Felicia C.Thomas
Laboratory Director &
Certified Phlebotomy Technician
Phone:
(813) 733-7126
Email:
Address:
1808 James L. Redman Pwky. Suite 115
Plant City, Florida 33563
Year of Birth: 1968
More About Us
The Person Behind the Brand and
Who & What Inspired Me
Having three sons with Hemophilia means life is often lived on high alert, where a minor bump can become a major medical emergency, and routine care requires intense, specialized attention. For years, I navigated the high-stress, exhausting, and often traumatic experience of taking my three sons to a traditional lab for blood work-a process that was terrifying for them and emotionally draining for me, sometimes involving multiple failed sticks or long waits in germ-filled waiting rooms.
That, combined with the need to consistently monitor their factor levels and navigate insurance, led to overwhelming, chronic stress.
This lived experience is exactly what inspired me to create a solution. EMS Proficient Mobile Phlebotomy Service LLC was born out of the necessity to change that narrative. I knew there had to be a better, more compassionate way to manage chronic blood work than subjecting my children with a bleeding disorders to the stress of going to a lab.
Bringing professional, gentle, and expert phlebotomy service directly into the home, I am transforming a traumatic experience into a calm, convenient, and safe one. I know that for hemophilia families" easy" is not just a convenient-it's a critical component of care that reduces anxiety and ensures that necessary, frequent blood evaluations do not disrupt daily life.
EMS Proficient Mobile Phlebotomy Service represents the transformation of personal adversity into a mission: providing the care, patience, and proficiency that I as a mother of three, know is absolutely necessary. I am providing a service that brings peace of mind to other families, sparring them the unnecessary, high-stress, and often traumatic, lab visits I ounce endured.
Work Experience
05/18/2014 - Present
EMS Proficient Mobile Phlebotomy Service: Preform ( Mobile Laboratory Services) Certified Phlebotomy Technician, Medical assistant, Certified Paramedical Insurance Examiner, Wellness and Health screenings, Drug testing, DNA testing, mobile services, all CLIA waived testing, Office -Tampa, Florida 33617 (813) 808-2303 - 05/18/14 – Present
Duties: Mobile Laboratory Services performed at various locations included but not limited to nursing homes, doctors’ offices, assistant living facilities, patient’s homes, and place of business, supportive living facilities, and in-home Life Insurance examiner. Verify patient information , schedule appointments, data entry, inventory, order and stock supplies, experience in Biomedical waste, SOP’s, verify insurance information, label tubes and specimen with proper patient identifiers, verification of doctors’ orders, CPT codes and ICD 10 code, collection of vital signs, administered Finger sticks, process specimen, proper storing of specimens, ship specimens, Bio-Metric and Health Screening, drug testing, pregnancy testing, , mouth swabs, Cholestech LDX Analyzer training, Care DX collections.
12/29/2020- 05/18/2024
EMS Phlebotomy and Clinical Training Inc. Teaching theory, clinicals, and externship using the textbook (Phlebotomy Handbook from Basic to Advance) 10th edition. Curriculums include Phlebotomy Practice and Quality Assessment, Communication, Computer Essentials, and Documentation, Professional Ethics, Legal, and Regulatory Issues, Infectious Control, Safety and First Aid, and Medical Terminology. 7402 N.56th Street, Suite 710,Tampa, Florida 33617, 12/2020-6/20024
Duties: Teach students to service patients, perform patient prep for various laboratory specimens using appropriate safety measures. Performing appropriate infection control practices and isolation techniques. Teach specimen processing procedures, glucose tolerance testing, blood cultures and viral studies. Using anticoagulants and additives appropriately. Perform venipuncture and capillary sticks after identifying proper sites, while practicing dignity, safety, and infection control methods. Manage and evaluate student hand on through clinical and externship. Update and file student records for scores in Class Reach Education software System, administer entry test for phlebotomy training program, level 2 background screening and drug test.
January 2020- June 2024
EMS Proficient Mobile Phlebotomy (contractor) for Church of Scientology: Mobile Phlebotomy and specimen Services 503 Cleveland Street, Clearwater, Florida 33755.
Duties: Travel to facility to collect blood and other specimen samples, Pipette serum, buffy coat, blood cells, centrifuge specimens, transfer pipetted samples into transfer tubes, proper storing, and shipping specimens, shipped via FedEx, shipped using dry-ice, ice bricks/ cold packs. Deposed of sharps, verification of patient information, specimen labeling, customer service, patient care.
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