How do they match: Orderlies

  • Medical Orderly
  • Medical Transporter
  • Operating Room Assistant
  • Patient Care Assistant
  • Resident Assistant
  • Ward Assistant

  • Clean equipment, such as wheelchairs, hospital beds, or portable medical equipment, documenting needed repairs or maintenance.
  • Lift or assist others to lift patients to move them on or off beds, examination tables, surgical tables, or stretchers.
  • Provide physical support to patients to assist them to perform daily living activities, such as getting out of bed, bathing, dressing, using the toilet, standing, walking, or exercising.
  • Respond to emergency situations, such as emergency medical calls, security calls, or fire alarms.
  • Restrain patients to prevent violence or injury or to assist physicians or nurses to administer treatments.
  • Stock or issue medical supplies, such as dressing packs or treatment trays.
  • Take and record vital signs, such as temperature, blood pressure, pulse rate, or respiration rate, as directed by medical or nursing staff.
  • Transport portable medical equipment or medical supplies between rooms or departments.
  • Turn or reposition bedridden patients, alone or with assistance, to prevent bedsores.

  • Assist patients with daily activities.
  • Clean medical equipment.
  • Stock medical or patient care supplies.
  • Transport biological or other medical materials.