Surgical Technique; Stages of Life, Pediatrics & Geriatrics – Lab

Catalog description

MA114LAB is an entry-level medical assisting course in applying the medical assistant role to understand topics of anatomy and physiology, pathology, treatment procedures, and disease prevention for the following body systems: male and female reproductive systems, and urinary system. Within the medical assistant scope of practice, learners discuss, model, and demonstrate the skills of identifying surgical instruments and assisting the MD with minor surgical procedures, surgical asepsis, and pre- and post-operative patient care instructions. Learners practice anthropometrics for patients from newborn to 18 years old, CLIA-waived tests for common urinary system and reproductive disorders. Stages of life are discussed along with the impact of the aging process on the cardiovascular, endocrine, gastrointestinal, integumentary, and musculoskeletal systems. 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.