1. Resume
Adrian K. Winham
4819 Putters Lane
Shreveport, Louisiana 71107
Home: 318- 929-5338
Cell: 318 560-8045
Combatmedic91@gmail.com
EDUCATION
Louisiana State University in Shreveport, College of Education and Human 2004- 2006,
Development
BA in Secondary Education, Certification in Social Studies, Minor in History
College of Liberal Arts-History, MA Program, Shreveport, Louisiana 2010
Northwestern State University of Louisiana, College of Nursing, 1999-2004
Natchitoches and Shreveport, Louisiana. Major: Nursing
Radiology for Nurses, University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS 1997
Bossier Parish Community College, Bossier City, LA 1992-1993
General Studies
Shreveport/Bossier Louisiana Technical College, Shreveport, LA 1981-1982
Graduate. License to practice Practical Nursing in State of Louisiana is
current for 2015
WORK EXPERIENCE
OR / Anesthesia Service
Chief Anesthesia Technician / LPN 2014 - Present
Consult Operating Room schedule to determine supply and equipment needs for procedures;
prepare anesthetizing locations for indicated procedure to include setting up and calibrating
monitoring devices; troubleshoot anesthesia equipment malfunctions, routing non-functional
equipment to the proper department for repair. Assist anesthesia providers using aseptic or sterile
technique with non-invasive and invasive patient procedures including peripheral and/or central
intravenous and/or arterial line placement; airway management techniques including mask,
endotracheal and/or emergency methods and regional anesthesia techniques.
Assists with the administration and monitoring of anesthesia and has an extensive knowledge of
anesthesia techniques, instruments, supplies, and technology. Assist anesthesia providers with
physiological monitoring of patients notifying the anesthesia provider(s) of abnormal changes in
vital signs and/or physical appearance of the patient. Obtain blood products and pharmaceuticals

2. assisting with preparation and delivery. Maintain immediate availability to assist in routine and
emergency procedures. Act as a resource and role model for other anesthesia technicians,
anesthesia providers, learners and other health care team members by providing technical
guidance and instruction as appropriate. Provide verbal and written feedback of interviewees and
peers as appropriate and as indicated by Director of OR and serve as an instructor/facilitator of
educational in-services for other anesthesia technicians. Acts as a role model for orientation and
training of anesthesia technicians and other health care team members. Assumes anesthesia
technician charge role in managing daily work schedule of anesthesia technicians and directing
care to provide an efficient and safe environment. Acquire and/or maintain certification by
obtaining annual continuing education requirements.
Involved with all aspects of the delivery of a patient's peri-operative anesthetic care, taking into
account the patients' religious and cultural beliefs and respecting their right to medical privacy
and dignity at all times. Provides a key role in the emergency resuscitation of patients.
Anesthesia technicians prepare equipment needed for the patient to safely undergo anesthesia.
This involves:
Prior to anesthesia
Checking and setting up the anesthesia machine
Preparing intravenous drugs
Preparing intravenous therapy administration equipment
Preparing a range of devices to maintain the patient's airway (e.g. laryngeal masks,
endotracheal tube)
Communicating with the patient when they arrive into the operating theatre
Establish peripheral intravenous access.
Applying anesthetic monitoring to help assess the patients' condition whilst under
anesthesia. This may include electrocardiography (ECG), blood pressure and oxygen
saturation devices.
During anesthesia:
The anesthesia technician’s role includes assisting with:
Inducing and maintaining adequate anesthesia.
Establishing and securing an airway.
Making sure that patients are positioned in such a way NOT to cause discomfort or injury
during their procedure.
Monitoring and maintaining patients' vital signs and anesthesia depth.
Temperature monitoring and regulation.
Collection and analysis of patient (blood) samples.
Acquiring and administering transfusion fluids and equipment.
After anesthesia:
Anesthesia technicians assist the anesthetist with:
Waking the patient.
Removing airway devices.
Transferring patients to post-operative care units
Regional variations exist, but anesthesia technicians may also be involved in assisting
with:
Intra-operative intra-aortic balloon pump setup, operating and monitoring.

3. Swan-Ganz pulmonary artery catheter insertion and monitoring.
Intra-operative blood salvage setup, operating and monitoring.
Arterial blood gas analysis, including maintenance of analyzers.
Arterial line insertion and monitoring.
Peripheral IV line insertion.
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
Central IV lines.
Supervise eight Anesthesia Technicians in the department, creating work schedules, ordering
equipment and supplies daily. Assisting Provides and other Technicians as proper and needed.
Certified as POC Trainer for CRNAs and LPN/Anesthesia Technicians
OR Staff LPN, University Health Shreveport 2013
Assisting Oral Surgery surgeons during procedures along with maintained
inventory; knowledge of operation and maintenance of special
equipment; instructing/orienting new employees, medical, nursing, and surgical
technology students
Assisted with all duties as Surgical Nurse in all areas excluding
Cardiothoracic and Ophthalmology.
OR Staff LPN, LSU Health Shreveport 2010-2013
Assisting Oral Surgery surgeons during procedures along with maintained
inventory; knowledge of operation and maintenance of special
equipment; instructing/orienting new employees, medical, nursing, and surgical
technology students.
Assisted with all duties as Surgical Nurse in all areas excluding
Cardiothoracic and Ophthalmology.
Traveler; Surgical Technologist, Cross Country TravCorps, 2008-2009
Working as Surgical technologist at Sharp Grossmont Hospital in
La Mesa, CA. Assisted with all duties as Surgical Technologist in
all areas except Cardiothoracic and Ophthalmology.
OR Staff LPN/ST, Willis-Knighton Medical Center, Shreveport, LA 2007-2008
Working PRN as scrub nurse in all procedures excluding Ophthalmology
and Cardiothoracic as per diem employee.
Instructor, Career Technical College, Shreveport, LA 2007- Spr. 2008
Performed all the duties as a Certified Louisiana Teacher. Managed,
prepared lessons in Medical Law & Ethics and Medical Assistant
courses. Adult courses of study were presented in 2 and 4hour session.

4. Social Studies Teacher, Airline High School, Bossier Parish School Board Fall 2007
Performed all the duties as a Certified Louisiana Teacher. Managed, prepared
lessons and taught three 90 minute classes on American History and Civics.
Reason for leaving is the teacher on sabbatical came back.
Reading Instructor, Job Corp, MINACT, Shreveport, LA Spr. - Sum.
Performed all the duties as a Certified Louisiana Teacher. Managed, prepared 2007
lessons and taught seven 55 minute classes on the TABE curriculum to prepare
young adult students for the GED.
OR Staff LPN/ST, Willis-Knighton Medical Center, Shreveport, LA 2006
Working PRN as scrub nurse in all procedures excluding Ophthalmology and
Cardiothoracic as per diem employee.
OR Staff LPN, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Cntr. 1999-2004
Assisted Orthopaedic surgeons during procedures along with maintained
orthopaedic inventory; knowledge of operation and maintenance of special
equipment; instructed/oriented new employees, medical, nursing, and surgical
technology students.
Surgery Technologist, Mississippi Baptist Hospital, Jackson, MS 1998 - 1999
Assisted with all duties as Surgical Technologist in all areas excluding
Cardiothoracic and Ophthalmology.
Whalley Clinic, Grenada Lake Medical Center, Grenada, MS 1995-1998
Office nurse; orthopaedic surgeon’s first assistant; office radiology nurse
U.S. Army, Louisiana Army National Guard, and Mississippi Air 1978-2001
National Guard 2004
Responsible for a squad in a medical platoon; duties included organizing,
training, and testing of materials worked with. Directing of combat medics’
field tasks while training with battalion during field exercises.
Campaigns: Panama - 1989, Desert Shield/Storm, Gulf War – 1990-1991,
Iraqi Freedom 2004 (recalled) Retired
ACHIEVEMENTS
Phi Alpha Theta Honor Society 2006
Kappa Sigma Fraternity / Mu-Omicron Chapter (Re-chartered Chapter) 2006

5. LSU Medical Center LPN of the Year 1995
Honor Graduate U.S. Army Health Science Academy 1988
Medical Aidman Course
Military Awards: U.S. Army Combat Medic Badge; 1988-2001-
Army Achievement Medal w/ Oak Leaf; Humanitarian 2004
Action Medal w/ Oak Leaf; U.S. Air Force Flight Crew Wings
PRESENTATIONS, PAPERS, AND PROJECTS
St. Ambrose of Milan and His Ideology of the Eucharist. Lafayette, LA 2006
Louisiana Historical Society Meeting, Phi Alpha Theta Society paper.
STAR Cemetery Preservation Project, Shreveport, LA 2006
Location and attempted recovery of Three Shreveport Confederate Singer 2006
Submarines in Red River and B-25 Airplane in Cross Lake,
Shreveport, LA
Small Fragment Instrumentation for Orthopaedic Trauma: Use, Care, and 1996
Maintenance, AO/ASIF Basic Course for OR personnel, Shreveport, LA
From Nurse to Soldier: A Citizen Soldier’s Look at War, 1992
LSU Orthopaedic Conference, Shreveport, LA
Desert Shield/Desert Storm: A Soldier’s Perspective, 1991
U.S. Army AMEDD Conference,
New Orleans, LA
Techniques in Blood Auto- transfusion, NAON Conference, Orlando, FL 1989

6. References
Julie Smith
OMFS Service ACC UH Shreveport
1606 Kings Hwy Fl 3221
Shreveport, LA 71103
(318) 813-2625
Doctors Ghali Ghali, D. Kim, C. Palmieri, M. Yeoh, Jennifer E. Woerner.
LSU Health Shreveport
Department of Oralmaxilliofacial Surgery
1501 Kings Hwy, Shreveport, LA 71103
Phone:(318) 675-5535
Dr. Charles Fox
Chairman
Department of Anesthesiology
LSU School of Medicine Shreveport
1541 Kings Hwy
Shreveport, LA 71130
Phone: (318 )675-5300
Todd Brown RN
Director of The OR (acting)
University Health Shreveport
1541 Kings Hwy
Shreveport, LA 71130
Phone: (318) 675-7155
Joiner, Gary D.
LSU Shreveport
One University Place
Shreveport, LA 71115
Assistant Professor of History
Ph.D. University of Lancaster
Phone:(318) 798-4176
E-mail:gjoiner@lsus.edu

7. White, Cheryl
LSU Shreveport
One University Place
Shreveport, LA 71115
Assistant Professor and Social Scientist in Residence
Ph.D. North West University
Phone:(318) 797-5353
E-mail:cwhite2@lsus.edu