lec 1 healthcare tream Flashcards
provide health care such as hospitals, clinics, outpatient care centers, and specialized care centers.
Health Care Facility
2 Types of Hospitals
- Government
- Private
Responsibilities of the Health Care Team (6)
- Caring for all patients regardless of condition
- Promoting health
- preventing illness/disease transmission
- medical asepsis
- education
- research
as defined by the WHO, are a process of interventions that enable or empower people to increase their ability to control and improve their health.
Health Promotion Hospitals (HPH)
- It reduces the probability of infectious organisms being transmitted to a susceptible individual.
medical asepsis
the absence of bacteria, viruses, and other microorganisms.
- ASEPSIS
teaches students primarily on a one-on-one basis in the clinical setting
Clinical instructor
teaches students typically through classroom lectures and laboratory activities
Didactic faculty member
Has teaching responsibilities along with administrative duties in overseeing clinical education, most often in programs using many clinical education centers
Clinical Coordinator
Has teaching responsibilities, as well as overall administrative responsibility for the entire educational program
Program director
Importance of research
- Educators gain new ideas for the job
- Educators gain new insights into approaches
- Educators can connect with other educators
Members of the Health Care Team (8)
- Physicians
- Radiologic Technologists
- Registered Nurses
- Occupational and Physical Therapists
- Pharmacist
- Respiratory Therapist
- Medical Technologist
- Social Workers
A doctor of medicine. They often specialize in a specific area of practice and following licensing, are able to prescribe and supervise the medical care of the patient.
- Physician
They perform imaging examinations and are responsible for accurately positioning patients and ensuring that a quality diagnostic image is produced
- Radiologic Technologists
. Provide patient care, which is often required 24 hours a day. They act as a patient advocate, administer medications and treatments as ordered by physicians, monitor the patient’s health status, and coordinate and facilitate all patient care when the patient is hospitalized.
Nurses
Members of a profession that works in the rehabilitative area of health care.
- Occupational/ Physical Therapist
Prepares and dispenses medications and oversees the patient’s drug therapy.
- Pharmacist
The therapist maintains or improves the patient’s respiratory status.
- Respiratory Therapist
Analyzed laboratory specimens for pathological conditions.
Laboratory Technologists/Medical Technologists.
Responsibilities of the Radiologic Technologists
- Performing Radiographic Examination
- Performing Patient care and assessment
- Adhering to Radiation protection guidlines
- Following practice standards
- Asisting the radiologist
An Act Regulating the Practice of Radiologic Technology in the Philippines, Defining Its Power and Functions and For Other Purposes
Republic Act No. 7431
___ have been established to ensure the protection & safety of the staff, patients, and their relatives during their stay in the department and to ensure that fertile and pregnant women are not exposed to radiation accidentally or unintentionally.
Radiation protection and safety procedures
Common Radiation Safety
- Keeping the time of exposure to a minimum,
- Maintaining distance from the source,
- When appropriate, place a shield between yourself and the source, and
- Protecting yourself against radioactive contamination by using proper protective c
relating to or denoting a medical condition that co-occurs with another
co-morbid
