TAILIEUCHUNG - Lecture Clinical procedures for medical assisting (4/e): Chapter 7 – Booth, Whicker, Wyman

Chapter 7 - Assisting with a general physical examination. After completing this chapter, you will be able to: Identify the purpose of a general physical examination, describe the role of the medical assistant in a general physical examination, explain safety precautions used during a general physical examination, carry out the steps necessary to prepare the patient for an examination,. | 7 Assisting with a General Physical Examination 7- Learning Outcomes Identify the purpose of a general physical examination. Describe the role of the medical assistant in a general physical examination. Explain safety precautions used during a general physical examination. Carry out the steps necessary to prepare the patient for an examination. 7- Learning Outcomes (cont.) Describe how to position and drape a patient in each of the ten common examination positions. Describe how to assist patients from different cultures, patients with disabilities, and pediatric patients during a physical examination. Identify the six examination methods used in a general physical examination. List the components of a general physical examination. 7- Learning Outcomes (cont.) Perform the procedures for vision screenings. Perform the procedures for hearing screenings. Explain the special needs of the elderly for patient education. .

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• Clinical procedures
• Medical assisting
• Clinical medical assisting
• General physical examination
• Clinical diagnosis
• Safety precautions
• Administrative medical assisting
• Standard payment procedures
• Accepting payment
• Physical examination
• Principles of asepsis
• Infectious disease prevention
• Infectious diseases
• Infection control techniques
• Infection control methods
• Medical asepsis
• Blood borne pathogens
• AIDS patients
• Patient education
• Exam room furnishings
• Treatment areas
• Exam room
• Patient interview
• Patient responsibilities
• Patient rights
• Obtaining vital signs
• Taking temperatures
• Respiration irregularities
• Medical assistant
• Internal medicine
• Gynecologic physical examination
• Highly specialized examinations
• Allergy examinations
• Cardiology examination
• Minor surgery
• Wound care
• Instruments used in minor surgery
• Physical therapy
• Patient assessment
• Administering cryotherapy
• Emergency preparedness
• Medical emergencies
• Handling emergencies
• Alternative medicine
• Alternative medical systems
• Biologically based therapies
• Equipment safety
• Laboratory testing
• Medical assistant’s role
• Microorganisms cause disease
• Classification of microorganisms
• Multicellular parasites
• Testing urine specimens
• Urinary system
• Obtaining specimens
• Testing blood specimens
• Composition of blood
• Collecting blood specimens
• Special diets
• Daily energy requirements
• Dietary guidelines
• Principles of pharmacology
• Sources of drugs
• Drug therapy
• Drug administration
• Dosage calculations
• Geriatric considerations
• Pulmonary function testing
• Anatomy of the heart
• Physiology of the heart
• Diagnostic radiology
• Common diagnostic radiologic tests
• Filing X rays
• Externship process
• Medical assisting externships
• Expectations of externship candidates