Ms. Sarah J. Miller PA

Physician Assistant

Pennsylvania, 17322 Show map

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Advanced Practice Critical Care Physician Assistant, Northwest Hospital, December 2015-present Admit critical care patients as appropriate. Daily rounding on patients in intensive care unit and intensive care step down unit. Sole provider in house at night for critical care units. Create care plans for patients; order and interpret diagnostic and laboratory testing as appropriate. Perform critical care consults throughout hospital and emergency department. Conduct family meetings to discuss patients�?? goals of care and end of life decisions. Coordinate discharging critically ill patients to tertiary hospitals, long-term care facilities and hospice. Respond to rapid response calls throughout the hospital. Respond to and run code blues throughout the hospital. Intubate patients, insert and remove central lines and intraosseous lines, insert and remove chest tubes, insert foley catheters, perform femoral blood draws, assist with lumbar punctures. Hospitalist Physician Assistant, Northwest Hospital, March 2013-present Daily rounding on patients in general medicine, heart care, stroke, respiratory, intermediate care medicine, and intensive care floors. Create plans of care for patients; order and interpret diagnostic and laboratory testing as appropriate. Admit and discharge patients as appropriate. Perform critical care consults. Respond to rapid response calls and codes throughout the hospital. Insert central lines, remove central lines, remove chest tubes, insert foley catheters, perform femoral blood draws.

Provider Details

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Professional Society Memberships

American Academy of Physician Assistants, Maryland Academy of Physician Assistants, Society of Critical Care Medicine

What do you attribute your success to?

Hard working, enjoys school and her parent encouraged her to always go the extra mile.

Philanthropic Initiatives

Expanding Your Horizons, Stevenson University, September 2012Participated in program to expose middle school girls to the fields of science and math and to encourage them to pursue an interest in careers in these fields.Led a workshop teaching middle school girls about laproscopic surgery.Students were given the opportunity to dress for surgery and participate in an activity to practice performing laproscopic surgery.