| There are many different types of emergency | | | | blood for testing in the laboratory and obtaining |
| medicine jobs. One of the emergency room's best | | | | EKG readings which allow a doctor to determine |
| kept secrets lies in the position held by an | | | | the patient's heart rhythm are among the tests |
| emergency room assistant. | | | | which an emergency assistant can complete. |
| Comparable to a medical assistant in a doctor's | | | | Helping the patients is the priority of every |
| office, an emergency room assistant can be | | | | medical professional. The emergency assistant has |
| found assisting patients, doctors and nurses which | | | | the ability to assist patients with activities that the |
| allow the emergency room to provide a higher | | | | patients are too ill or injured to perform such as |
| quality of care to its patients. | | | | assistance to the bathroom or help with meals. |
| An emergency assistant is a rewarding career | | | | The assistant in an ER acts as an extra set of |
| allowing those individuals fortunate enough to | | | | hands for the nurses and doctors and can |
| decide on this career path a wonderful | | | | complete duties assigned to them by a nurse or |
| opportunity to help those who are sick or injured | | | | physician. |
| finding themselves in the ER. An emergency | | | | Transportation is another duty that can be |
| assistant performs hands on care to the patients | | | | performed by the emergency assistant. When a |
| in the ER and assist the nurses and doctors with | | | | patient being seen in the ER is admitted as a |
| patient assessment and procedures. | | | | patient up on the hospital floor, the emergency |
| Proper medical training is required in order to | | | | room assistant may be asked to transport the |
| become an emergency room assistant. Some | | | | patient to the room in the hospital where the |
| hospitals offer this training after the individual has | | | | patient will stay. The assistant escorts the patient, |
| been hired while other hospitals require prior | | | | either on the bed or by wheelchair, along with the |
| training such as successful completion of an | | | | patient's medical chart and personal belongings up |
| emergency medical technician program or medical | | | | to the room assigned to the patient. |
| assistant program. | | | | The emergency room assistants help to keep the |
| When a patient enters the ER a few things must | | | | emergency room running like a find oiled machine. |
| be completed immediately. An initial set of patient | | | | Often found behind the scenes, they perform |
| vital signs, blood pressure, pulse, breathing rate, | | | | skills and duties that are an essential part of |
| and temperature, need taken upon arrival. | | | | patient care. The emergency medicine job duties |
| Information about the complete medical history, | | | | performed by the emergency room assistant |
| list of current patient medications, and allergies are | | | | make this job unique to its environment. |
| gathered by the emergency assistant and plays | | | | Individuals who choose a career as an emergency |
| an important role in the diagnoses and treatment | | | | assistant can expect to have a fulfilling career |
| of every patient. | | | | helping patients and other members of the ER |
| Various tests can also be performed by the | | | | staff. |
| emergency room assistant. Drawing a patient's | | | | |