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Intensive Care• Monitor intensive care patients and provide intensive therapy for coronary heart failure patients including intubation. Assist medical staff and collaborate with surgeons with inserting catheters into central arteries.• Active monitoring of patients’ blood pressure and arterial performance• Provide dialysis care for patients including connecting them to machines, monitoring their progress and overseeing the treatment during hospitalization • Support hygienic care of critically ill patients, and establish mobilization procedures• Monitor patience in surgery as well as post-op to ensure a smooth recovery• Provide intensive therapy for patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction• Support and train incoming nursing students and interns with best practices and methodology. • Collaborate with anesthesiologists during emergencies in trauma, geriatrics and pediatrics. • Participate in daily staff meetings, briefing the internal medical team with patient updates and methods utilized to help improve the conditions of patients.

Emergency Medicine• Assisted doctors and senior staff with critical emergency cases, trauma and patient stabilization. • Maintained relations with patients and their families, providing medical attention and general care.• Supported patients with multiple conditions from emergency room to intensive care.

Department of Urology • Supported patients in post-op with basic assistance and hygienic pre-op procedures including blood tests and general care. • Collaborated with the head Surgeon of Urology, shadowing his rounds.