Burns

Burns


Destruction of living tissue by dry heat is known as burns.
Types of burns:
  1. First degree burns : Shows redness.
  2. Second degree burns: Shows vaccination.
  3. Third degree burns: Nacres of entire skin.

Hemorrhage of Burns:

Abnormal internal or external discharge of blood is called hemorrhage.
Types of hemorrhage:
  1. According to nature of vessel:
1.       Arterial : Bright red blood.
2.       Venous: darker red blood.
3.       Capillary: Bright red, often rapid ooze
  1. According to site involved:
  1. External : Bleeding in the surface of the body
  2. Internal : Bleeding in to tissue or internal body cavity.
  1. According to the time involved:
  1.  Primary : At the time of injury of operation .
  2. Reaction : May follow primary hemorrhage within 24 hours

The job descriptions of the medical technologist:

  1. General jobs:
  1. 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.
  1. Responsible for inter departmental co-ordination and cooperation .
  2. Commitment to the patient .
  3. Handling of poisonous and infected materials.
  4. Supervision and training of junior colleagues.
  5. Arrangement of safe disposal of used and infected materials.
  1. Specific jobs:
  1. Job description at primary health care level.
  2. Job description at secondary health care level
  3. Job description of tertiary health care level
  4. Job description of teaching institutes.
(a)    Job description of primary health care level:
  1. Perform procedures and methods for different investigations of clinical pathology and hematology.
  2. Bio –chemistry and serology.
(b)   Job description of secondary health care level:
  1. For clinical pathology such as sputum, vaginal swab, urethral  smear.
  2. For hematological examination such as-blood parasite, platelet count.
(c)    Tertiary health care level:
  1. 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.