| (A) collect and document patient information during
an intake interview, including chief complaint; patient care team;
past medical, surgical, social, and family histories; patient allergies;
and comprehensive medication list;
(B) explain how to use a medical chart to identify
patient care needs;
(C) identify normal ranges for vital signs per age
group, including blood pressure, temperature, heart rate, respiratory
rate, and oxygen saturation;
(D) measure and record accurate vital signs, including
manual blood pressure, temperature, heart rate, respiratory rate,
and pain scale;
(E) measure and record accurate anthropometric measurements,
including height, weight, and head circumference; and
(F) calculate accurate conversions between different
units of measurement such as kilograms to pounds, centimeters to inches,
and Fahrenheit to Celsius.
(8) The student demonstrates knowledge and application
of point of care testing as a medical assistant. The student is expected
to:
(A) define point of care testing;
(B) identify and correlate specimen types and collection
methods, including throat swabs, capillary blood, and urine used in
point of care testing;
(C) describe tests that might be performed as a point
of care test in an office such as rapid strep, rapid flu, glucose,
urine dip, urine pregnancy, vision screening, and electrocardiogram
(EKG) tests;
(D) perform and document a vision screening using the
Snellen eye chart; and
(E) locate landmarks for performing a 12-lead electrocardiogram
(EKG).
(9) The student demonstrates knowledge of medication
preparation and administration in a clinical setting specific to the
role of a medical assistant. The student is expected to:
(A) apply the six rights of medication administration,
including right patient, right medication, right dose, right time,
right route, and right documentation;
(B) identify drug classifications and the indication
for use;
(C) define drug-related terms, including adverse event,
therapeutic response, side effect, drug interactions, and allergic
reaction;
(D) calculate the amount of medication to administer
based on the dosage ordered and the strength of medication supply
on hand;
(E) evaluate a patient for known allergies and contraindications
prior to administering any medication;
(F) identify routes of medication administration, including
oral, buccal, sublingual, inhaled, intranasal, otic, ophthalmic, intravaginal,
anal, topical, transdermal, intradermal, subcutaneous, intramuscular,
intravenous, and intrathecal;
(G) use proper technique when preparing medications
for administration, including injections, oral, sublingual, inhaled,
otic, ophthalmic, and topical;
(H) use proper technique when administering medications,
including injections, oral, sublingual, inhaled, otic, ophthalmic,
and topical;
(I) identify appropriate muscle groups for intramuscular
injections, including deltoid, vastus lateralis, and ventrogluteal;
(J) explain the factors that influence intramuscular
injection site selection, including patient size, patient age, viscosity
of medication, and muscular density;
(K) explain the factors that affect needle size and
gauge selection, including medication viscosity, patient size, muscular
density; and
(L) demonstrate knowledge of syringe styles and markings
on various size syringes such as Luer Lock, oral, insulin, TB, 1ml,
3ml, 5ml, and 10ml syringes.
(10) The student demonstrates knowledge of collecting,
labeling, storing, and transferring lab specimens. The student is
expected to:
(A) identify how to properly store and transfer lab
specimens such as blood, urine, fecal, and sputum samples;
(B) list the proper order of draw for blood collection
tubes;
(C) select the proper collection tubes for specific
types of blood tests such as complete blood count (CBC), comprehensive
metabolic panel (CMP), and lipid panel;
(D) locate veins used for blood draws;
(E) demonstrate proper technique and post procedural
care for veinous blood draws; and
(F) demonstrate proper labeling of lab specimens, including
patient name, date of birth, source, date, time, and initials of collector.
(11) The student demonstrates knowledge of patient
populations and their specific care considerations. The student is
expected to:
(A) discuss and identify stages of development throughout
a patient's lifespan;
(B) describe coping and defense mechanisms exhibited
by patients such as emotion-focused behaviors, problem-focused behaviors,
denial, displacement, intellectualization, projection, rationalization,
and regression;
(C) identify and discuss end-of-life considerations
such as advanced directives, power of attorney, stages of grief, and
family support;
(D) practice appropriate methods of care for working
with patients with mental, physical, and developmental disabilities;
(E) explain how socioeconomic factors such as income,
transportation, access to community resources, employment, and education
level can influence patient outcomes; and
(F) explain how various multicultural values can affect
patient care decisions.
(12) The student demonstrates knowledge of safety practices
and procedures as related to medical assisting. The student is expected
to:
(A) employ standard precautions in a healthcare scenario;
(B) identify various modes of disease transmission,
including vector borne, air borne, direct or indirect contact, and
vehicle;
(C) distinguish between the types of isolation precaution
signage used to address modes of disease transmission such as contact,
droplet, and airborne;
(D) identify personal protective equipment (PPE);
(E) apply the knowledge of PPE used in various situations
such as venipuncture, collecting a throat swab, or dipping urine;
(F) demonstrate proper putting on (donning) and removing
(doffing) of PPE;
(G) define the use of a sharps container, biohazard
container, shredding bin, and trash receptacle;
(H) practice safe handling of sharps such as not recapping
after injection and prompt disposal in a sharps container;
(I) identify symptoms of anaphylaxis and the proper
emergency response;
(J) explain storage requirements for medications, vaccines,
and lab specimens;
(K) locate and use the safety data sheets (SDS) to
retrieve information such as proper storage, clean up, and exposure
response; and
(L) define and apply knowledge of medical asepsis.
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