Registered nurse, intensive care — Gabriel Bensaïd, Registered nurse, intensive care
I have been a nurse for nine years, the last seven in an adult intensive care unit in Lyon. Most of my patients are ventilated, and I train the nurses who join the unit.
Career & selected work
Hopital Saint-Remy
Intensive care nurse
2019 — now · Lyon, France
Adult medical and surgical ICU, 18 beds. Two ventilated patients per shift, day and night rota.
- Titrate vasoactive drugs and sedation to protocol with the intensivist
- Preceptor for nurses new to the unit since 2021
Clinique des Tilleuls
Emergency nurse
2016 — 2019 · Villeurbanne, France
Emergency department seeing around 120 patients a day, adult and paediatric.
- Triage nurse at the front desk two days a week
Hopital Saint-Remy
Staff nurse, medical-surgical ward
2015 — 2016 · Lyon, France
First post after qualifying, on a 30-bed ward for post-operative and general medical patients.
Project
Preceptor programme
I plan the first six weeks for nurses joining the ICU and pair them with a senior nurse on each shift.
2021 — now
Project
Prone positioning checklist
Wrote the one-page checklist the unit still uses for turning ventilated patients safely.
2020
Emergency
Clinical tools
IFSI Les Charmettes, Lyon
Nursing degree
Certifications
Ordre National des Infirmiers, 2015 · Ministry of Health, France, 2015 · American Heart Association, 2025 · American Heart Association, 2025
Languages
French: Native · English: B2 · Arabic: Conversational