Hospitals
A hospital is a health care institution providing patient treatment with specialized medical and nursing staff and medical equipment. Hospitals are usually funded by the public sector, by health organisations (for profit or nonprofit), by health insurance companies, or by charities, including direct charitable donations. Historically, hospitals were often founded and funded by religious orders, or by charitable individuals and leaders.
Medical doctors
Medical doctors treat patients by finding out what is wrong with them, known as a diagnosis. They ask questions about the patient's symptoms. These might include fever or pain. They may ask about past illnesses or family members who have been sick. They will then examine the patient. Doctors work in hospitals, medical clinics, from their own offices, or may even visit people in their homes. Doctors are trained in medical schools which are usually part of a university.
Nursing Staffs
Nursing is a profession within the health care sector focused on the care of individuals, families, and communities so they may attain, maintain, or recover optimal health and quality of life. Nurses practice in many specialties with differing levels of prescription authority. Nurses develop a plan of care, working collaboratively with physicians, the patient, the patient's family members, that focuses on treating illness to improve quality of life.
Medical equipments
Medical equipment (also known as armamentarium is designed to aid in the diagnosis, monitoring or treatment of medical conditions.
There are several basic types:
- Diagnostic equipment includes medical imaging machines, used to aid in diagnosis. Examples are ultrasound and MRI machines, PET and CT scanners, and x-ray machines.
- Treatment equipment includes infusion pumps, medical lasers and LASIK surgical machines.
- Life support equipment is used to maintain a patient's bodily function. This includes medical ventilators, incubators, anaesthetic machines, heart-lung machines, ECMO, and dialysis machines.
- Medical monitors allow medical staff to measure a patient's medical state. Monitors may measure patient vital signs and other parameters including ECG, EEG, and blood pressure.
- Medical laboratory equipment automates or helps analyze blood, urine, genes, and dissolved gases in the blood.
- Diagnostic Medical Equipment may also be used in the home for certain purposes, e.g. for the control of diabetes mellitus
- Therapeutic: physical therapy machines like continuous passive range of motion (CPM) machines
Medical Technologist
A Medical Technologist (usually Medical laboratory scientist, Clinical Laboratory Scientist, Medical Laboratory Technologist) is an allied health professional that analyzes and tests body fluids and tissues. This includes blood, urine, CSF, synovial fluid, all types of tissue samples, and almost any type of sample removed from a patient for testing. They are responsible for operating and maintaining complex analyzers that are used in a laboratory and ensuring the laboratory results of each patient are accurate and timely.
Equipment Technician
A Biomedical Engineering/Equipment Technician/Equipment Specialist is typically an electro-mechanical technician who ensures that medical equipment is well-maintained, properly configured, and safely functional. Biomedical Equipment Technician are employed by hospitals, clinics, private sector companies. They install, inspect, maintain, repair, calibrate, modify and design equipment and support systems with medical standard guidelines but also perform specialized duties and roles.
Medical Pharmacist
Pharmacists are healthcare professionals who practice in pharmacy, the field of health sciences focusing on safe and effective medication use. A pharmacist is a member of the health care team directly involved with patient care.Pharmacists understand the biochemical mechanisms and actions & uses of drugs, therapeutic roles, side effects and monitoring parameters. Pharmacists interpret and communicate this specialized knowledge to patients, physicians, and other health care providers.
Pharmaceutical representative
Pharmaceutical sales representatives are salespeople employed by pharmaceutical companies to persuade doctors to prescribe their drugs to patients. Pharmaceutical sales representatives will provide product information, answer questions on product use, and deliver product samples.
Medical Companies maintain this provides an educational service by keeping doctors updated on the latest changes in medical science. A medical representative's duties include arranging appointments with medical professionals to educate and spread awareness of medicines the company is supplying. A medical representative also organizes meetings and conferences with other healthcare professionals, and maintains knowledge of new medicines in order to sell them.
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