Patient Care Technician

EKG is one of the important modalities for diagnosing cardiovascular disease. In this program, students will learn to identify the anatomical location of the heart and important surrounding structures, as well as how to prepare patients to obtain EKG rhythms using a standard 12-Lead EKG and color coded five lead wire system. Staff will prepare students to interpret Various Sinus rhythms such as; Atrial Rhythms, Junctional Rhythms and Ventricular Rhythms. Moreover, students will learn to calculate heart rate, various waves and segments from EKG rhythm strips.

Phlebotomy
60 Hours

In this course students will be able to demonstrate various methods of Phlebotomy such as;

• Venous blood draws using the Multi-sample needle and butterfly syringe.
• Demonstrate a sterile lancet capillary blood withdrawal, and proper use of Centrifuges to differentiate plasma from serum.
• Students will be exposed to various methods of discarding hazardous material according to OSHA guidelines.
• Proper techniques of disinfection with reference to infection control
• Identify and label the parts of the most common diagnostic laboratory equipment, use basic skills in the context of therapeutic and laboratory procedures.
• Each student will have the opportunity to practice their phlebotomy skills on training arms and most importantly the students will have an opportunity to practice their technique on each other or volunteers under the supervision of their instructor.