Claire Fennelly

• My journey with Saint John Ambulance commenced with the nurse to paramedic transition program. I'm currently working as an AP3 in metropolitan Perth. Listed below are the roles I have undertaken throughout my time with the organisation as well as the skills I have obtained.
• Clinical Educator CPHC 20/03/23-25/06/23
• Country Relief Paramedic East Bunbury 22/08/21-11/12/21
• Country Relief Paramedic East Bunbury 22/11/20-7/3/21
• Community Paramedic Upper SW 15/09/19-27/10/19
• Community Paramedic Tom Price 19/04/2018- 02/06/2018
• Community Paramedic Margaret River 08/07/17-09/0 7/17
• Country Relief Paramedic Bunbury 01/06/2016-01/07/2016

Skills & Duties

• Working with a volunteer
• Mentor
• Intubation
• Airway management
• Peripheral Intravenous Cannulation
• Advanced Resuscitation
• Drug Administration
• Chest Needle Decompression
• ECG interpretation
• Cardiac Monitoring
• Priority Driving
• Blood taking

Whilst working full time as a paramedic I have continued to maintain my nursing registration. I work specifically as a critical care nurse with a primary focus in Emergency Nursing.

Maintaining this registration helps further my ongoing nursing education, development and retention of skills.

Skills & Duties:

• Patient Assessment
• Care and recognition of the deteriorating patient
• Peripheral Intravenous Cannulation
• Blood taking
• Observations
• Respiratory and Abdominal Assessments
• Documentation
• Catheter insertion and removal male and female
• Wound Dressing complex and minor
• Splint and Sling application
• ECG collection
• Cardiac Monitoring
• Medication Administration
• Patient Advocacy
• NGT management

• Collaborated with physicians to quickly assess patients and deliver appropriate treatment while managing rapidly changing conditions.
• Educated patients, families and caregivers on diagnosis and prognosis, treatment options, disease process and management and lifestyle options.
• Trained new nurses in proper techniques, care standards, operational procedures and safety protocols.
• Provided direct patient care, stabilized patients and determined next course of action.

Skills & Duties

• Coordinating Emergency Department
• Patient Allocation
• Resus Lead Nurse
• Airway Nurse
• Triage
• Patient Assessment and Documentation
• Cardioversion
• Cardiac Monitoring
• Advanced Resuscitation
• Peripheral Intravenous Cannulation
• Suturing