1LT Andrew Dale Shelton

Army Reserve | Nurse Anesthetist

Dates of Service: Mar 1990 - Aug 1998

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Commissioning Source: Direct Commission, Mar 1990

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Aug 1995 - Aug 1998

66 F Nurse Anesthetist

USAREUSSOUTHCOM, Army Reserve Elements, 76th ORC, USARC | Fort Johnson, LA

I served as a CRNA for Ft. Polk responsible for the readiness of the Anesthesia capabilities for the hospital during my ADT. I served Ft. Polk Hospital providing direct patient Anesthesia of all techniques including Local, Conscious sedation, Deep Sedation, Regional Techniques for labor and delivery and surgery, Inhalation and intravenous general anesthesia, pediatrics to geriatrics and in between.

Dec 1990 - May 1991

66 H ICU Nurse

159th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital | Louisiana Army National Guard

I was responsible for the organization of the ICU to which I was assigned. I assisted in the training and readiness of the soldiers under my command. I treated patients in many settings at various Post Hospitals while on ADT.

Oct 1982 - Aug 1985

66 F Nurse Anesthetist

159th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital | Louisiana Army National Guard

I served as a CRNA for the hospital responsible for the readiness of the Anesthesia capabilities for the hospital. I served at various Post Hospitals providing direct patient Anesthesia of all techniques including Local, Conscious sedation, Deep Sedation, Regional Techniques for labor and delivery and surgery, Inhalation and intravenous general anesthesia, pediatrics to geriatrics and in between.

Deployments

(5 months)

Jan 1991 - May 1991

Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF)

I was a 2LT. serving as an Operating Room Nurse and ICU Nurse treating wounded Allied Soldiers and hostile enemy combatants. I also served as Commander of the Guard regularly. Organized, scheduled, and conducted redeployment physicals for re-deploying units from the Kuwaiti, Iraqi, and Saudi Arabian Theater of Operations.