Saunders Clinical Skills for Medical Assistants
Disk Ten: Assisting With Minor Office Surgery
By- . Saunders
This exciting series consists of 10 DVDs that present over 140 core medical assisting skills in an innovative, interactive video format. Each DVD is divided into individual sections and features at least 13 videos that follow a consistent format and focus on an essential medical assisting skill set. Actual medical assistants perform all the skills, as well as skill variations, demonstrating proper technique in the clinical setting. Interactive onscreen review questions reinforce key concepts and test understanding.
DVD,
Published: December 2006
Imprint: Saunders
ISBN: 978-1-4160-2429-3
Contents
- DVD TEN: ASSISTING WITH MINOR OFFICE SURGERY
15 skills/18 videos Approx. running time: 90 minutes
Section 1: Preparing to Work with Patients
10.1.1 Preparing to Work with Patients
Variation: Working with a Young Child
Section 2: Surgical Asepsis
10.2.1 Performing Surgical Hand Scrub
10.2.2 Applying and Removing Sterile Gloves
10.2.3 Opening a Sterile Pack
Variation: Opening a Barrier Sterile Field
10.2.4 Adding an Item to a Sterile Field
Procedure: Peel Pack
Variation: Wrapped Item
10.2.5 Pouring a Sterile Solution
10.2.6 Covering a Sterile Field
Section 3: Minor Office Surgery
10.3.1 Preparing Sterile Supplies for the Physician
10.3.2 Skin Preparation for Minor Surgery
10.3.3 Assisting Physician to Draw Up Local Anesthetic
10.3.4 Post-Surgery Procedures
10.3.5 Removing Sutures
Variation: Removing Staples
Section 4: Dressings and Bandages
10.4.1 Changing a Sterile Dressing
10.4.2 Applying Adhesive Skin Closures
10.4.3 Bandaging with Gauze and Elastic Bandages
Variation: Using Tube Gauze
