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Vital Signs for Medical Assistants
By Thomson Delmar Learning
© 2006
Interactive CD-ROM
Individual ISBN 1401871240
Institutional ISBN 1401871232
Description
The objective of Vital Signs for Medical Assistants is to provide students with a simulation that evokes the true experience of performing procedures they will face on the job. The program enables users to focus on 15 vital signs and measurements, including respirations, blood pressure, apical pulse, height and weight measurements for both adults and infants, and more. Vital Signs for Medical Assistants gives medical assisting students and professionals the opportunity to practice their skills with Macromedia Flash animations, audio, and text.
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Features
- Allows students to use critical thinking while performing procedures as they would on the job
- Contains animations, with opportunities for visual, tactile, and auditory learners
- Animations can be manipulated to simulate each skill
- Covers all vital signs in depth with variations, and as realistic case studies
- Networkable version contains an instructor's console
- Pre- and posttests are used to gauge user progress
Table of Contents
SKILLS: Measuring Adult Height, Measuring Infant Length/Head Circumference, Measuring Adult Weight, Taking Temperature Orally/Disposable Thermometer, Taking Temperature Orally/Electronic Thermometer, Taking Temperature with Tympanic Thermometer, Taking Temperature with Digital Thermometer, Measuring Radial Pulse, Measuring Apical Pulse, Measuring Brachial Pulse, Measuring Carotid Pulse, Measuring Respirations, Measuring Blood Pressure, SIX CASE STUDIES
Product Features:
• Detailed advice on how to prepare for the state and national exams
• Review is outlined in the sequence and structure of the D.O.T. curriculum
• 1,500 review questions and a CD-ROM with two practice tests for further preparation
Table of Contents
About the Author
Dedication
Preface: How To Use This Book
Table of Contents, Preparatory
1- Introduction to Emergency Medical Care
2- Well-Being of the EMT-Basic
3- Medical/Legal and Ethical Issues
4- The Human Body
5- Baseline Vital Signs and SAMPLE History
6- Lifting and Moving Patients Airway
7- Airway Patient Assessment
8-Scene Size-Up
9-Initial Assessment
10- Focused History and Physical Exam –Trauma Patient
11- Focused History and Physical Exam –Medical Patient
12- Detailed Physical Exam
13- On-Going Physical Exam
14- Communications
15- Documentation Medical/Behavioral Emergencies and Obstetrical/Gynecology
16- General Pharmacology
17- Respiratory Emergencies
18- Cardiovascular Emergencies
19- Diabetes/Altered Metal Status
20- Allergies
21- Poisoning/Overdose
22- Environmental Emergencies
23- Behavioral Emergencies
24- Obstetrics/Gynecology Trauma
25- Bleeding and Shock
26- Soft Tissue Injuries
27- Musculoskeletal Care
28- Injuries to the Head and Spine Infants and Children
29- Infants and Children Operations
30- Ambulance Operations
31- Gaining Access
32- Overviews Advanced Airway (elective or optional section)
33-Advanced Airway
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Intravenous Therapy for Medical Assistants
By American Association for Medical Assistants and Dianne L. Josephson, RN, MSN
© 2006
108 pp, 8½” x 11, Softcover, 2-Color
ISBN 1-4180-3311-1
Description
This essential publication focuses on what the CMA needs to know about intravenous infusion therapy. Infusion or IV therapy has long been part of the acute care of patients. However, more patients are receiving IV therapy at home, in emergency centers, at infusion centers, and in dialysis clinics. Thus, CMAs often need to understand IV therapy to lay out the equipment, to monitor the patient, to assess the infusion site, to discontinue the infusion, and perhaps even to insert the IV. The purpose of this book is to help you understand the theory of IV therapy. |
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With patient safety in mind, risks, complications, and adverse reactions are discussed in Intravenous Infusion Therapy for Medical Assistants. Giving the correct medication is crucial to the CMA, so intravenous infusion preparations are compared and contrasted. Sidebars of Medical Assisting Alerts and Tips are distributed throughout the text to highlight key safety concerns and professional issues. Each chapter concludes with Review Questions and Activities to ensure that learning objectives have been met
Features
- Focuses on the theory and principles of IV therapy for the medical assistant
- End-of-chapter review questions gauge learners' comprehension
A test appears at the end of the publication that can be submitted for continuing education unit credit to the AAMA. |
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