Dr. Venkat Navaneeth Reddy Yedulla

• I am currently working as a Duty medical officer in Emergency department of GVK EMRI(emergency medicine and research institute) Hospital, a prestigious 200 bed hospital known for its exceptional health care services, medical education and research.
• My responsibilities are as follows

Patient Assessment & Stabilization

• Perform patient assessments using the ABCDE approach to prioritize and stabilize hemodynamically unstable patients, ensuring timely management before notifying the appropriate departments.

Patient Population & Medical Conditions

• Managed a diverse patient population, including cases of road traffic accidents, myocardial infarction, strokes, poisoning, snake bites, gastrointestinal bleeding, small bowel obstruction, and appendicitis.

Medical Procedures & Skills

• Performed the following procedures: venipuncture, arterial blood gas (ABG) analysis, simple interrupted suturing, ECG placement and interpretation, nasogastric tube insertion and Foley catheter insertion.

Interdisciplinary Communication

• Used the SBAR (Situation, Background, Assessment, and Recommendation) communication framework to relay pertinent patient information and outcomes from initial assessments to relevant departments, ensuring seamless handoffs and effective interdisciplinary collaboration.

Triage & Resource Management

• Managed triage, ensuring effective prioritization and allocation of limited resources according to the severity of patients' conditions.

• I worked as Medical officer at Care Hospital, a NABH accredited facility with 130 beds and all major departments. As a Medical officer I was assigned to work in the department of internal medicine and other medical super specialities.

Duties and responsibilities:

• Participating in ward rounds and being involved in day to day management of patients.

• Performing practical procedures under supervision as well as independently.

• Presenting cases to seniors and consultants.

• Communicating effectively with patients and relatives and addressing their concerns.

• Carrying out administrative tasks such as rewriting drug charts

• Attending regular departmental meetings and being involved in the process to improve quality of patient care.

• Participated in teaching sessions for nursing students.

• I completed my Internship(FY1) from Gandhi Hospital and medical college a 2200 bed hospital with all major departments.

Brief description of your duties & responsibilities

• As an intern, I worked as a junior member of the healthcare team in in-patient, out-patient, and emergency settings at a busy tertiary care hospital. I learned the importance of patient-centered care, being a safe junior doctor, working with integrity within the limits of my competence, asking for senior help whenever needed, and prioritizing tasks according to their importance.

ROTATIONS:

• GENERAL MEDICINE (incl Psychiatry) 3 months GENERAL SURGERY (incl Anesthesia) 3 months OBSTETRICS AND GYNAECOLOGY 3 months SOCIAL AND PREVENTIVE MEDICINE 2 months ORTHOPEDICS 1 month PEDIATRICS 1 month EMERGENCY MEDICINE 1 month OPHTHALMOLOGY 15 days ENT 15 days RADIOLOGY 15 days

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Clerking elective and emergency admissions, and reporting to seniors.

Managing medical emergencies with the help of senior members of the healthcare team.

• Carefully assessing the patients by taking adequate history and performing relevant examination, and documenting clearly in the patient notes.

Requesting blood samples. Liaising with other members of the healthcare staff and other departments. Making initial management plans for the patients, under the supervision of my seniors and consultants. Participating in ward rounds and being involved in day-to-day management of patients. • Performing practical procedures under supervision as well as independently. • Presenting cases to seniors and consultants. • Communicating effectively with patients, relatives, and addressing their concerns. Carrying out administrative tasks, such as rewriting drug charts and preparing operation theatre lists. Attending regular departmental meetings and being involved in the process of improving the quality of patient care. Teaching medical students during their ward placements.

PROCEDURES AND SPECIAL TASKS PERFORMED DURING DIFFERENT ROTATIONS: MEDICINE: • Cardiopulmonary resuscitation • Venipunctures • IV cannulation • Arterial blood gas • Prescribing IV fluids and blood transfusion • Intramuscular and subcutaneous injections • Nasogastric tube insertions • Urethral catheterizations • Abdominal paracentesis SURGERY: • Pre-operative assessment, including fitness for anesthesia and surgery • Explaining the procedure and addressing the concerns of patients and relatives • Preparing the patients for surgery, including bowel preparation • Wound management • Assisting surgeons in the theatre • Wound dressing, closing simple lacerations with sutures OBSTETRICS AND GYNAECOLOGY: • Assisting in normal vaginal deliveries and Caesarean sections. • Antenatal care. SOCIAL AND PREVENTIVE MEDICINE: • Creating awareness about the benefits of vaccination in the general public. ORTHOPEDICS: • Assisting the surgeons in fracture reduction and internal fixation. Applying plaster casts to immobilize fractures. PEDIATRICS: • Arterial blood gases • Taking blood samples • Prescribing IV fluids and blood transfusions. EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT: • Performing CPR • Assisting in intubations. OPHTHALMOLOGY: • Performing eye examinations. • Observing eye surgeries. ENT: • Assisting in ENT surgeries. Radiology: • Learned how to interpret basic X-ray films.