The Healthcare Support Services Program

1. The Healthcare Support Services Program

2. Healthcare Class:What I learned about healthcare • Medical Terminology • Anatomy & Physiology - Nervous System, Skeletal System, Immune System, etc. • How to take an individuals Vital Signs - Blood pressure, Pulse, Temperature, etc. • Infectious Diseases • Infection Control

3. Certifications and Training earned in the program: • Infection Control • Waste Management • Medical Terminology • Safe Body Mechanics • WHMIS training • Workplace Violence training • N95 Mask Fit Testing • Medical Ethics and Confidentiality

4. Medical Terminology I learned in the program and at my placements: • Abbreviations Examples: NPO = Nothing by Mouth ER = Emergency Room SDS = Same Day Surgery • Prefixes, Suffixes and Root Words Example: Craniotomy can be broken down into Crani / otomy Crani = Pertaining to the skull otomy = cutting into Therefore Craniotomy = cutting into the skull

5. What is Infection Control? • The ability to control the spread on infection • This can be done by breaking the chain of infection at any of the links Ways to break the chain of infection are: • Hand washing • Taking the prescribed antibiotics till the bottle is finished • Properly cleaning patient room • Isolating patients with infectious diseases

6. Field Trips We Took: • Ontario Science Center - Body Worlds • Willow Grove Retirement Home • General Hospital Rehabilitation Center • Eastmount Chiropractic and Wellness Center • McMaster University - Health Research under the Microscope • Mohawk Hospital Services - Where the Hospital Linen is cleaned

7. Clean a wound Transfer a patient to a chair or commode using a mechanical lift Transfer a patient to a stretcher using a roll board Take a patients vital signs (blood pressure, pulse, temperature, etc.) Skills We Learned in Class:

8. Healthcare Careers that I have learned about: • Respiratory Therapist • Care for patient with breathing or cardiopulmonary disorders • Responsible for all respiratory care treatments and diagnostic procedures • Anaesthesiologist • Care of medicine that is used to relief a patients pain • Take total care of patients before, during and after the surgery has been performed

9. Working in a hospital Environmental Aides • Deliver water and meal trays to patients • Stock blood and linen carts • Clean patients rooms control infection - Blue cloth for Bedrooms, Orange Cloth for Bathrooms • Terminal Cleans • Making hospital beds

10. General Portering • Bring patients for the ward their on to MRI, Ultrasound, X-ray, etc. • Pick a patient up from MRI and bring them back to the ward their on • Pick up blood from a ward and bring it to Lab Core or Trans. Med. • Take plasma and blood from Trans. Med. up to the specified ward Operating Room Portering • Bring contaminated surgical equipments down to the Central Processing Department (Decontamination) to be cleaned • Pick up sterilized equipment from Central Processing Department (Dispatch) and bring to OR • Stock green scrubs in the scrubs dispensing machines

11. My Placements McMaster Hospital – Ward 3Y – Medical • Environmental Aide Henderson Hospital – Portering • General and OR Portering General Hospital – Emergency Room • Environmental Aide

12. Hospital Experiences • Met tons of interesting people • Watch an Intravenous being put in so the patient could get the vitamin they required • Saw a total knee and hip surgery taking place in the OR • Watch the beginning on a stem cell transplant

13. People I have met • Judy who is an environmental aide and has worked in the hospital for many years • Lots of doctors, nurses, environmental aides, porters, and many more

14. What I have learned • How to properly clean a patients room • How to properly don and remove personal protective equipment (gown, mask and gloves when entering isolation rooms.) • You have to speak loudly and clearly when speaking to patients that are hard of hearing • If I have the ability to work in a hospital setting

15. Most important skills required for work at this placement • Reliable • Hardworking • Independent • Good time management skills

16. Skills that I could transfer to other work environments • Proper body mechanics • How to interact with people of all ages • Importance of washing your hands • How to properly manage your time so everything that needs to get done gets done

17. Specific tasks that I completed at my placement that I learned from class • Roll board transfers • Medical terminology • Cleaning Techniques (Blue cloth for bedroom and orange cloth for bathroom) • Infection Control • Waste Management ( how to properly dispose of different waste. Example: Tissue, organs and body parts not including teeth, hair and nail would be put in Biomedical: Human Anatomical Waste)

18. Most significant part of my co-op placement was: • Know that nursing is the job for me! • I’m capable of interacting with patients and staff • I can handle the site of blood • I’m capable of working hard to help others

19. The thing that affected me the most at my placement was • The people affected me the most • They can tell you first hand what its like in the hospital for them (pros and cons) • Give you advice for the future

20. I would recommend this program to other students because: • Excellent opportunity to experience the medical field • See if your meant for a career in healthcare • Prepares you for a career in healthcare • Learn about other healthcare careers other than a doctor or nurse