Fuad Abdulrahman

Registered Nurse with over 15 years of diverse clinical experience in Emergency, Critical Care, and Intensive Care settings. Dedicated to delivering safe, evidence-based, and person-centered care to patients with complex and acute healthcare needs.

Critical Care Nurse at KANAM HOMECARE (2023-10 – Present)

Providing critical and intensive care nursing services to patients.

• Monitoring and managing patients on ventilatory and life-support systems
• Administering medications and treatments as prescribed
• Maintaining accurate and professional nursing documentation
• Supporting the overall quality of care within the facility

Case Management Officer at Uk-Med/Stand By Partner (SBP) For (WHO's Health Emergencies) (2025-02 – 2025-07)

• Liaise with technical units and pillars (RCCE, logistics, epidemiology) in outbreak hotspots establishing needs of the affected population in regard to case management including referral pathways for cholera treatment
• Support the IMS team and all partners with issues related to case management, setting up cholera treatment units and oral rehydration points
• Ensure that there are clear structures for coordination on managing the outbreak at county, state, and national levels in affected areas
• Monitor the implementation of the systems and procedures for emergency triage at healthcare facilities
• Provide training to the healthcare workers, hospital management and auxiliaries on cholera case management
• Compile and analyze incoming field information on treatment, health facilities, and health workers, ensure that updates are provided on a regular and timely basis to all levels of response
• Provide technical support to strengthening isolation facilities based on standard guidelines and principles for infection prevention and control, as and when required
• Perform any other incident-specific related duties, as required by the functional supervisor

Emergency Nurse - Cholera Treatment Centre at Uk-Med (2023-02 – 2023-06)

Triage responsibilities including rapid evaluation of all patients on arrival.

• Carries out a rapid evaluation of all patients on arrival
• Decides treatment plan (oral or IV rehydration)
• Provides initial emergency care (e.g. inserts line IV), until the patient is stabilized
• Initiates an individual patient file (parameters, observations, etc.)
• Alerts the doctor in the event of a problem: e.g. associated pathology (e.g. fever, cough), suspicion of acute malnutrition, pregnancy

Nurse - Critical Care at UK-EMT (2022-03 – 2022-04)

• Supporting Ministries of Health & partners to design, startup emergency response plan for COVID-19
• Perform health facilities assessments; Capacity building & training of national staff in case management, infection prevention & control measures, referral pathways, patient flow
• Surge clinical support for case management infection prevention & control
• Adaptation of WHO clinical guidelines to context needs & resource availability

Nurse - High Dependency /Intensive Care Units at Mediheal Group of Hospitals (2019-08 – 2023-01)

Assess, plan & implement care based on patients' needs, evaluate nursing care rendered.

• Assist doctors in performing various procedures within the scope of practice
• Documentation in a brief, accurate & complete manner
• Initiate CPR during Cardiopulmonary arrest, operate defibrillator as needed
• Assist anesthetist during intubation, operate mechanical ventilator with anesthetist consent
• Do ECG taking, IV cannulation, blood collection, nasogastric tube and Urinary catheter insertion
• Observe and monitor closely the patient and report undue development
• Safely administer and monitor medications given
• Demonstrate appropriate practice on infection prevention and control

Charge Nurse - Adult Wards at Kenya Red Cross Society, Dadaab Refugee Operations (2011-08 – 2016-12)

Ensure high standards of health care management are offered to the beneficiaries.

• Safe administration and monitoring of medication given
• Undertake day-to-day care assessment & provide clinical care to severely sick patients
• Initiate CPR during Cardiopulmonary arrest, operate defibrillator as when needed
• Assisting doctors in performing various procedures within the scope of practice
• Do IV cannulation, blood collection, nasogastric tube insertion & catheterization
• Observe and monitor closely patients for any undue development
• Demonstrate appropriate practice on infection prevention and control

Nurse - Intensive Care & Emergency Units at Pandya Memorial Hospital (1998-06 – 2010-12)

Assess, plan & implement care based on patients' needs then evaluate nursing care rendered.

• Assist doctors in performing various procedures within the scope of practice
• Documentation in a brief, accurate & complete manner
• Initiate CPR during Cardiopulmonary arrest, operate defibrillator as needed
• Assist anesthetist during intubation, operate mechanical ventilator with anesthetist consent
• Do ECG taking, IV cannulation, blood collection, nasogastric tube and Urinary catheter insertion
• Observe and monitor closely the patient and report undue development
• Safely administer and monitor medications given

Post-Basic RN (KRCHN) in Nursing – Kenya Medical Training College (2008-03 – 2010-10)

KECHN in Nursing – Kenya Medical Training College (1995-09 – 1998-04)