Lindsay S. Sanders, MS, RN, Paramedic

305 West Troy Street, Saint Paris, Ohio 43072

Home/Cell: 937-508-7534

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Professional Summary

Experience in a wide variety of direct and indirect patient care settings including education, leadership, hospital and pre-hospital. Dedicated and motivated to improve quality outcomes for patients, families, communities and professional nurses.

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Skills

High level of autonomy

Charge Nurse/Supervisor/Team Leader/ Shift Manager

Preceptor/Mentor

Project Planning

Study Abroad Program

Team Building

Educator/Instructor

Professional Presentations

Research

Grant Work

Coordination of Interdisciplinary Teams

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Education

Wright State University, Dayton, OHMS in Administration of Nursing and Health Care Systems July 2015

Wright State University, Dayton, OHhave taken classes from MS in Nursing Education

Program as electives

Clark State Community College, Springfield, OHEMT-P (Paramedic)June 2007

Wright State University, Dayton, OHBSN June 2005

Clark State Community College, Springfield, OHEMT-BJune 2005

Clark State Community College, Springfield, OHAD RN March 1998

Springfield-Clark County Joint Vocation School, Springfield, OHMedical Office Assistant Program1990

Graham Local Schools, Saint Paris, OHDiplomaJune 1989

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Professional Experience

Kettering Health Network, Kettering, OHMarch 2009-present

EMS Coordinator/Injury Prevention Coordinator

  • Focus on Injury Prevention for Kettering Health Network
  • Develop Injury Prevention Plan document for all 4 trauma centers in the network to be utilized for trauma re-verification by the American College of Surgeons
  • Identify top injuries of patients in the service area by analyzing epidemiological data
  • Implement evidence-based programs as an intervention to prevent injuries in high-risk populations
  • Develop partnerships at the network, local, state, regional, and national level
  • Evaluate outcomes of interventions and re-analyzed data
  • Provide education to prehospital, hospital, and community groups
  • Coordination of interdisciplinary teams to meet common goals

Charge Nurse/Staff Nurse in Surgical Intensive Care Unit (SICU), Kettering Medical Center

  • Precept new employees and students
  • Train other nurses to perform Charge Nurse role
  • Rapid Response team member/trainer
  • Unit Staff Birthday Board organizer for unit based activity
  • Journal Club

Nursing Supervisor

  • Overall supervision of hospital operations , patient flow, hospital personnel, and unit staffing
  • Manages patient and family issues during the shift
  • Responds to all Rapid Response alerts and Code team alerts serving as a clinical expert
  • Responsible for initial establishment of Incident Command during a disaster event
  • Submits a shift report to upper administration detailing current hospital status

Transfer Call Center Access Coordinator

  • Facilitation of patient transport, transfer and admission throughout the region and State that involves Kettering Health Network facilities
  • Liaison for communication between physicians and hospital systems related to patient transfer and admission

Team Leader in Emergency Department (ED), Kettering Medical Center

  • Supervision of department and staff
  • Daily operations and flow of ED patients
  • Coaching and discipline of staff
  • Performance appraisals of staff
  • Organization of pediatric code cart

Resource Staff Nurse in Sycamore Hospital ED

Staff Nurse at Greene Memorial Hospital in Telemetry & ICU

Kettering College of Medical Arts, Kettering, OHAugust 2009-December 2012

Adjunct Clinical Faculty: primarily a Clinical Instructor for NUR120 in the Associate’s Degree Program as well as help in the Nursing Skills Lab as needed (AD Program phased out)

Wright State University, Dayton, OHJanuary 2014-April 2015

Graduate Assistant: Utilized as a Research Assistant and a Teaching Assistant. Several projects completed during this time including

  • Research: National Disaster Health Consortium (NDHC), Veterans returning to college, Decontamination exercises, Grant work for nursing scholarships
  • Accreditation for Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE): preparation and meetings with surveyors
  • Data organization and assimilation
  • Revision of student materials
  • Presentations about Flight Nursing and nursing in general
  • Assisting with teaching, remediation and simulation for nursing students in the Nursing Skills Lab
  • Supervision of nursing students giving flu vaccinations at the Employee Health Fair

Trustaff Staffing Agency, Cincinnati, OHMay 2012-December2012

Travel/Agency RN at Wayne Hospital, Greenville, OH: contracted as an ICU/ED RN

Riverside Rosewood Fire & EMSSeptember 2009-October 2012

Volunteer EMT-P

Mercy St. Vincent’s Medical Center, Toledo, OHOctober 2009-March 2012

Flight Nurse for Life Flight Air & Mobile

  • Air and ground transport of critically ill or severely injured patients
  • High skill level with medical procedures and autonomy
  • Medical lectures to provide continuing education units to healthcare providers including hospital personnel and emergency medical personnel

Medical Staffing Network, Dayton, OHNovember 2004-January 2006

Travel/Agency RN at Grandview Hospital, Dayton, OH: contracted as a Critical Care Float RN for SICU/PPCU/ED

Clark State Community College, Springfield, OHFall 2005

Tudor for RN & EMT students

Miami Valley Hospital, Dayton, OHMarch 1998-February 2009

Flight Nurse for CareFlight Air & Ground

  • Air and ground transport of critically ill or severely injured patients
  • High skill level with medical procedures and autonomy
  • Medical lectures to provide continuing education units to healthcare providers including hospital personnel and emergency medical personnel
  • Accreditation for Commission on Accreditation of Medical Transport Systems (CAMTS) Committee: preparation and speaking with surveyors
  • Unit Council Chair
  • Welcome Committee Chair

Charge Nurse/Staff RN on Intensive Care Unit (ICU)

  • Care of Level 1 Trauma Center patients with high acuity
  • High skill level and autonomy

Charge Nurse/Staff RN on Pulmonary Unit

Shift Manager on Renal Unit

  • Daily operations of unit and patient flow
  • Supervision of staff
  • Coaching and discipline of staff
  • Performance appraisals of staff
  • Professional development of staff
  • Patient Initiatives
  • Resource to entire facility for access of fistulas, dialysis catheters and peritoneal dialysis

Charge Nurse/Staff RN on Renal Unit

  • Unit Council Chair
  • Several Committees

Champaign Residential Services, Urbana, OH1992-1999

Med Pass RN in group homes for patients with disabilities

Direct Care Staff for patients with disabilities (group home, IO waiver home, ECF designated wing)

Mary Rutan Hospital, Bellefontaine, OH1992-1998

State Tested Nurses Aid (STNA) on Telemetry Unit

Hatton & Enright Pharmacy, Urbana, OH1995-1998

Pharmacy Technician

Family Physicians of Urbana, Urbana, OH1991-1998

Medical Office Assistant

  • Assist physician with minor procedures (excisions, cryotherapy, colonoscopys, colposcopys)
  • Transcription of medical dictation
  • Trending of patient lab results and childrens growth charts
  • Injections, EKGs, PFTs, vital signs and other minor procedures

Tech II Industries, Springfield, OH1990-1993

Plastic Factory Production &Packing Department

Michaels’s Pizza, Urbana, OH1987-1990

Staff Member

McDonald’s, Urbana, OH1986-1987

Staff Member

Lakeside Bass Pro Shop and Golf Course1985-1986

Cashier, stocker, greens cleaner

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Certifications

Ohio Emergency Medical Technician-Paramedic (EMT-P)

Basic Life Support (BLS) Provider

Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) Provider and Instructor

Pediatric Advanced Cardiac Life Support (PALS) Provider and Instructor

Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) Provider

Basic Trauma Life Support/International Trauma Life Support (BTLS/ITLS) Provider

Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS) audit for RNs

Trauma Nurse Core Course (TNCC) Provider

Basic Disaster Life Support (BDLS) Provider

Advanced Disaster Life Support (ADLS) Provider

Fundamental Critical Care Support (FCCS)

Course in Advanced Trauma Nursing (CATN) II

Non-Violent Crisis Intervention (NVCI)

Pre-hospital Trauma Life Support (PHTLS) Provider and Instructor

Matter of Balance Lay Leader Coach

Power of Parents Program Facilitator (MADD Program)

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Professional Organizations

Great Lakes and Mid-Atlantic Regional Network2016-present

Society of Trauma Nurses (STN)2016-present

Safe States Alliance2015-present

American Trauma Society (ATS)2015-present

Midwest Injury Prevention Alliance (MIPA)2015-present

Ohio Injury Prevention Partnership (OIPP)2015-present

Sigma Theta Tau International, Zeta Phi Chapter2014-present

Graduate Student Nurses Association (GNSA)2013- 2015

Emergency Nurses Association (ENA)2009-2012

American Nurses Association (ANA)2009-2012

Air & Surface Transport Nurses Association (ASTNA) 2005-2007

American Association of Critical Care Nurses (AACN)2003-2005

American Nephrology Nurses Association (ANNA)2001-2003

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Awards and Honors

PACE Clinical Nurse 3 (Clinical Ladder at MVH)2002-2008

Nominated for Nursing Excellence1999-2002

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Current Committees

American Trauma Society2016-present

  • Membership Committee

Great Lakes and Mid-Atlantic Regional Network 2016-present

  • In-person meeting Ohio delegate

Greater Miami Valley EMS Council 2015-present

  • Executive Committee- formerly
  • Public Relations Committee Chair- formerly
  • Full Council Member
  • Research Committee (Community Paramedicine/Mobile Integrated Healthcare)
  • Education Committee/Computer-based Testing Workgroup

Greater Dayton Area Hospital Association2015-present

  • Regional Radiological Response Committee
  • Regional Biological Response Committee
  • West Central Ohio Regional Ebola and Special Pathogens Planning Committee
  • Dayton Metropolitan Medical Response System (MMRS)Planning Committee
  • Regional Medical Response System (RMRS) Planning Committee and Steering Committee
  • Mumbai/Active Shooter/Code Silver Committee

Montgomery County Safe Communities Coalition2015-present

  • OVI Task Force

Greene County Safe Communities Coalition2015-present

Safe Kids of Greater Dayton2015-present

Ohio Injury Prevention Partnership2015-present

  • 2016 Peer Program Mentor for new members
  • Older Adult Fall Prevention Coalition
  • Policy and Advocacy Workgroup
  • STEADI Workgroup
  • Data Action Group

Safe States Alliance2015-present

  • Special Interest Group- Local Injury Prevention- Chair
  • Special Interest Group- Hospital Injury Prevention
  • Abstract Reviewer for 2016 Annual Meeting
  • Moderator for 2016 Annual Meeting

MidWest Injury Prevention Alliance2015-present

TriState Trauma Network2015-present

Greater Dayton Area Safety Council2015-present

Champaign County Safety Council2015-present

Champaign County Fire & EMS Association2015-present

Kettering Medical Center Fall Prevention Team2015-present

Kettering Medical Center NICHE Committee2015-present

Kettering Medical Center Elder Committee2015-present

Kettering Medical Center Shared Governance2015-present

Kettering Medical Center Nursing Leadership2015-present

Kettering Health Network Nursing Research Council2015-present

Kettering Medical Center Safety Committee2015-present

Fort Hamilton Hospital Opiate Recovery Taskforce2015-present

Kettering Health Network Mobility is Medicine Committee2015-present

Dean’s Student Advisory Board (DBSA) @WSU2014-2015

Graduate Curriculum Committee, Student Rep @WSU2014-2015

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Presentations

Numerous presentations given community and hospital groups regarding injury/trauma prevention

Numerous presentations given on Nursing and Flight Nursing

Numerous presentation given on a variety of topics as a graduate student

Numerous medical lectures given to nursing and EMS as a Flight Nurse and EMS Coordinator

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Volunteerism/Community

American Red Cross2016

  • Disaster Relief Volunteer

Goodwill Easter Seals Miami Valley2016

  • Matter of Balance Lay Leader Coach
  • Guest Healthcare Professional

Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) 2015-present

  • NFL Booth
  • Power of Parents Program Facilitator

American Heart Association Heart Walk Team Captain2015

Graham Band Parents Organization2012-present

  • Game and event chaperone
  • Band camp chaperone
  • Special event chaperone (2015 Peach Bowl in Atlanta, Georgia)

Champaign County Medical Reserve Corp2009-present

Girl Scouts of America2005-2014

  • Troop volunteer
  • Camp volunteer
  • Camp nurse

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Additional Training/Involvement

National Center for Medical Readiness/Wright State University

  • National Disaster Health Consortium

Society of Trauma Nurses

  • STN Leadership Institute

American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC)- National Healthcare Disaster Certification exam- Field Tester

Department of Homeland Security, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)

  • National Incident Management System (NIMS)
  • IS-00100 Introduction to the Incident Command System, ICS-100
  • IS-00100.hcb Introduction to the Incident Command System (ICS 100) for Healthcare/Hospitals
  • IS-00200.b ICS for Single Resources and Initial Action Incident, ICS-200
  • IS-00700 National Incident Management System (NIMS), An Introduction
  • Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP), Anniston, Alabama
  • 16-99 HERT, Hospital Emergency Response Training for Mass Casualty Incidents