Providing a Unique Combination of
Medical, Engineering and Technical Expertise to the Legal Profession

Michael B. Bechard
BSN, R.N., CLNC, P.E.

RESUME

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I have over 24 combined years of experience in Critical Care Nursing and Engineering. As a Certified Legal Nurse Consultant (CLNC)^® I have a unique background in all three disciplines of legal nurse, nursing, and engineering to critique all medical files and technical reports. I continue to work as a bedside critical care nurse across the country while adapting to new challenges and continuously staying current with all national and state guidelines on the Standards of Care. This unique background and experience enables me to customize and adapt to the individual needs of each client.

EXPERIENCE

EHELPS	May 2006-Present
Certified Legal Nurse Consultant (CLNC)-Consulting Expert for plaintiff and defense attorneys. Services include but are not limited to: screen/investigate cases for merit, define applicable standards of care and deviations and adherences to the applicable standards of care. Assess alleged damages and/or injuries, identify factors that cause or contribute to alleged damages and/or injuries identify and recommend potential defendants, conduct literature research, analyze and compare expert witness reports and other work products. Prepare deposition and trial examination questions, and assist in exhibit preparation.

Valley Medical Center, Renton, WA	July 2006-December 2006
Travel Nurse-Critical Care Nurse in a 19 bed CCU


Memorial Hospital of Tampa, Tampa, FL	December 2005-March 2006
Seasonal Contract Nurse- PACU Nurse recovering both inpatient and outpatient surgeries


Banner Good Samaritan Hospital, Phoenix, AZ	August 2005-November 2005
Travel Nurse-Assignment at a Magnet Hospital-Level I trauma facility. Critical Care Nurse floating between CVICU, CCU, MSICU, Neuro ICU, Trauma ICU, and ER hold. Experienced with Train of Four, ventriculostomy, paralytic drips, critical cardiac drips, external pacing, hemodynamic monitoring, ventilators and computer charting


Ketchikan General Hospital, Ketchikan, AK	May 2005-August 2005
Travel Nurse- Critical Care Nurse in a 4 bed ICU. Also floated to labor and delivery and cared for postpartum patients and newborns.


Community Hospital, New Port Richey, FL	October 2004- April 2005
Seasonal Contract Nurse-Critical Care Nurse ICU



Power Personnel, San Francisco, CA	August 2004 - October 2004
Travel Nurse-Critical Care Nurse in a Neuro Intensive Care Unit at University Of California San Francisco Medical Center, San Francisco, CA. Responsible for critical care of postoperative patients with subarachnoid hemorrhage Grades I-IV, anterior & posterior spinal surgical patients.


Vital Associates, Inc. Tampa, FL	May 2005 – August 2008
Per Diem Critical Care Nurse for (7) hospitals in Pinellas and Hillsborough Counties


M&M Staffing, Largo, FL	June 2002 – November 2005
Per Diem Critical Care Nurse for (7) hospitals in Pinellas and Hillsborough Counties


Morton Plant Hospital, Clearwater, FL	February 2000 -June 2002
Registered Staff Nurse on telemetry unit and CVICU.


Helen Ellis Memorial Hospital, Tarpon Springs, FL	May 1999 - February 2000
Patient Care Tech III (Graduate Nurse) responsible for caring for patients on telemetry unit


EDUCATION

VICKIE MILAZZO INSTITUTE	Houston, TX
Certified Legal Nurse Consultant, 2006


GRACELAND UNIVERSITY	Independence, MO
B.Sc., 2005, Major: Nursing.


ST. PETERSBURG COLLEGE	St. Petersburg, FL
A.Sc. 1999, Nursing, Received high honors in Nursing.


UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA	Tampa, FL
B.Sc., 1984, Major: Engineering Sciences


UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA	Tampa, FL
B.A., 1981, Major: Chemistry


CERTIFICATIONS

Certified Legal Nurse Consultant (CLNC)
Basic Life Support (BLS) Certification
Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) Certification
Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) Certification

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