Phlebotomy and EKG Technician

This course teaches the introduction to the human body, body functions, body organization, and each of the systems of the body.

This course teaches about the circulatory system, anatomy and physiology of the circulatory system, and veins and arteries of the circulatory system. This course teaches the heart and circulation, blood vessels, and the composition of blood.

This course teaches professionalism and workplace conduct, resume writing, and interview techniques.

This course assists the student with preparation for the certification examination.

This course teaches written, verbal, and nonverbal communications.

This course interpreting a rhythm strip, rhythms originating in the sinus node, atria, AV Junction and ventricles.

This course teaches patient rights and responsibilities, ethical issues in patient care, and privacy standards governing healthcare practice.

This course teaches CPR for adults, infants and children.

This course teaches infection control and isolation techniques, medical asepsis, hand washing, removing contaminated gloves, blood collection in an isolation room, occupational safety and health administration standards, disposal of used materials, importance of following safety guidelines, and the response to accidental biohazard exposure.

Students will perform clinical hours on the campus and at a clinical site under the direct supervision of the Program Instructor.

This course teaches about electrophysiology, lead morphology and placement, aspects of the EKG, and calculating heart rate.

This course teaches the history of phlebotomy, the phlebotomist’s role in health care, areas of the health care setting, ethical considerations, the patient care partnership, professional attitude, advance directives, standards used in the laboratory, and quality assurance in phlebotomy.

This course teaches about the collection of non-blood specimens, blood smear, glucose testing, urine and culture testing.

This course teaches how to interpret a 12-Lead EKG, myocardial infarction, electrical therapy, and critical thinking skills.

This course teaches patient rights and responsibilities, ethical issues in patient care, and privacy standards governing healthcare practice. 

This course teaches the basic roots, prefixes, and suffixes involved in medical terms and the basic terms that help to define the anatomy and physiology in the human body.

This course teaches how to create documents in Word, format and organize text, working with graphics, tabs, and tables, and applying special text, paragraph and documents.

This course teaches the basic office skills such as telephone procedures, scheduling, filing, written and verbal communications, and organization skills.

This course teaches communication in healthcare, patient and specimen identification, and the phlebotomist role in the process.

This course teaches about the metric system, syringes and needles, evacuated system, reuse of evacuated system holder, splattering of blood, evacuation collection tubes, butterfly collection system, coagulation, anticoagulants, tourniquets, micro collection equipment, collecting a unopette blood sample, order of draw and specimen collection trays.

This course teaches about the blood collection technique, skills used in approaching the patient, patient identification, test request form, specimen labeling and identification, accession order, selecting the appropriate venipuncture site, performing a safe venipuncture, syringe versus evacuated tube specimen collection, venipuncture by syringe, venipucture by evacuated tube method, butterfly needle collection system, the failed venipuncture, intravenous and indwelling lines, prioritizing specimen collection, and arterial punctures.

This course teaches about the pre-analytical variables, specimen transport and handling, criteria for re-collection or rejection of a specimen.

This course teaches temperature, pulse, and blood pressure.