PCT Concepts and Tech Skills

Catalog description

This course focuses on the primary knowledge and skills needed to become a patient care technician. Preparing graduates to work in all facets of healthcare through instruction of core healthcare topics and procedures. This course provides an overview of medical laws, ethics, communication, cultural consideration, working with diverse populations, patient rights, body structure and function, growth and development, medical terminology, and pharmacology. Technical skills teach safety, infection control, patient assessment, vital signs, charting and documentation, patient monitoring and reporting, patient hygiene, fluids and nutrition, elimination and respiration, and care of surgical patients. Plus, advanced skills for PCT’s in specimen collection, electrocardiography interpretations, and special laboratory procedures.