Bangalore, September 09, 2016: Columbia Asia Hospitals, Global Health Alliance and University of Leeds have collaborated to run a joint certification program for Cardiac Care Technicians in India. This is the first time such a Cardiac Care technician has undergone this training in India.
“The first batch has successfully undergone a six month course that was organised at Columbia Asia Referral Hospital – Yeshwanthpur (Bangalore) to train Nurses and Healthcare professionals to become CCTs”, announced Dr. Rajay Narain, Director of the Global Health Alliance today.
The course was led by Ms Rhona Riley, Lead of Cardiac Physiology at the University of Leeds and Dr. Prabhakar Shetty, Chief of Cardiology – Columbia Asia Hospitals, Bangalore with support of the cardiology team and Dr. Chandrika Kambam Vice President, Clinical Services.
“This six-month course was jointly run and certified by the University of Leeds and the Global Health Alliance. The Cardiac Care Technicians will now be able to work and carry out various procedures along with the cardiologists in the catheterization lab and cardiology department”, said Dr. Nandakumar Jairam, Chairman and Group Medical Director, Columbia Asia Hospitals-India.
“In western countries, each and every catheterizationlab has a Cardiac Care Technician who undergoes structured training and then work closely with the interventional cardiologists to deliver care. Incase of India, such a training program was a need of the hour”, said Col. Binu Sharma, Senior Vice President Nursing Care.
“The skills of a Cardiac Care Technician is critical to the care given to a patient, hence the technicians need to constantly upgrade the skills with the latest technologies. The course is a structured and systematic way to up skill the technicians on various skills that are required for quality patient care”, commented Ms. Rhona Riley.
The program involved:
The skills achieved by the Cardiac Care technician include:
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