Compile, process, and maintain medical records of hospital and clinic patients in a manner consistent with medical, administrative, ethical, legal, and regulatory requirements of the health care system. They process, maintain, compile, and report patient information for health requirements and standards in a manner consistent with the healthcare industry's coding system.
Assist ophthalmologists by performing ophthalmic clinical functions. They administer eye exams, administer eye medications, and instruct the patient in care and use of corrective lenses.
Perform medical tests in a laboratory environment for use in the treatment and diagnosis of diseases in animals. They prepare vaccines and serums. They prepare tissue samples, take blood samples, and execute laboratory tests. They clean and sterilize instruments and materials and maintain equipment and machines. They assist a veterinarian during surgery.
Assist in operations, under the supervision of surgeons, registered nurses, or other surgical personnel. They help set up operating room, prepare and transport patients for surgery, adjust lights and equipment, pass instruments and other supplies to surgeons and surgeon's assistants, hold retractors, cut sutures, and help count sponges, needles, supplies, and instruments.
Provide respiratory care under the direction of respiratory therapists and physicians.
Prepare medications under the direction of a pharmacist. They measure, mix, count out, label, and record amounts and dosages of medications according to prescription orders.
Assess injuries, administer emergency medical care, and extricate trapped individuals. They transport injured or sick persons to medical facilities.
Operate magnetic resonance imaging scanners. They monitor patient safety and comfort, and view images of area being scanned to ensure quality of pictures. They administer gadolinium contrast dosage intravenously. They interview patient, explain procedures, and position patient on examining table. They enter technical data and patient information into the computer.
Take x rays and CAT scans or administer nonradioactive materials into patient's blood stream for diagnostic purposes. Includes technologists who specialize in other scanning modalities.
Prepare, administer, and measure radioactive isotopes in therapeutic, diagnostic, and tracer studies using a variety of radioisotope equipment. They prepare solutions of radioactive materials and calculate doses to be administered by radiologists. They subject patients to radiation. They execute blood volume, red cell survival, and fat absorption studies.
