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Does working as a transporter qualify for "hands on" patient care? If not, how about physical therapy aide?

I'm planning on applying into a physician assistant program(at a junior college) and they do not take volunteer hours. I do have experience as transporter, where I would place patients in wheel chairs and beds, take them for exams, hook them up to Oxygen tanks, take off their ekg's and sometimes take them to the morgue. Thanks in advance!

Public Comments

1. Wow, patient transport permitted to do EKG's, that's pretty cool. Wish that was the case at my hospital. Anyway, yes, your position as a transporter directly involves patient care, especially EKG's.
2. It may technically count but the programs aren't going to count it as much. Check out aapa.org and www.physicianassistantforum.com