The Patient Assistant Technician program is designed to generate multi-skilled medical laboratory/Office technicians whose primary function is the collection of blood specimens for testing and other non-blood specimen such as urine, throat culture and stool and take routine EKG as well as analyzing basic EKG, taking Vital signs, Obtain Patient History, perform CPR and also assist Pharmacist.
At Healthcare Training Institute the objective of this program prepares the graduate to apply for entry-level Phlebotomist, EKG Technician, Pharmacy Technician and Medical Field Examiner Positions. This program’s emphasis on providing the student with basic knowledge of Medical Terminology, Anatomy and Physiology of Heart, Infection Control, Phlebotomy Procedures, Special collection procedure for Blood and Non-Blood Specimens, operating the EKG machine, analyzing the EKG Strips, understanding and distinguishing different types of Arrhythmias, recognizing Myocardial Infarction changes, preparing of drugs orders as prescribed by doctors. Interpret the prescription filling and doing all paperwork associated with prescription, generic substitution, parental administration and IV therapies, doing fraction, decimal, ratios, and proportion.
The Patient Assistant Technician graduate is expected to effectively handle phlebotomy procedures, related lab paperwork properly, non-blood specimen collection such as routine urine collection, urine drug tests, and throat culture procedures, and common complications.
A Certificate is awarded to a student upon successful completion of all graduation requirements listed in this student catalog.
PATIENT CARE TECHNICIAN PROGRAM OUTLINE:
| Section 1 | Medical Terminology, Anatomy & Physiology | 20 Hours | 1.33 Credits |
| Section 2 | Phlebotomy | 97 Hours | 4.83 Credits |
| Section 3 | EKG | 43 Hours | 2.28 Credits |
| Section 4 | Pharmacy | 50 Hours | 3.17 Credits |
| Section 5 | Patient Assessment | 30 Hours | 1.20 Credits |
Course Schedule:
Total Patient Assistant Technician Training 240 Hours 12.81 = 12.5
Credits
The total collected number of credit hours is rounded to nearest half
number which ACCSCT recognizes it from 12.81 credit hours to 12.50
credit hours)
Course Schedule:
Day Schedule:
8:15 am – 2:45 pm, 25.5 Hours Per Week X 9.4 Weeks = 240 Hours
Evening Schedule:
6:00 pm – 9:30 pm, 14.0 Hours Per Week X 17.14 Weeks = 240 Hours
