Burns
Destruction of living tissue by dry heat is known as burns.
Types of burns:
- First degree burns : Shows redness.
- Second degree burns: Shows vaccination.
- Third degree burns: Nacres of entire skin.
Hemorrhage of Burns:
Abnormal
internal or external discharge of blood is called hemorrhage.
Types of hemorrhage:
- According to nature of vessel:
1.
Arterial : Bright red
blood.
2.
Venous: darker red
blood.
3.
Capillary: Bright red,
often rapid ooze
- According to site involved:
- External : Bleeding in the surface of the body
- Internal : Bleeding in to tissue or internal body cavity.
- According to the time involved:
- Primary : At the time of injury of operation .
- Reaction : May follow primary hemorrhage within 24 hours
The job descriptions of the medical technologist:
- General jobs:
- Laboratory safety:
(a)
Safety of the
laboratory staff.
(b)
Safety of the patient.
(c)
Safety of the
equipment and instruments
(d)
Arrangement and
security of the laboratory.
- Responsible for inter departmental co-ordination and cooperation .
- Commitment to the patient .
- Handling of poisonous and infected materials.
- Supervision and training of junior colleagues.
- Arrangement of safe disposal of used and infected materials.
- Specific jobs:
- Job description at primary health care level.
- Job description at secondary health care level
- Job description of tertiary health care level
- Job description of teaching institutes.
(a)
Job description of
primary health care level:
- Perform procedures and methods for different investigations of clinical pathology and hematology.
- Bio –chemistry and serology.
(b)
Job description of
secondary health care level:
- For clinical pathology such as sputum, vaginal swab, urethral smear.
- For hematological examination such as-blood parasite, platelet count.
(c)
Tertiary health care
level:
- Hematology : Absolute values PCV,MCV,MCHC,MCH,
: Special staining MPO
2.Clinical
pathology : Urobilirogen, bile salt, bile pigment,
3.
Clinical chemistry : Blood gas analysis , serum iron,LDH.
(d) Teaching institutes:
1.
Lectures
2.
Instructions
3.
Technologists.