Healing assistant
Healer is a job title that has had different meanings in the history of medicine . Today the term is hardly used anymore. Exceptions are some areas (e.g. mining , fishing ), where medical helpers or medical attendants are synonymous with company paramedics.
Historical
In the history of medicine, healing assistants are described as the successors of the bathers and barbers , that is, as members of the "lower" healing staff trained in their craft. The Brockhaus-Universalkonversationslexikon of 1908 defines: Heilgehilfe: a medical person who has been certified for the practice of minor surgery as well as for the assistance of major operations, mostly belonging to the barber class. In the 19th century in Prussia, the related designation " Heildiener " was used to designate the people who were licensed by the district physician in place of the earlier "second class surgeons" . On the orders of a doctor, they performed minor surgical interventions and in some places also issued death certificates, so-called death certificates.
Healers in mining operations
In Germany, in mining operations that employ more than 20 people during a shift, a healing helper must be present for days. These medical assistants should be able to ensure the first aid of injured or sick people through a prescribed training, to check the first aid measures initiated by the emergency helpers and to supplement them if necessary; to recognize whether medical assistance is required and to provide the doctor with effective support. The training period is five months and includes, among other things, training to become a paramedic . After successfully completing the last phase of training, the responsible company doctor issues a certificate that entitles the medical assistant to work independently in an association room under the specialist supervision of the responsible company doctor.
literature
- R. Granier, textbook of healing assistants and massors , In the official order of the Kgl. Police presidium drafted. 1st edition Berlin 1898
- Sabine Sander, craft surgeons - social history of a displaced occupational group , Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 1989, ISBN 3-525-35745-1
