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Medical Office Procedures and Assisting Skills
Combine your secretarial skills with medical office practices. Learn to: take medical histories, fill in patient charts, file records, schedule patients, handle and call in prescriptions, use proper phone etiquette, schedule lab tests and surgery dates, arrange for admissions, handle overdue accounts, prepare payroll and bill insurance companies. Learn basic laboratory procedures utilized in a physician's office such as opening sterile packets, standard precautions and taking vital signs. Get a new career! No prerequisite. 2.1CEUs.
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Phlebotomy
The goal of this course is to provide accurate, up-to-date, practical information and instruction in phlebotomy procedures and techniques, along with a comprehensive background in theory and principles. This program of instruction is designed for students with no prior experience in the subject including health care workers that need cross training in phlebotomy. In this course you will learn the procedure to obtain blood samples, basic anatomy and physiology, legal aspects, OSHA guidelines, blood composition, patient identification and specimen labeling. Universal precautions, venipuncture equipment, the three appropriate sites for venipuncture and the three methods for collection of blood samples will also be discussed. Manikins will be used for practice sessions
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Administering Electrocardiograms
In this course you will learn the proper procedure in obtaining a resting EKG. Topics covered will include: basic anatomy and physiology, basic interpretation of an EKG, proper labeling and maintaining of EKG strips. Supervised, hands-on practice. Students will need to successfully demonstrate obtaining an EKG to complete this course.
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