Shradha Prasad

Working as a Senior Resident in the Department of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care at a high-volume tertiary care teaching hospital, delivering comprehensive perioperative, critical care, and emergency services across a wide range of surgical and medical specialties. Gained extensive experience in managing critically ill patients, providing anesthesia for routine and complex surgical procedures, and collaborating with multidisciplinary teams in acute care settings.

Key Responsibilities:

• Administered general, regional, neuraxial, and monitored anesthesia care (MAC) for elective and emergency surgeries across multiple specialties.
• Conducted comprehensive pre-anesthetic evaluations, formulated individualized anesthetic plans, and managed postoperative recovery and pain control.
• Managed critically ill patients in multidisciplinary Intensive Care Units (medical, surgical, trauma, neurocritical care, and cardiothoracic ICUs), including advanced hemodynamic monitoring, ventilator management, sedation, analgesia, vasopressor therapy, renal replacement therapy, and sepsis management.
• Provided airway management in elective and emergency settings, including difficult airway assessment and advanced airway techniques.
• Performed invasive bedside procedures including central venous catheterization, arterial cannulation, ultrasound-guided vascular access, neuraxial and peripheral nerve blocks, endotracheal intubation, bedside tracheostomy, thoracostomy assistance,pleural tap, ascitic tap and bedside ultrasonography where indicated.
• Participated actively in the management of medical, surgical, obstetric, pediatric, and trauma emergencies, including Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS), trauma resuscitation, and rapid response team activations in emergency rooms.
• Delivered acute and chronic pain management services using multimodal analgesia and ultrasound-guided regional anesthesia techniques in pain Clinics
• Rotated through and collaborated with broad specialty and super-specialty services, including General Surgery, Orthopedics, Neurosurgery, Cardiothoracic Surgery, Urology, Gastrointestinal Surgery, Plastic Surgery, ENT, Ophthalmology, Obstetrics & Gynecology, Pediatrics, Oncology, Transplant Surgery, Cardiology, Neurology, Pulmonology, Nephrology, Gastroenterology, and Emergency Medicine.
• Worked closely with multidisciplinary teams in outpatient clinics, inpatient wards, operating theatres, emergency departments, and intensive care units to optimize perioperative and critical care management.
• Supervised junior residents, interns, and medical students in clinical practice, procedural skills, and academic activities.
• Participated in departmental teaching programs, journal clubs, mortality and morbidity meetings, quality improvement initiatives, and clinical research.

Completed a one-year Compulsory Rotatory Residential Internship (CRRI) with clinical rotations across major specialties, gaining hands-on experience in patient care, emergency management, procedural skills, and multidisciplinary teamwork.

Key Responsibilities:

• Conducted comprehensive history taking, physical examinations, and clinical assessments under supervision.
• Evaluated patients in outpatient, inpatient, emergency, and critical care settings.
• Assisted in diagnosing and formulating management plans based on clinical findings and investigations.
• Monitored patient progress and documented medical records accurately.
• Performed routine bedside procedures including intravenous cannulation, arterial blood sampling, urinary catheterization, nasogastric tube insertion, wound dressing, suturing, and basic airway management.
• Assisted in emergency resuscitation, Basic Life Support (BLS), Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS), and trauma management.
• Participated in ward rounds, case presentations, multidisciplinary discussions, and clinical audits.
• Assisted in preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative patient care during anesthesia and surgical rotations.
• Prescribed medications and investigations under supervision while ensuring patient safety and adherence to clinical protocols.
• Counseled patients and families regarding disease management, preventive healthcare, and follow-up plans.
• Maintained infection prevention and control practices and adhered to ethical and professional standards.