TY  - BOOK
AU  - Booth, Kathryn A.
AU  - Whicker, Leesa G. 
AU  - Wyman, Terri D.
TI  - Medical assisting: administrative and clinical procedures with anatomy and physiology.
SN  - 9780073402321
AV  - R697.P45.B72 
PY  - 2014///
CY  - New York
PB  - McGraw-Hill
KW  - Medical Assistants
KW  - Medical offices -- Management
KW  - Clinical competence. 	
KW  - Physician assitants
N1  - includes index; Contents:  Medical assisting as a career-- Safety and the environment -- Communication -- Administrative practices -- Applied anatomy and physiology -- Clinical practices -- Assisting with diagnostics -- Assisting in therapeutics -- Medical assisting practice -- Appendixes   The medical office environment: Principles of asepsis -- Infection control techniques -- HIV, hepatitis, and other bloodborne pathogens -- Preparing the exam and treatment areas --  Assisting with patients: Interviewing the patient, taking a history, and documentation -- Obtaining vital signs and measurement -- Assisting with a general physical examination Specialty practices and medical emergencies: Assisting with examinations in the basi specialties -- Assisting with highly specialized examinations  -- Assisting with minor surgery -- Assisting with cold or heat therapy and ambulation -- Emergency preparedness and first aid -- Complementary and alternative medicine --   Physician's office laboratory procedures: Laboratory equipment and safety -- Introduction to microbiology -- Collecting, processing, and testing urine specimens -- Collecting, processing and testing blood specimens--   Nutrition, pharmacology, and diagnostic equipment: Nutrition and special diets -- Principles of pharmacology -- Drug administration -- Electrocardiography and pulmonary function testing -- X-rays and diagnostic radiology --   Externship: Medical assisting externships and preparing to find a position --
ER  -