Emergency Department Tecnician
Current- Essentially the role covers similar duties to an Emergency Department Nurse. These include the following:-
- Monitoring, correcting and recording vital parameters using a variety of technology/equipment to do so.
- Assisting clinicians with physical assessments/examinations, maintaining patient dignity whilst doing so.
- Cleaning, closing and dressing of wounds, the application of plaster casts to fractures and splints to sprains and strains.
- Blood sampling via venepuncture/cannulation and the use of bloods gas machines for analysis.
- Data entry and accurate record keeping.