TAILIEUCHUNG - Lecture Medical assisting: Administrative and clinical procedures (5e) - Chapter 38: Assisting with general physical examination

After completing chapter 38, you will be able to: Identify the purpose of a general physical exam, describe the role of the medical assistant in a general physical exam, explain safety precautions used during a general physical exam, carry out the steps necessary to prepare the patient for an exam,.q | 38 Assisting with General Physical Examination Learning Outcomes (cont.) Identify the purpose of a general physical exam. Describe the role of the medical assistant in a general physical exam. Explain safety precautions used during a general physical exam. Learning Outcomes (cont.) Carry out the steps necessary to prepare the patient for an exam. Carry out positioning and draping a patient in each of the nine common exam positions. Apply techniques to assist patients from different cultures and patients with physical disabilities. Learning Outcomes (cont.) Identify the six examination methods used in a general physical exam. List the components of a general physical exam. Describe follow-up steps after a general physical exam. Introduction Physical examination – 1st step in the diagnosis or treatment process The medical assistant Make the client comfortable Assist the physician A skilled medical assistant can create an .

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• Medical assisting
• Administrative practices
• Clinical practices
• Medical assisting practice
• Physical examination
• Assist patients
• Clinical procedures
• Administrative medical assisting
• Clinical medical assisting
• Medical assisting profession
• Medical assistant credentials
• Responsibilities of the medical assistant
• Medical assisting organizations
• Medical assisting externships
• Externship scenarios
• Assisting in geriatrics
• Geriatric patients
• Medical office
• Accounting for the medical office
• Assisting in pediatrics
• Pediatric patient care
• Medical coding
• Diagnosis codes
• Minor surgery
• Medical asepsis
• Medical specialties
• Nursing careers
• Medical law
• Physician rights
• Externship process
• Expectations of externship candidates
• Insurance terminology
• Managed care plans
• Standard payment procedures
• Accepting payment
• Body organization
• Anatomical terminology
• Integumentary system
• Structure of skin
• Skeletal system
• Bone structure
• Skeletal muscles
• Muscular system
• Cardiovascular system
• Structures of the heart
• respiratory system
• Paranasal sinuses
• Nervous system
• Neuron structure
• Urinary system
• Renal sinus
• Reproductive system
• Male reproductive system
• Female reproductive system