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This professional provides compassionate care at the bedside, carries out orders from the physician, and administers medications.
What is a Nurse?
This person uses high-frequency sound waves to create images of the inside of the body, such as a developing baby.
What is a Diagnostic Medical Sonographer (Ultrasound Tech)?
Facilitate communication between patients with Limited English Proficiency (LEP) and members of the medical team including nurses and physicians.
What are Health Care Interpreters?
This specialty physician focuses on care of the heart and blood vessels.
What is a Cardiologist?
This person manages the entire hospital's budget, hiring, and facility operations.
What is Hospital Administrator?
This practitioner can diagnose illnesses and prescribe medication, often working under the supervision of a physician but with a high level of autonomy.
What is a Physician Associate (PA) or Nurse Practitioner (APRN)?
This career involves drawing blood from patients for clinical or medical testing and transfusions.
Who is a Phlebotomist?
These specialists help diagnose and treat hearing or balance problems.
What are Audiologists?
Physician who manages diseases and disorders of the skin, hair, and nails.
What is a dermatologist?
This person translates a doctor's notes into standardized alphanumeric codes for insurance billing.
What is a Medical Coder?
This higher-level first responder can perform invasive procedures like intubation or administering IV medications in the field.
What is a Paramedic?
Using X-rays, CT scans, and MRIs, this professional creates images that "see through" the body.
What is a Radiologic Technologist (Rad Tech)?
This specialist studies the genetic makeup of a patient to determine their risk for certain diseases.
What is a Genetics Counselor?
This physician specializes in the care of infants through adolescents.
What is a Pediatrician?
This person manages the entire hospital's budget, hiring, and facility operations.
What is a Registered Dietician?
A registered nurse who has specialized training in administering anesthesia for procedures and surgeries
What is a Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA)?
These experts help patients regain physical movement and manage pain after an injury or surgery through targeted exercises.
What are Physical Therapists?
These specialists help children cope with medical challenges by providing comfort, support, and education through play and creative activities.
What are Child Life Specialists?
This dental professional focuses specifically on straightening teeth and correcting bites with braces or aligners.
What is an Orthodontist?
This professional manages "big data" for hospitals, ensuring patient records are secure, digital, and organized.
What is a Health Informatics Specialist?
This specialist treats patients with breathing disorders and is a "frontline" hero for patients with asthma or pneumonia.
This therapist helps people regain the "skills of daily living," like learning how to button a shirt or use a kitchen after a stroke.
What is an Occupational Therapist?
This person operates the "heart-lung machine" during open-heart surgery to keep the patient alive while the heart is stopped.
What is a Cardiac Perfusionist?
This physician specializes in the study and diagnosis of disease by examining organs, tissues, and whole bodies (autopsies).
What is a Pathologist?
This professional works to prevent the spread of infections throughout a hospital by monitoring "outbreaks" and hygiene.
What is an Infection Control Officer?