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Kelly Forbes

Goldsboro

Summary

Healthcare professional with extensive experience at Johnston County Emergency Services, specializing in patient assessment and education. Demonstrated success in improving community health outcomes through effective communication and critical thinking. Proficient in BLS, ACLS, and PALS instruction, promoting student achievement and advocating for patient needs in various educational environments.

Overview

7
7
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Instructor (part-time)

Medical Traninging.me
05.2022 - Current
  • Lead and assist with teaching BLS, ACLS, and PALS classes as needed.

Community Paramedic (part-time)

Johnston County Emergency Services
06.2019 - Current
  • Performs essential functions of a paramedic. Provides proactive care that is intended to help improve the overall health and wellness of program participants. Requires excellent rapport, understanding, and communication with the patients and their family members.
  • Expands access to non-urgent health care through in-home patient visits and/or community-based services. Common services will include: assessment, diagnostic cardiac monitoring, medication compliance and reconciliation, adherence to discharge instructions, treatment, prevention, and referral. Thereby producing better health outcomes and reducing the number of ambulance transports, visits to the emergency department, and hospital readmissions.
  • Conducts patient education, including diabetes prevention/treatment, hypertension, Congestive Heart Failure (CHF), Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), falls assessment, injury evaluation.
  • Serves as a trained 'navigator' of community resources, connecting patients to agencies and services they may not be aware of (i.e. Home Health, Community Care of North Carolina, etc.). Coordinates appointments and follow-up with physicians and hospitals. Reduces barriers to care.

Paramedic (full-time)

Johnston County Emergency Services
05.2018 - Current
  • Provides pre-hospital and intra-hospital advanced life support care from initial contact until patient care is relinquished to the accepting medical facility maintaining thorough patient care documentation.
  • Obtains information from persons involved, examines victims, and determines nature, extent, or magnitude of illness or injury to establish emergency medical procedures to be followed or need for additional assistance.
  • Communicates with professional medical personnel at emergency treatment facility to obtain instructions regarding treatment and to arrange for reception of victims at medical treatment facilities.
  • Lifts, carries, and transports injured, sick or incapacitated persons from residential or accident scenes to medical facilities.
  • Administers prescribed first-aid treatment at site of emergency or in specially equipped vehicle according to established medical protocols.
  • Applies splints; administers oxygen or artificial resuscitation; treats and bandages wounds or abrasions; and performs other basic life support procedures.
  • Stabilizes, immobilizes, lifts, and moves victims from scene of accident or catastrophe.
  • Operates a specially equipped emergency medical vehicle in an assigned geographic area to respond to accidents or catastrophes and to transport injured or ill persons to a medical facility.
  • Inspects specially equipped emergency vehicle, cleans equipment to ensure its safe operation, and replenishes medical supplies, fuel, and fluids.

Adjunct Instructor (part-time)

Lenoir Community College
05.2018 - Current
  • Assists with educational needs related to EMT, AEMT and paramedic education.
  • Proctors and assists with testing sessions and Technical Scope of Practice sessions per course completion requirements.
  • Lead and assist with teaching BLS, ACLS, PALS, and PHTLS classes as needed.

Education

Bachelor’s - Emergency Medical Care

Western Carolina University
Cullowhee, NC
05-2023

Associate - General Education

Lenoir Community College
Kinston, NC
06-2018

Associate - Applied Science, Emergency Medical Science

Lenoir Community College
Kinston, NC
06-2018

Paramedic Certification -

North Carolina
Kinston, NC
05-2018

Skills

  • Patient assessment and education
  • Emergency response and management
  • Critical thinking skills
  • BLS, ACLS, and PALS instruction
  • Medication management strategies
  • Healthcare navigation
  • Community outreach initiatives
  • Effective communication techniques
  • Classroom management strategies
  • Technology integration in instruction
  • Student advocacy and support
  • Continuing education

Certification

  • NC Paramedic certification
  • Pediatric Advanced Life Support with instructor status (PALS)
  • Advanced Cardiac Life Support with instructor status (ACLS)
  • Pre-Hospital Trauma Life Support with instructor status (PHTLS)
  • Basic Life Support with instructor status (BLS)
  • Geriatric Education for EMS (GEMS)
  • Advanced Medical Life Support (AMLS)
  • NC OEMS Level I Paramedic instructor
  • Crisis Intervention training
  • Completed critical care paramedic class (CCEMTP)
  • Post Overdose Response Team member (PORT)

Timeline

Instructor (part-time)

Medical Traninging.me
05.2022 - Current

Community Paramedic (part-time)

Johnston County Emergency Services
06.2019 - Current

Paramedic (full-time)

Johnston County Emergency Services
05.2018 - Current

Adjunct Instructor (part-time)

Lenoir Community College
05.2018 - Current

Bachelor’s - Emergency Medical Care

Western Carolina University

Associate - General Education

Lenoir Community College

Associate - Applied Science, Emergency Medical Science

Lenoir Community College

Paramedic Certification -

North Carolina

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