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Overview
Work History
Education
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Certification
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Manikkuwadura Kavindi De Silva

Manikkuwadura Kavindi De Silva

Mirihana

Summary

"As a dedicated and compassionate young medical professional, I am committed to delivering high-quality patient care with a focus on evidence-based medicine. I am enthusiastic about embracing new challenges and staying abreast of the latest medical advancements in Emergency Medicine and Critical Care."

Overview

3
3
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Medical Officer in General Intensive Care Unit

District General Hospital, Monaragala
08.2024 - Current
  • Attend to all new patients to ICU within 10 minutes of admission and complete assessment, inform ICU consultant of all new admissions as soon as the assessment is complete.
  • Round the clock management of all ICU patients.
  • Regular rounds of the ICU patients and meticulous documentation of daily patient clinical progress notes and assessments as per standard medical care.
  • Presentation and discussion of all cases with ICU consultants and respective primary consultants of the patient during rounds.
  • Performing relevant procedures as mandated by standard medical care.
  • Formulate plans of investigations and management under the guidance of ICU consultants and coordinate with relevant primary consultants of the patient.
  • Strictly adhere to Infection Control Practices within the ICU as per hospital policy.
  • Regular briefing of the ICU consultant regarding the admissions, discharges, deaths and significant changes in a patient’s condition.
  • Prompt management of Emergency situations according to ALS protocol.
  • Participate in the Medical Emergency Response Team in other areas of the hospital and intra and inter hospital transfer of critically ill patients.
  • Effective Communication with the consultants, colleagues, staff members and liaise with different specialties to provide an MDT care to patients.
  • Take and give documented handover at the bedside at the beginning and end of shift.
  • Empathetic communication with the patients and family members regarding the clinical condition and treatment plan.
  • Punctuality in the duty schedules
  • Participate in the teaching and research activities in the clinical unit

Resident House Officer in Neurosurgery

Sri Jayewardenepura General Hospital, Thalapathpitiya, Nugegoda, Sri Lanka
11.2023 - Current
  • Obtaining and updating patients’ histories, examination and requesting proper, relevant investigations and determining proper treatment in inward and neurosurgical ICU patients of acute and arranged admissions.
  • Involving in ETU management serving patients with critical neurosurgical problems.
  • Daily clerking and management of inward and neurosurgical ICU patients.
  • Attendance at ward rounds and case discussions.
  • Implementing therapeutic regiments involving medications and other interventions to mitigate symptoms and prevent recurrence.
  • Discuss management plans with patients and patients next of kin.
  • Planning, preparing and assisting in neurosurgeries.
  • Assessment of patients post operatively and removal of drains and sutures.
  • Attend weekly outpatient clinics, detailed and accurate documentation of management plans.
  • Responsible for documenting discharge plan and providing patients with follow-up care instructions.
  • Team with other specialties and health care providers and hold MDT meetings to provide well rounded care for complex cases.

House officer in General Medicine (Internship)

Sri Jayewardenepura General Hospital, Thalapathpitiya, Nugegoda, Sri Lanka
05.2023 - 10.2023
  • Clerking new admissions with detailed history taking, examining and accurate documentation and requesting investigations.
  • Initiation of emergency treatment, performed CPR training and has provided it while working whenever necessary and participating in the general management of patients under supervision and active involvement in daily ward rounds.
  • Performing basic procedures like IV cannulation, venepuncture, ABG, LP, peritoneal and pleural drainage.
  • Clerking and providing follow up plans to patients in outpatient clinics.
  • Communicating with patients and families regarding the clinical condition and the treatment plans.
  • Referring patients to professional superiors and communicating with professionals in other specialties to provide optimal care to the patients for cure and prevention of diseases.

House officer in General Surgery (Internship)

Sri Jayewardenepura General Hospital, Thalapathpitiya, Nugegoda, Sri Lanka
11.2022 - 04.2023
  • Evaluating patients and developing treatment plans
  • Preoperative assessment of the patients and optimize and prepare patients to undergo spinal or general anesthesia.
  • Monitoring patients before, during, and after surgery.
  • Assessing the need for additional medical care or follow-up care.
  • Counseling patients about the risks, benefits, and alternatives of the proposed surgery.
  • Writing medical reports and keeping patient records.
  • Adhering to safety protocols and infection control procedures.
  • Assisting in general surgeries, suturing and performing simple surgeries under supervision.
  • Explaining the discharge and follow up plans for the patients and reviewing them in weekly outpatient clinic.

Education

Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) -

University of Colombo
05.2022

Skills

    Competent

  • Intravenous cannulation (direct/US guided)
  • Arterial blood gas
  • Peritoneal fluid drainage
  • Lumbar puncture
  • Suturing and wound management
  • Pleural fluid aspiration
  • Tracheal intubation and airway management
  • Performing FAST scan
  • IVC collapsibility assessment, basic lung scan and basic 2D echo
  • Central venous line insertion
  • Arterial line insertion
  • Blood culture sampling
  • ECG, chest X-Ray, NCCT brain interpretation
  • Urinary catheterization
  • Ventilator management in ICU
  • Procedural sedation
  • Vascular catheter insertion
  • Observed

  • Tracheotomy
  • Gastroscopy
  • Colonoscopy
  • Bronchoscopy
  • IC tube insertion

Certification

  • Sri Lanka Medical Council
  • Sri Lanka.
  • General registration number - 44727
  • Obtained- 2023-11-01

Timeline

Medical Officer in General Intensive Care Unit

District General Hospital, Monaragala
08.2024 - Current

Resident House Officer in Neurosurgery

Sri Jayewardenepura General Hospital, Thalapathpitiya, Nugegoda, Sri Lanka
11.2023 - Current

House officer in General Medicine (Internship)

Sri Jayewardenepura General Hospital, Thalapathpitiya, Nugegoda, Sri Lanka
05.2023 - 10.2023

House officer in General Surgery (Internship)

Sri Jayewardenepura General Hospital, Thalapathpitiya, Nugegoda, Sri Lanka
11.2022 - 04.2023

Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) -

University of Colombo
Manikkuwadura Kavindi De Silva