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Patient Care Technician (Read More...)
Patient Care Technician is a one semester, two period course which provides students the opportunity to become effective and efficient multi-skilled healthcare providers. Students will develop a working knowledge of advanced patient care skills, vital signs, 12-lead EKG’s, oxygen therapy, basic phlebotomy via simulation, and specimen collection and processing.
Essential workforce skills and safety will be emphasized, as well as, professional ethics and legal responsibilities. Students will ascertain employability skills and soft skills required by business and industry.
Upon successful completion of required theory, lab, and simulation, students may be eligible to sit for Patient Care Technician Certification. This course is appropriate for 11th through 12th grade students and is paired with Health Science Internship.