Army Jobs: Health Care Specialist (68W)

The health care specialist is primarily responsible for providing emergency medical treatment, limited primary care, and health protection and evacuation from a point of injury or illness.

Job Duties

• Administer emergency medical treatment to battlefield casualties
  
• Assist with outpatient and inpatient care and treatment
  
• Prepare blood samples for laboratory analysis
  
• Prepare patients, operating rooms, equipment and supplies for surgery

Training

Job training for a health care specialist requires 10 weeks of Basic Combat Training and 16 weeks of Advanced Individual Training, including practice in-patient care.

Some of the skills you’ll learn are:

• Patient-care techniques
  
• Emergency medical techniques
  
• Methods of sterilizing surgical equipment
  
• Plaster-casting techniques http://www.goarmy.com/careers-and-jobs/browse-career-and-job-categories/medical-and-emergency/health-care-specialist.html