Nicole Frailey
Orthopedic Physician Assistant at Orthopedic Specialists of Seattle- Claim this Profile
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Credentials
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Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support Experienced Provider (ACLS)
American Heart AssociationMay, 2020- Nov, 2024 -
Basic Life Support for Healthcare Providers (BLS)
American Heart AssociationMay, 2020- Nov, 2024 -
Montana State PA provisional Licensure
Montana Department of Labor & IndustryOct, 2015- Nov, 2024 -
Washington State PA license
Washington State Department of HealthMay, 2018- Nov, 2024
Experience
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Orthopedic Specialists of Seattle
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United States
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Medical Practices
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1 - 100 Employee
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Orthopedic Physician Assistant
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Aug 2018 - Present
• Epic and NextGen EMRs• Dragon Dictation Software Experience • IM Your Doc Telehealth platform trained• Orthopedic Urgent Care Clinic- include splinting and casting• Evaluation and treatment of non-operative orthopedic injuries including ordering appropriate labs and imaging. • First Call-ER/IP Consults, Patient phone calls, rounding, discharge, emergent/urgent surgery• Pre-operative evaluations for total joint patients• Post-operative evaluations of patients with normal course, infection, and wound dehiscence. • Joint injections (knee, subacromial) • Knee arthrodesis • First Surgical Assist including deep and superficial wound closure, and aseptic technique:o Total Joint Arthroplasty (knee, hip, shoulder, carpometacarpal, ankle) o Total Joint Revisions o Hand Surgery o Sports Medicine• Knee meniscal and ligament injuries• Shoulder: Rotator Cuff Repairs, Superior Capsular Reconstruction, Bankhart Repairo Foot/Ankle Surgery (ankle arthroscopy, Bunionectomy, MT shortening, talonavicular fusions, ankle fusions, toe and MT amputations)o Elbow Surgery (Radial head excision, radial head replacement, arthroplasty, distal biceps repair). o ORIF of fractures (proximal, distal, and shaft repairs of long and short bones) o I&D of deep tissue infections, dehisced wounds and septic joints, and superficial abscesses.
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Neurosurgery PA
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Jan 2016 - Mar 2018
• Athena and MediTech EMRs• Initial evaluation and treatment of spine complaints. • Ordering and interpretation of appropriate laboratory and imaging testing in initial evaluation, follow-up, and pre-operative planning. • Pre-operative surgical assessments. • First assist in spinal fusions, cervical disc replacement, lumbar discectomy, lumbar laminectomy, cervical laminectomy, brain tumor biopsy, chairi decompression, chronic subdural hematoma evacuation, and placement of intraspinal devices (DCS, shunt). • Post-operative patient care including: hospital rounds, discharge, staple and suture removal treatment of non-healing surgical wounds, and routine post-operative follow-up. • Training in C-arm fluoroscopy for placement of spinal needles during epidural steroid injections of the lumbar spine and level localization.
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Education
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Midwestern University (IL)
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Montana State University-Bozeman
Bachelor's degree, Cell Biology and Neuroscience