Medical Assistant Clinical II

This course introduces advanced and invasive procedures that are required of the medical assistant. Medication administration including oral, sublingual, topical, intradermal, subcutaneous and intramuscular techniques; clinical duties such as patient screening, patient education, aseptic technique, or electrocardiogram testing; and minor surgical assisting procedures including surgical asepsis, dressing applications, and the proper use and application of assistive devices is covered. Basic patient care instructions to encompass all phases of the life cycle and special patient needs is reinforced.