Hospitals• Placed intravenous lines • Obtained and interpreted electrocardiograms • Sutured, stapled, and incised and drained abscesses • Stained and examined using fluorescein Neurology, McHenry, Huntley, and Woodstock Hospitals • Assisted in electroencephalograms and electromyograms • Read CTs and MRIsGeneral Surgery, Marion General Hospital• First assist (gastrointestinal and vascular operations)• Superficial and deep incision closures, wound care, and dressing changes• Hospital RoundsOB/GYN, Marion General Hospital• Well woman exams• Pap smears, pelvic exams, and insertion of intrauterine devices• Pre and post-natal care• First assist (labor and delivery and elective gynecologic procedures)Cardiology, Marion General Hospital• Managed general cardiology as well as post cardiac procedure patients • Assisted in running stress tests• First assist (cardiac ablation and ICD placement)Pediatrics, Marion General Hospital• Well child and sick visits• Sports physicals• Immunization scheduling• Strep and pertussis swabsPsychiatry, Marion General Hospital • Hospital rounding• Led group sessions• Counseling center medication managementOrthopedics, Marion General Hospital• Knee, subacromial, trochanteric, and lateral and medial epicondyle injections• First assist (total knee, shoulder, and hip replacements, arthroscopic procedures, carpal tunnel release)• Casting and splintingInternal Medicine, Marion General Hospital • Medical-surgical, cardiac telemetry, and ICU• First Assist (central and PICC line placement)• Read x-rays and CTsFamily Medicine, Marion General and Central DuPage Hospital • Suture and staple removal• Acute and chronic medical management

As coordinator I held the responsibility of completing all of the administrative tasks that pertain to Scribe University in addition to teaching classroom training. I not only had to have extensive knowledge in the medical field, but I had to be able to use my communication and leadership skills to teach new scribes how to successfully become scribes.

Provided real-time charting for physicians including recording patient histories, transcribing physical exams, ordering x-rays, recording diagnostic results