Pharmacology, Medication Administration, Diagnostic Imaging – Lab

Catalog description

MA111LAB is designed to introduce learners to pharmacology: calculation of education dosages of medications for administration via parenteral routes, by mouth, transdermal, inhalation, instillation, and topical administration. Medication dosage calculation formulas are used by learners. Topics of anatomy and physiology for the following body systems are covered: immune system, integumentary system, and musculoskeletal system. Assisting with the physical examination using positioning and providing privacy for a patient, setting up instruments and supplies are the basis of instruction where learners explain the pre-intra- and post-assessment procedures to a patient. Entry-level information regarding diagnostic imaging is a part of the learning experience. Learners devote time to describing various bacterial staining characteristics, shapes, oxygen requirements, and physical structures of bacteria, and discuss common diseases caused by bacteria. Learners work with CLIA-waived microbiology tests, discuss therapeutic modalities used in orthopedic medicine, and define, spell, and pronounce the terms specific to topics listed. Learners discuss therapeutic modalities used in orthopedic medicine and define, spell, and pronounce terms specific to the topics listed. Core MA skills that repeat in each course are administering intramuscular (IM), subcutaneous (SC), and intradermal (ID) injections, performing phlebotomy, conducting capillary punctures, and operating EKG procedures.