Degree of qualification: Sanitary paramedic

Study period: 3 years

"Medical prophylaxis" department has been operating in Ganja Medical College since 2018

                                                   Characteristics of the Graduate's Field of Specialization

A sanitary-paramedic specialist is trained to carry out state sanitary control, counter-epidemic control, preventive disinfection measures, and laboratory research.

A graduate of the medical prevention department should know and be able to:

- Laws of the Republic of Azerbaijan and legal normative acts related to healthcare;

- Decisions and orders of higher organizations;

- Basic principles of medical ethics and deontology;

- The rights and duties of a medical worker in treatment and prevention institutions;

- Organization and structure of work in treatment and sanitary-prophylactic institutions;

- Organization of providing medical and medical-social assistance to the population;

- Organization of sanitary-prophylactic regime in treatment-prevention institutions;

- Theoretical foundations of nursing work;

- The main drugs used in the treatment of widespread diseases;

- Compilation of medical documents;

- Hygienic norms intended for administration, enterprise, and individuals;

- Fulfillment of sanitary-hygienic and sanitary anti-epidemic regulations;

- Measures to prevent and eliminate pollution of surface and underground water used by the population for work;

- Hygienic indicators of the quality of soil, water, air, food products;

- Maintaining a hygienic regime in residential areas and public buildings;

- To carry out sanitary control over the working conditions of the population;

- Time of preventive vaccinations;

- Sanitary education work;

- Conducting anthropometric measurements;

- Provision of medical assistance in urgent situations;

- Counting the frequency of breathing movements, measuring the body temperature, counting the pulse, measuring the arterial pressure;

- Performing diagnostic and therapeutic manipulations (injections, enemas, parenteral nutrition, placing urinary catheters, etc.) based on the doctor's appointment;

- General principles of patient care;

- Rules for taking samples for hygienic examination;

- Carrying out anti-epidemic measures in infectious centers;

- The order of preparation of nutritious environments;

- The procedure for setting serological reactions;

- Sterilization of containers, decontamination of used materials.

                                                                                         Qualifications

040704 - A graduate of the "Medical prevention" department can perform the following specialized activities according to the level of special training:

- Sanitary doctor's assistant;

- Epidemiologist assistant;

- Sanitary laboratory technician

- Laboratory technician