Classification note
- Published code: 2240
- Hierarchy level: unit-group
- This page uses ISCO-08 as the English occupation reference layer while Thai TSCO label harmonization remains incomplete.
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Occupation hierarchy
- Major Group: 2 Professionals
- Sub Major Group: 22 Health Professionals
- Minor Group: 224 Paramedical Practitioners
- Unit Group: 2240 Paramedical Practitioners
Child groups
- No child groups are published under this code.
TSIC codes where this occupation is primary
- No primary TSIC mapping is published for this occupation yet.
TSIC codes where this occupation is related
- No related TSIC mapping is published for this occupation yet.
Definition
Paramedical practitioners provide advisory, diagnostic, curative and preventive medical services more limited in scope and complexity than those carried out by medical doctors. They work autonomously, or with limited supervision of medical doctors, and apply advanced clinical procedures for treating and preventing diseases, injuries and other physical or mental impairments common to specific communities.
Tasks include
Tasks include - (a) conducting physical examinations of patients and interviewing them and their families to determine their health status, and recording patients’ medical information; (b) performing basic or more routine medical and surgical procedures, including prescribing and administering treatments, medications and other preventive or curative measures, especially for common diseases and disorders; (c) administering or ordering diagnostic tests, such as x-ray, electrocardiogram, and laboratory tests; (d) performing therapeutic procedures, such as injections, immunizations, suturing and wound care, and infection management; (e) assisting medical doctors with complex surgical procedures; (f) monitoring patients’ progress and response to treatment, and identifying signs and symptoms requiring referral to medical doctors; (g) advising patients and families on diet, exercise and other habits which aid prevention or treatment of disease and disorders; (h) identifying and referring complex or unusual cases to medical doctors, hospitals or other places for specialized care; (i) reporting births, deaths and notifiable diseases to government authorities to meet legal and professional reporting requirements.
Included occupations or child groups
Examples of occupations classified here: - Advanced care paramedic - Clinical officer (paramedical) - Feldscher - Primary care paramedic - Surgical technician
Excluded occupations
Some related occupations classified elsewhere: - General practitioner - 2211 - Surgeon - 2212 - Medical assistant - 3256 - Emergency paramedic - 3258
Notes
Occupations included in this unit group normally require completion of tertiary-level training in theoretical and practical medical services. Workers providing services limited to emergency treatment and ambulance practice are classified in Unit Group 3258: Ambulance Workers.
ISCO-88 correspondence
- 3221