Michael Kass

Versatile and solution-oriented emergency/trauma and critical care transport registered nurse through all ages. Consistently giving high quality patient care in the hospital as well as in the field. Serves as a preceptor to student nurses as well as new employees. Certified with BLS, ACLS, PALS and TNCC.

Staff Emergency Room RN - Thedacare Regional Medical Center-Appleton - Appleton, WI

(2024-11)

Provide care to patients across the life span. 26 Bed ED with 1:6 ratios

• EPIC Charting
• Treat and transfer multiple trauma and neuro patients

Emergency Room RN - Watertown Regional Medical Center - Watertown, WI

(2024-09)

Travel, Host Healthcare. Provide care to patients across the life span. 16 Bed ED with 1:6 ratios

• Meditech charting
• Treat and transfer multiple trauma, cardiac and stroke patients. No hospital within 30 miles

Emergency Room RN - Ascension St. Francis Hospital - Milwaukee, WI

(2023-09 - 2024-09)

Travel, Host Healthcare. Provide care to patients across the life span. 28 Bed ED with 1:5 ratios

• EPIC charting
• Treat and transfer multiple trauma victims - majority gunshot wounds and stabbings

Emergency Room RN - Ascension Calumet Hospital - Chilton, WI

(2023-04 - 2023-07)

Travel, Host Healthcare. Provide care to patients across the life span. 8 bed ED with 1:4 patient ratios

• EPIC charting
• Treat and transfer multiple trauma, cardiac and stroke patients. No hospital within 30 miles

Emergency Room RN - Ascension Calumet Hospital - Chilton, WI

(2023-01 - 2023-04)

Travel, Aya. Provide care to patients across the life span. 8 bed ED with 1:4 patient ratios

• EPIC charting
• Treat and transfer multiple trauma, cardiac and stroke patients. No hospital within 30 miles

Emergency Room RN - Mercy San Juan Medical Center- Level II Trauma Center - Carmichael, CA

(2022-07 - 2022-12)

Travel, Lead Health. Provide care to patients across the life span. 33 bed ED with 1:4 patient ratios.

• Cerner Charting
• Level II Trauma Center, Chest pain/Stroke Center, PICU, NICU

Emergency Room RN - Yuma Regional Medical Center - Yuma, AZ

(2021-10 - 2022-07)

Travel, Aya. Provide care to patients across the life span. 85 bed ED with 1:5 patient ratios.

• EPIC charting
• Treat and transfer multiple trauma patients, no other hospital within 60 miles radius

Emergency Room RN - Southern New Hampshire Medical Center - Nashua, NH

(2021-02 - 2021-10)

Travel, TrustedHealth. Provide care to patients across the life span. 35 bed ED with 1:7 patient ratios

• EPIC charting
• Large mental health population, geriatric population and pediatric care

Emergency Room RN - Ascension Calumet Hospital - Chilton, WI

(2020-05 - 2021-02)

Travel, MSSI.

• Orchestrates interventions and remains calm in stressful situations whilst being able to make sound decisions
• Always prepared to respond to emergencies throughout the ED and hospital
• Passionate and caring provider throughout all ages of patients
• Collaborate with multi-disciplinary trauma team members to ensure quality patient outcomes across the continuum of care
• Providing consistently high quality emergency care, working as part of a team

Trauma Nurse - TraumaProgramCoordinator - Oshkosh, WI

(2019-09 - 2020-04)

Utilizes specialized nursing knowledge and skills to assist with the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of trauma patient care throughout the hospital (ED, OR, ICU, PACU, Medical/Surgical floor).

• Assists with the care of the trauma patient in the Emergency Department as needed
• Serves as a resource to nursing staff, trauma registry staff, utilization review, ancillary staff and pre-hospital staff for issues related to trauma care

CriticalCareTransportNurse - AscensionWisconsinSpiritMedicalTransportation - Stevens Point, WI

(2018-06 - 2022-07)

Provides emergency care for critically injured/ill patient's before and after transport

• Responds to calls via flight/ground and evaluates scene and any need for additional resources
• Assesses patient's and utilizes advanced life support interventions and medications per Spirit protocols
• Manages patient's airway through intubation and ventilator management
• Assess and maintain patient's invasive monitoring, including Art lines, IABP and Impella devices

Emergency Room Nurse/Charge Nurse - Aurora Medical Center-Oshkosh - Oshkosh, WI

(2018-09 - 2020-10)

Providing consistently high quality emergency care, working as part of a team

• Orchestrates and remains calm in stressful situations whilst being able to make sound decisions
• Always prepared to respond to emergencies throughout the ED and hospital
• Passionate and caring provider throughout all ages of patients

Emergency Room Nurse - Thedacare Regional Medical Center-Appleton - Appleton, WI

(2016-04 - 2019-01)

• Triages patient's according to ESI guidelines appropriately and efficiently
• Provides emergency medical treatment to all patient's that arrive in the emergency department
• Utilizes support staff and resources when needed to effectively treat patients
• Critically think in high stress situations to improve patient outcome

Clinical Resource Team-Staff Nurse - Thedacare Medical Center-Appleton/Neenah - Appleton/Neenah, WI

(2015-10 - 2016-07)

• Manage a team of five to six patients per floor guidelines
• Assess all patients receiving care and assess for any abnormalities and alert MD as needed
• Utilize resources as appropriate and ask questions when clarification is needed
• Float between two different campuses on various floors including cardiac, med/surg and ICU/ER

Staff Nurse/Emergency Nurse - Oshkosh Correctional Institution - Oshkosh, WI

(2015-03 - 2016-07)

• Assess and evaluate inmates on a daily basis per institutions triage policy and alert MD when needed
• Respond to emergencies that are paged overhead and critically think and assess patients
• Utilize Oshkosh Fire Department to send patients to the hospital that are in need of emergent care
• Implement institution protocols when responding to medical emergencies as appropriate

OR Nurse/Sedation Nurse - Pain Management of New York - New York, NY

(2014-05 - 2015-02)

• Prepare patient's for surgery by starting patient's IV and administering any medications per MD orders
• Monitor patient throughout procedure/surgery and keeping patient sedated per protocol
• Implement ACLS algorithm as needed for patient's fall into those guidelines in a calm matter
• Continue monitoring patients in PACU until they are awake and alert and ready for discharge

Bachelor of Science in Nursing - Nursing - New York University (2014-01)

Bachelor of Science - Kinesiology and Physiology - University of Minnesota-Twin Cities (2011-05)