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Omega Healthcare Technical School’s six to ten week program meets the requirements of the Illinois Nursing Reform Act of 1979 and leads to certification of compliance from the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH). Once students complete the program, they will be able to perform the following 21 skills:
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Diagnostic tests related to the heart, recording the heart’s electrical impulses onto a paper strip. The pattern of the signals can tell the physician whether the heart is normal, is experiencing electrical problems, under strain, or damaged. The ECG Technician will administer and document various types of ECG monitoring and will provide appropriate care of the equipment. The ECG Technician works in physicians’ offices, clinics, hospitals, and diagnostic centers.
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The phlebotomist is a vital member of the clinical laboratory team, whose main function is to obtain patient's blood specimens by venipuncture and micro collection along with transportation of other clinical laboratory specimens. Phlebotomists are employed throughout the health care system - hospitals, neighborhood health centers, medical group practices, HMO's public health facilities, Veterans hospitals and blood banks. The field of phlebotomy has greatly expanded in the past several years and the role of this integral member of the health care team has recently been brought into much sharper focus. The threat of AIDS, hepatitis and risks to all segments of society from other infectious diseases has dramatically emphasized the need for quickly expanding training programs, while maintaining the highest possible standards of instruction and continuing education for these health care professionals.
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A Patient Care Technician (PCT) is composed of three programs: BNAT, EKG and Phlebotomy. Each program is taught independently with a final test in theory and skills performed at the end of each training session. Certification for a Patient Care Technician will only be issued after completion of the programs and will have the opportunity to sit for the National Healthcareer Association test for PCT. Please refer to the above individual description of each program.
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