Lab for MAS 1102

Catalog description

This is the laboratory portion of MAS 1102 Clinical Medical Assisting I and will provide “hands-on aspects of the clinical topics taught in MAS 1102 to prepare students to perform clinical assisting procedures in the medical office, emphasizing patient preparation, medical history interviews, vital signs, positioning and draping, medical asepsis, assisting with physical exams, pediatric assessment, techniques required for patient assessment and treatment during medical office emergencies and the role of the medical assistant in urgent situations with the physician present and also during the physician’s absence, theory and techniques of Basic Life Support as established by the American Heart Association.