Title: Week 10
Course: AHS-141 RTZ > Section: Week 10

Surgery

A. Assisting in Minor Surgery

1. What are your roles and limitations in surgical procedures?
2. What types of surgery takes place in an office setting?
3. Identify the instruments used in surgery.
4. Clean hands, instruments, and environment are essential in surgery.  What procedures do you employ to insure a sterile environment in surgery?
5. What are the procedures for “medical and sterile asepsis”?  (Wyman 2014)
6. What role does a Medical Assistant play in “preoperative procedures”?  (Wyman 2014)
7. What is the job of a Medical Assistant during surgery?
8. What are your duties in the “postoperative period”?

B. Laboratory Orientation

1. What is the function of a physician’s laboratory in their office?
2. What role does a Medical Assistant play in laboratory in a physician’s office?
3. How do you collect samples from patients?
4. What is the importance of urine and stool analysis?
5. What is a Medical Assistant’s role in collecting samples?