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
- 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
- Pharmacology for Medical Assistants
- Personal Behaviors Influencing Health
- Health Care Insurance Coverage
Tags
Activity Industry Sector
Health Science and Medical Technology
Activity Originally Created By:
Rita Whiteford
How to take a patient's blood pressure
Part of Lesson Plan: Vital Signs
Activity Overview / Details
Show video: How to take a patient's blood pressure.
Demonstrate on a student how to take a B/P emphasizing what sounds to listen for as the cuff is deflating slowly
Have students practice taking a blood pressure on their partner. Have them write down the reading
Supervise students technique and correct as needed.
Discuss the experience.
Materials / Resource
Blood Pressure
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