Qualification degree: Paramedic-laboratorian

Duration of study: 3 years

"Laboratory diagnostics" department has been operating in Ganja Medical College since 2018

                                                        Characteristics of the Graduate's Field of Specialization

The paramedic-laboratorian works as a paramedic-laboratorian in the laboratories of regional, urban and rural treatment and prevention institutions, as well as medical research institutes and specialized medical laboratories to perform all types of laboratory examinations.

A graduate of the "Laboratory diagnostics" department should know and be able to:

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

- 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;

- Sanitary education work;

- filling of laboratory documents and examination forms;

- Safety equipment rules;

- New laboratory examination methods;

- Internal and inter-laboratory quality control;

- 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;

- The procedure for working with infectious material, subject to compliance with preventive conditions;

- working with laboratory devices;

- Accepting and registering biomaterial;

- Taking blood from the finger;

- Taking stomach contents, 12-inch intestinal contents;

- Contents of blood, urine, feces, gastric juice, duodenum, etc. to conduct a general examination;

- To operate various examination devices, as well as modern automatic and semi-automatic devices;

- Chemically clean and sterilize laboratory utensils;

- Preparing disinfectant solutions;

- To neutralize the used material and equipment.

                                                                                          Qualifications

040709 A graduate of the "Laboratory diagnostics" department can work as a laboratory assistant in clinical, biochemical, bacteriological and serological laboratories according to the special level of preparation.