Medical Assistant Model
Units:
- Core Orientation
- Medical Assisting Profession
- History of Medicine
- Medical Ethics and Legal Considerations
- Interpersonal Communications
- The Patient Record
- Safety in the Medical Office
- Office Emergencies
- Infection Control and Universal Precautions
- Medical Terminology
- Anatomy and Physiology of the Human Body
- Vital Signs
- Vital Signs
- What is meant by vital signs?
- Vital Signs Overview
- Methods used to measure temperature
- Mercury Thermometers
- Care of the mercury thermometer/Taking a patient's temperature
- Other types of thermometers
- Pulse
- Pulse Sites
- What is a normal pulse rate?
- Taking a Radial Pulse
- Taking an apical pulse
- Respirations
- What does blood pressure mean?
- What effects an individual's blood pressure
- What equipment do you need?
- How to take a patient's blood pressure
- Vital Signs
- Patient Examinations
- Diagnostic Tests, Examinations and Therapeutic Modalities
- Laboratory Procedures (Obtaining & Preparing Specimens)
- Minor Surgical Procedures
- 1...2...3...No Germs on Me
- Make mine worm free
- Nothing up my sleeve
- Sticky fingers
- No Nosocomial infections allowed
- Assisting with surgery: suturing
- Watch video on circumcision
- Objective overview: Setting up sterile tray and passing instruments
- Set up a sterile field and learn instruments
- Guided practice
- Know the instruments in the kit
- Assisting with suturing:passing the instruments
- Practice setting up tray
- Passing instruments
- Draw the tray set up
- Test on tray set up
- 1...2...3...No Germs on Me
- Pharmacology for Medical Assistants
- Personal Behaviors Influencing Health
- Health Care Insurance Coverage
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Activity Industry Sector
Health Science and Medical Technology
Activity Originally Created By:
kim roy
Make mine worm free
Part of Lesson Plan: 1...2...3...No Germs on Me
Activity Overview / Details
Show the video of the brainworm. This video will reinforce the importance of proper handwashing in all aspects of life.
Introduce the topic sterile technique and discuss ways to achieve and maintain a sterile environment. Ask the students what they think would happen if the medical industry failed to maintain a sterile environment for procedures. Students should be able to reflect on prior information about the history of medicine and the standards prior to the introduction of aseptic techniques.
Materials / Resource
brainworm
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