Pearson's Medical Assisting Skills Videos

Medical Assisting Procedures for Video

 

1.         Using Effective Listening Skills in Patient Interviews

2.         Communicating with a Hearing-Impaired Patient

3.         Communicating with Sight-Impaired Patients

4.         Communicating with Patients via Interpreters

5.         Answering the Telephone

6.         Calling a Pharmacy with Prescription Orders

7.         Greeting and Registering Patients

8.         Collecting Payments at the Front Desk

9.         Perform Routine Maintenance of a Computer Printer

10.       Perform Routine Maintenance of Clinical Equipment

11.       Faxing a Document

12.       Receiving a Supply Shipment

13.       Directing a Staff Meeting

14.       Conducting an Interview

15.       Calling Employee References

16.       Performing an Employee Evaluation

17.       Disciplining an Employee

18.       Using Proper Lifting Techniques

19.       Hand Washing

20.       Nonsterile Gloving

21.       Disinfection

22.       Wrapping Surgical Instruments for Autoclave Sterilization

23.       Loading and Operating an Autoclave

24.       Pour Sterile Solution onto a Sterile Field

25.       Opening a Sterile Surgical Pack to Create a Sterile Field

26.       Using Transfer Forceps

27.       Performing a Sterile Scrub (Surgical Hand Washing)

28.       Glove While Wearing a Sterile Gown

29.       Sterile Gloving and Glove Removal

30.       Demonstrate Safety Measures to Prepare, Administer, and 31. 

 

Document Medication

31.       Demonstrate the Preparation of a Prescription for the Physician’s Signature

32.       Demonstrate Withdrawing Medication from an Ampule

33.       Demonstrate Withdrawing Medication from a Vial

34.       Demonstrate the Reconstition of a Powdered Drug for Injection Administration

35.       Demonstrate the Administration of a Medication during Infusion Therapy

36.       Demonstrate the Preparation and Administration of Oral Medication

37.       Demonstrate the Administration of a Subcutaneous Injection

            Demonstrate the Administration of an Intramuscular Injection to Adults and Children

38.       Demonstrate the Administration of a Z-Track Injection

39.       Obtain an Oral Temperature with an Electronic Digital Thermometer

40.       Obtain an Axillary Temperature with an Electronic Digital Thermometer

41.       Obtain a Rectal Thermometer with an Electronic Digital Thermometer

42.       Obtain an Aural Temperature with a Tympanic Thermometer

43.       Obtain a Dermal Temperature with a Disposable Thermometer

44.       Perform a Radial Pulse Count

45.       Perform an Apical Pulse Count

46.       Perform a Respiration Count

47.       Measure Blood Pressure

48.       Obtain Weight and Height Measurements

49.       Demonstrate Patient Positions Used in a Medical Examination

50.       Assist the Physician with the Physical Examination

51.       Prepare the Skin for Surgical Procedure

52.       Set Up a Sterile Tray and Assist the Physician with Minor Surgical Procedures

53.       Assist the Physician with Suturing

54.       Assist the Physician with Suture or Staple Removal

55.       Change a Sterile Dressing

56.       Check the Accuracy of Glucomter Results Using Quality Control Methods

57.       Obtain a Precertification by Telephone

58.       Demonstrate Screening and Follow-up of Test Results

59.       Demonstrate Using the Microscope

62.       Instruct a Patient in Collecting a Fecal Specimen for Occult Blood or Culture Testing

63.       Perform a Wound or Throat Culture Using Sterile Swabs

           

Urine Cultures

64.       Perform Rapid Group A Strep Testing 

65.       Perform a Butterfly Draw Using a Hand Vein

66.       Demonstrate a Venipuncture Using the Evacuation System

67.       Demonstrate a Venipuncture Using the Syringe Method

68.       Perform a Capillary Puncture with Microcollection Tubes

 

 

 

69.       Perform a WBC and Platelet Count with a Unopette Vial and Hemacytometer

70.       Prepare a Blood Smear for a Differentiated Cell Count

72.       Perform a Microhematocrit by Capillary Tube

73.       Perform a Hemoglobin Test Using a Hemoglobulinometer

74.       Perform an ESR Using the Wintrobe Method

75.       Measure Blood Glucose Using Accu-Check™ Glucometer

76.       Determine the Cholesterol Level with the ProAct Testing Device

           

Blood Typing and Grouping

                    

79.       Perform a Mononucleosis Test

80.       Demonstrate Patient Instruction for Clean-Catch Urine Specimen

81.       Demonstrate Patient Instruction for Collection of 24-Hour Specimen

82.       Perform Catheterization of a Female Patient

83.       Perform Catheterization of a Male Patient

85.       Perform a Urinalysis with a Chemical Test Strip and Prepare the Specimen for Microscopic Examination

87.       Demonstrate Patient Instruction for Testicular Self-Examination

88.       Perform General Procedure for X-ray Examination

89.       File and Loan Radiographic Records

90.       Perform and Electrocardiogram

91.       Applying a Holter Monitor

92.       Demonstrate Performance of Spirometry

93.       Measuring Oxygen Saturation Using a Pulse Oximeter

94.       Demonstrate Performance of Peak Flow Testing

95.       Demonstrate Performance of the Mantoux Test by Intradermal Injection

96.       Measure Distance Visual Acuity with a Snellen Chart

97.       Perform the Ishihara Color Vision Test

98.       Perform Eye Irrigation

99.       Perform Instillation of Eye Medication

100.     Perform Simple Audiometry

101.     Perform Ear Irrigation

102.     Perform Instillation of Ear Medication

103.     Assist with the Nasal Examination and Obtain Nasopharyngeal Specimen

 

 

104.     Perform Adult Rescue Breathing and One-Rescuer CPR

105.     Use an Automated External Defibrillator (AED

106.     Respond to an Adult with an Obstructed Airway

107.     Administer Oxygen

108.     Responding to a Patient Who Has Fainted

110.     Demonstrate the Application of a Pressure Bandage

111.     Demonstrate the Application of Triangular, Figure 8, and Tubular Bandages

112.     Demonstrate the Application of a Splint

113.     Assist with a Colon Endoscopic/Colonoscopy Exam

114.     Assist with a Sigmoidoscopy

115.     Insert a Rectal Suppository

116.     Assist with Fiberglass Cast Application

118.     Assist the Patient with Cold Application/Cold Compress

119.     Assist the Patient with Hot Moist Application/Hot Compress

120.     Assist with Therapeutic Ultrasonography

121.     Demonstrate Measuring for Axillary Crutches

122.     Assist a Patient with Crutch Walking

123.     Assist a Patient in Using a Cane

124.     Assist a Patient in Using a Walker

125.     Assist a Patient in a Wheelchair to and from an Exam Table

126.     Assist with a Prenatal Exam

127.     Instruct the Patient in Breast Self-Examination

128.     Assist the Physician in the Performance of a Pelvic Examination and Pap Test

129.     Perform an Urine Pregnancy Test

130.     Assist with Cryosurgery

131.     Perform and Record Measurements of Height or Length, Weight, and Head and Chest Circumference

132.     Perform and Record Pediatric Vital Signs and Vision Screening

133.     Perform Documentation of Immunizations, Both Stored and Administered

134.     Perform Urine Collection with a Pediatric Urine Collection Bag

135.     Assist in a Neurological Exam

136.     Assist with a Lumbar Puncture

137.     Prepare a Patient for an Electroencephalogram

138.     Role-Play Sensorimotor Changes of the Elderly

139.     Writing an Effective Resume

140.     Composing a Cover Letter

141.     Following Up After an Interview