Environmental Health Specialist- Sanitarian

Duties and Responsibilities: sanitarians, or environmental health specialists, enforce government regulations and advise and educational clients. They also improve water and sanitation facilities.

*collect and analyze samples

*screen samples for possible health hazards

*design or manage sanitation, disposal, and water systems.

*oversee disposal of infectious waste

*develop and manage prevention and education programs.

*evaluate and identify health hazards and ensure compliance with regulations

Salary: $25,000-50,000

Education: students should take college preparatory courses, especially in mathematics and science, during high school

A career as a sanitarian or environmental health specialists requires a minimum of a bachelor’s degree in environmental health or environmental engineering. Many jobs require certification and/or a master’s degree in these, or related fields

                   Respiratory Therapy Technician

Duties and Responsibilities: Respiratory therapy technicians are also called respiratory therapy assistants, respiratory care assistants or respiratory therapist assistants. They assist respiratory therapists (RT) and doctors to provide medical treatment to people that have breathing and cardiopulmonary problems such as asthma or emphysema. They can also provide medical aid under the direction of RT’s to people suffering from shock, heart attack and drowning as well as adults that have lungs problems or babies with undeveloped lungs.

Salary: $30,000-$50,000

Education: Most entry-level jobs for respiratory therapy technicians require at least an associate degree in respiratory therapy, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. O*Net Online reported that 52 percent of those working in the occupation had associate degrees, while 40 percent had some college but hadn't earned a degree. The remaining 8 percent had earned bachelor's degrees. Training programs typically include instruction in operating and maintaining equipment, collecting patient data, sanitation, patient monitoring, installing respiratory assistance devices and airway management.

                          Recreation Therapist

Duties and Responsibilities: Recreational therapists help people reduce depression, stress, and anxiety; recover basic physical and mental abilities; build confidence; and socialize effectively. They help people with disabilities integrate into the community by teaching them how to use community resources and recreational activities. For example, therapists may teach a patient who uses a wheelchair how to use public transportation.

                                                                                                             

Salary: $30,000-$50,000

Education: Most recreational therapists need a bachelor’s degree in recreational therapy or a related field. Though less common, associate’s, master’s, and doctoral degrees are also available.

Recreational therapy programs include courses in assessment, human anatomy, medical and psychiatric terminology, characteristics of illnesses and disabilities, and the use of assistive devices and technology. Bachelor’s degree

                     Student Success Statement

“Right is right, even if everyone is against it; and wrong is wrong even if everyone is for it”. William Penn

 

Reflection: I think that this quote is trying to tell us that even if everyone does not want to choose the right or they do not want to choose that path it is still going to be the right path to choose because the right path is always the best path. This quote is also trying to tell us that the wrong is wrong no matter what he circumstances are. An example of this quote would be if your friends are going to do drugs but you do not want to then they are not choosing the right but it is in your best interest to always choose the right because like I said it is always the best path for one to choose. Another example of this quote may be if everyone does not want to do their homework even though they know that that is the right thing to do then you must obviously choose the right and do your homework because no matter if everyone is against it you must choose the right. In the end right is the only path to choose and if you choose the wrong then you are going to be going to a life of misery and regret. 

                            Thoracic Surgeon

Duties and Responsibilities: A thoracic surgeon is a medical doctor who performs operations on the heart, lungs, esophagus, and other organs in the chest. This also includes surgeons who can be called cardiothoracic surgeons, cardiovascular surgeons, general thoracic surgeons, and congenital heart surgeons.

 

Salary: $219,000-$500,000 a year

Education: Thoracic surgeons have to graduate from medical school and most commonly will go on to complete a five-year general surgery residency. After this they must successfully matriculate through an approved cardiothoracic surgery residency program for either two or three years. Some thoracic surgeons choose to do additional training in a sub-specialized area but this training is largely optional, except for congenital heart surgery.

 Student Success Statement

Cowardice asks the question ‘Is it safe?’

Expediency asks the question ‘Is it politic?’

Vanity asks the question ‘Is it popular?’

But, conscience asks the question, ‘Is it right?’

And there comes a time when one must take a

Position that in neither safe, nor politic, nor popular,

But one must take it because one’s conscience tells

One that it is right.

Reflection: I think that this quote is telling us that there is going to be a time when you don’t have to listen to the facts or the most popular person, but you will need to trust yourself. In other words you will need to trust it in yourself that your conscience leads you the correct way. You conscience is one of the key factors to choosing the right and it is with saying that, is what is going to lead you to a better path in life. I also believe that this quote is trying to tell us that neither we nor not need to choose a side but we need to listen to our gut instinct. I know that I usually go with the logical side of things than actually listening to my conscience. So doing so I do believe that sticking with your conscience is the best way to go because not only is It you choosing your path and the right path but it is not a fact or a popular person.  

                     Radiologic Technician

Duties and Responsibilities: Radiation Therapy Technologists assist radiologists and oncologists (cancer specialists) in treating diseases by exposing areas of patients' bodies to ionizing radiation.  In addition to helping with treatments, technologists are responsible for maintaining the radiation therapy equipment and helping to maintain patient records.  Radiation therapy is provided in hospitals, public health clinics, cancer treatment centers, and private offices.

Salary: $22,000-$33,000

Education: Students can train to become a radiation therapist in either one or two year programs.  One year programs are often offered by hospitals.  To qualify for a one year program, an applicant must have graduated from an approved program in radiologic technology or been a nurse with education in radiation physics.  A high school diploma or a GED is required to enter two year courses.