Diploma in Operation Theatre (OT) Technician

Overview

The course provides intensive theoretical and practical training to the students and aims to train competent personnel and develop them to be technicians managing the Operation Theatre. After going through this programme, the student should be able to:

1. In assisting the anesthetists in setting up the various requirements in the type of Anesthesiology – local, regional or general.
2. Have the emergency crash cart set-up available, prepared and maintained all the time.
3. Maintain, troubleshoot and be prepared with the anesthesia machine all the time.
4. Understand the pharmacology of various drugs used in anesthesia including their side effects, toxicity, doses of administration, proper administration and proper utilization.
5. Know enough about infection control and self-protection.
6. Care for the anaesthetized, unconscious, recovering patient and pickup warning signals clinically by observing the monitors and alert the physician/surgeon.
7. Provide ongoing care during the recovery phase at the recovery room from the technological point of view.
8. Know all principles of safety of patients at every stage during transportation and in various positions.

Knowledge and Skills :

1. Knowledge of Anatomy & Pharmacology
2. Preoperative Monitoring
3. Preparation of Surgical Trolleys
4. Post-Operative Monitoring
5. OT Documentation
6. Dressing Up for OT
7. Assisting Doctors for Dressing up in OT
8. OT Equipment Handling
9. OT Inventory Management
10. Emergency Drugs
11. Shifting of Patients
12. Check /monitor Vitals of the Patients
13. Preliminary Testing of Patients
14. Take Patients' Medical Histories
15. Perform CPR
16. Be a Part of the Code Blue Team
17. Carry out important investigations and do basic interpretation of their results
18. Documentation Management For Accreditations and Certifications
19. Patient Safety & Emergency Codes
20. Knowledge of Medical Law & Ethics
21. Advanced Computer Skills
22. Medical Records Management
23. Managing Inventory
24. Infection Control
25. Isolation Practices

Employability:

1. Assistant OT Technician
2. Assistant Anesthesia Technician
3. Assistant Critical Care Technician
4. Executive - AR & Medical Billing

Eligibility

Applicant should have passed Minimum 10+2 or equivalent with science subject with minimum 45% marks.

Minimum Education