2240-Paramedical practitioners

Tasks include

• conducting physical examinations of patients and interviewing them and their families to determine their health status, and recording patients' medical information
• performing basic or more routine medical and surgical procedures, including prescribing and administering treatments, medications and other preventive or curative measures, especially for common diseases and disorders
• administering or ordering diagnostic tests, such as x-ray, electrocardiogram, and laboratory tests
• performing therapeutic procedures, such as injections, immunizations, suturing and wound care, and infection management
• assisting medical doctors with complex surgical procedures
• monitoring patients' progress and response to treatment, and identifying signs and symptoms requiring referral to medical doctors
• advising patients and families on diet, exercise and other habits which aid prevention or treatment of disease and disorders
• identifying and referring complex or unusual cases to medical doctors, hospitals or other places for specialized care
• reporting births, deaths and notifiable diseases to government authorities to meet legal and professional reporting requirements.