1 / 94

Health Careers

Health Careers. Health Team Relations 2 nd & 4 th Blocks Instructor: Melissa Lewis. Types of Education:. 1. Secondary : High school courses

les
Télécharger la présentation

Health Careers

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Health Careers Health Team Relations 2nd & 4th Blocks Instructor: Melissa Lewis

  2. Types of Education: • 1. Secondary: High school courses • 2. Health Occupations Education (HOE): Courses offered in high school. It prepares one for immediate employment in many HC or for additional education after graduation. • 3. Post-secondary education: Courses taken after high school (career-technical school, community college, or university)

  3. Types of Education cont: • 4. Associate’s degree: Degree awarded by technical school or community college after 2 years of study. • 5. Bachelor’s degree: Degree awarded by college/university after 4 or more years of study • 6. Master’s degree: Degree awarded by college/university after 1 or more years of study beyond a bachelor’s degree. • 7. Doctorate degree: Degree awarded by college/university after 2 or more years of study beyond a bachelor’s/master’s degree.

  4. Certification, Registration, & Licensure: • These methods ensure the skill and competency of HC personnel and to protect the consumer (patient). • 1. Certification: Person has fulfilled requirements of education and performance and meets the standards and qualifications est. by the professional association or gov’t agency that regulates a particular career. Examples: Dental assistant, certified lab tech, certified medical assistant.

  5. Certification, Registration, & Licensure cont: • 2. Registration: Granted by regulatory body ( association or state board) that administers exams and maintains a current list of qualified personnel. Examples: Registered dietician, Registered respiratory therapist, & registered radiologic technologist

  6. Certification, Registration, & Licensure cont: • 3. Licensure: Gov’t agency authorizes someone to work in a given occupation. Usually this person has completed their studies, passed state board test, and maintains certain standards. Examples: Registered nurse, Physician, Dentist, LPN

  7. Accreditation: • One must graduate from an accredited program before they can get their certification, registration, or licensure • This ensures that the program meets established standards • Make sure that the school you want to attend is accredited before you enroll

  8. Continuing Education Units (CEU’s): • Required to renew licenses or maintain certification or registration in many states • A person must obtain additional hours of education in specific HC career during a specific time period • Ex. RN’s must obtain 24 to 48 CEU’s every one to two years to renew their licenses

  9. Training: • 1. Professional: Usually requires 4 or more years of college and an advanced degree (ex. Medical doctor, dentist) • 2. Technologist or therapist: Requires 3-4 years of college plus work experience, usually a bachelor’s degree (ex. Physical therapist, speech therapist, medical lab technologist

  10. Training: • 3. Technician: Usually requires 2 year associate degree, special HOE, or 3-4 years OJT (ex. Dental lab tech, medical lab tech, surgical tech) • 4. Assistant or aide: Usually requires up to one or more years of training that combines classroom and/or OJT experience (ex. Dental, medical, or nurse assistants

  11. Multi-competent/Multi-skilled Worker: • New trend in HC • Workers perform in a variety of occupations • Ex. Hiring an EKG tech that could also perform EEG’s • This is cost-efficient

  12. Entrepreneur: • Individual who owns their own business • Examples in the HC field would be Physician, Nurse practitioner, Chiropractor, Dentist, Optometrist, etc.

  13. Health Care Careers There are over 200 health careers to choose from.

  14. Dental Careers: • 1. Dentists: • They are doctors • They examine teeth and mouth tissues • Diagnose & treat disease • Perform surgeries on teeth, gums, & tissues • Work to prevent disease • Supervise work of other dental workers • Most are entrepreneurs

  15. Dental Careers: • 2. Dental Hygienists: • Work under the supervision of a dentist • Perform preliminary exams of teeth & mouth • **Remove deposits & stains from teeth** • Take x-rays

  16. Dental Careers: • 3. Dental laboratory technician (DLT’s) • Make & repair dental prostheses (artificial devices) such as dentures, crowns, bridges, & orthodontic devices • Work under dentist • Some are entrepreneurs

  17. Dental Careers: • 4. Dental assistants (DA’s): • Work under dentist • Prepare patients for examination • Pass instruments • Sterilize instruments

  18. Diagnostic Services: • Basic job duties: • Perform tests or evaluations • They find out what the problem is • Diagnose the problem

  19. Skill: Height and Weight • Greet and identify the patient • State your name and title • Explain procedure • Wash hands • Balance scale *** • Raise height bar • Patient to remove shoes and extra clothing

  20. Skill: Height and Weight • Move weights until scale is balanced • Record weight in pounds • Lower height bar until rests on patients head • Record height in inches • Help patient down from scale • Return weights on scale to zero (left side) • Wash hands • Record in chart/growth chart

  21. Electrocardiograph technician (EKG tech): • Operate EKG machine which records the electrical activity of the heart • Perform stress tests • Apply Holter Monitors (EKG’s that last for 24-48 hours) • Assist with thalium scans

  22. Cardiovascular Technologists: • Assist with cardiac catheterizations & angioplasty • Monitor patients during heart surgery • Perform tests to check circulation in blood vessels • Echocardiographers use ultrasound to diagnose heart conditions

  23. Electroencephalographic Technologists (EEG’s): • Operate the EEG machine which records the electrical activity in the brain • EEG’s diagnose brain tumors, strokes, epilepsy (seizures), sleep disorders

  24. Medical/clinical Laboratory Technologist: • Work under a pathologist (doctor) • Determine presence or cause of disease by studying tissues, fluids, & cells of human body • Perform tests • Specialties include: biochemist, hematologist, histology, microbiology

  25. Medical/Clinical Laboratory Technician: • Work under pathologist or medical/clinical lab technologist • Perform routine tests on tissues, fluids, & cells

  26. Medical/clinical Laboratory Assistants: • Work under medical technologist, technician, or pathologist • Perform basic lab tests • Prepare specimens for testing • Clean & maintain equipment

  27. Skill: Measuring & Recording Apical Pulse • Wash hands • Clean earpieces on stethoscope with alcohol swabs • Put earpieces in ears • Warm diaphragm with hands • Locate apex of heart (under left breast and over light clothing • Listen for heart sounds

  28. Skill: Measuring & Recording Apical Pulse • Count heart beats for one full minute. Note any abnormal sounds, rate, or rhythm • Record number of beats on notepad • Wash hands

  29. Phlebotomist: • **Draw blood** • Collect blood and prepare it for testing

  30. Radiologic Technologists (RT’s): • Work under radiologist (doctor) • Work with x-rays, radiation, nuclear medicine, ultrasound, MRI’s • 1. Radiographers: take x-rays • 2. Radiation therapists: administer radiation for cancer • 3. Nuclear medicine technologists: Prepare radioactive substances to administer to patients (ex. Bone scans, thyroid scans, thalium scans)

  31. Radiologic Technologists (RT’s) cont: • 4. Ultrasound technologists or sonographer: Use equipment to send sound waves into body to record images (ex. Fetal u/s) • 5. Computer tomography technologists: Use CT or CAT scanner to obtain cross-sectional images of body tissues, bones, and organs to help locate tumors

  32. Radiologic Technologists (RT’s) cont: • 6. Magnetic resonance (MRI) technologists: use magnets & radio waves to reveal info on organs inside body (used to identify MS & strokes) • 7. Positron emission tomography (PET) technologist: They inject radioactive substances into patient and operate the PET scanner (it uses electrons to create 3-dimensional image of body parts)

  33. Epidemiologists: • Identify and track diseases as they occur in populations*** • Determine risk factors that make a disease more likely to occur • Develop methods to prevent or control spread of new diseases • Evaluate statistics related to diseases

  34. Biomedical Engineers: • Work with different machines used to diagnose, treat, and monitor patients • Develop artificial organs, heart valves, hip replacements • Design computer systems • Design and produce monitors, machines, instruments, lasers, medical equipment

  35. Biological/Medical Scientists: • Study living organisms such viruses, bacteria, etc • Assist in the development of vaccines, medicines, treatments

  36. Emergency Medical Services: • 1. Basic job duties: • Provide emergency, pre-hospital care • Provide care to victims of accidents, injuries, and sudden illnesses • Places of employment: fire/police departments, rescue squads, ambulance services, etc.

  37. First Responder: • First person to arrive at the scene of injury or illness • Interview and examine the victim • Calls for emergency medical assistance prn (as needed) • Maintains safety & infection control at scene • Provides basic emergency medical care (ex. Airway management, bleeding control, CPR)

  38. Emergency Medical Technicians (EMT): • Level one - EMT basic • EMT defibrillator • Level two - EMT intermediate • Level three – EMT paramedic (most advanced)

  39. EMT Basic: • Provide basic care • Keep scene safe & practice infection control • Administer initial treatment for medical emergencies (shock, burns, wounds, bleeding, etc) • Clear airway obstructions & administer oxygen • Provide basic life support • Assist with emergency births • Rescue trapped people • Transport victims to medical facilities

  40. EMT-Intermediate: • They can do everything an EMT-B can do • Assess patients • Interpret EKG’s • Administer defibrillation prn • Manage shock • Use IV equipment • Administer certain medications • Insert esophageal airways

  41. EMT-Paramedics: • Can perform all duties of EMT-B and EMT-I • Conduct in-depth patient assessment • Provide advanced cardiac life support • Perform advanced airway management (endotrachial intubation) • Administer more advanced medications • Operate more complex equipment

  42. Skill: Bleeding • Practice standard precautions (wear gloves) • Apply direct pressure to wound with thick dressing or sterile gauze • Elevate wound above level of heart • Apply extra dressings over initial gauze • Use roller bandage to hold in place • Tie off ends of bandage by placing ties directly over dressings • Make sure dressing not too tight by checking distal pulse or capillary refill

  43. Health Information & Communication Services: Job duties: Maintain complete accurate patient records, distribute health information, & use computers

  44. Health Information (medical records) Administrators: • Operate & use variety of computer programs • Ensure confidentiality of patient records • Manage medical records department • Compile statistics • Plan systems for storing & obtaining information from records

  45. Medical Transcriptionist: • Use a computer to enter data dictated on an audiotape recorder by physicians or other HC personnel

  46. Unit Secretary: • Record information on patient charts • Schedule procedures • Order supplies • Answer telephones • Operate computers

  47. Medical Illustrator: • Use artistic and creative talents to produce illustrations, charts, graphs, & diagrams for health textbooks, journals, magazines, etc. • Related field - Medical photographer: Takes photos or videos procedures, conditions, accidents, etc.

  48. Medical Librarian: • Organize books, journals, to provide health information to other HC providers

  49. Hospital/HC Facility Services: • Duties: These workers operate support departments of HC facilities • Includes: Administration, business office, admitting office, central/sterile supply, & housekeeping

  50. HC Administrators: • Plan, direct, coordinate & supervise the delivery of HC • Hire personnel • Supervise department heads • Determine budget & finance • Perform PR duties • Manage operation of the facility

More Related