Amarillo College has designed an excellent program to equip students for work as entry-level patient care technicians. Graduates are commonly employed in health clinics, hospitals and long-term care facilities. The program equips students with the ability to check vital signs, perform CPR and first aid, and assist in medical examinations, perform electrocardiograms, basic laboratory procedures and phlebotomy (drawing blood). Amarillo College launched a new program in 2014 to help meet the growing demand for certified patient care technicians.