Medical Assisting

This video teaches how to perform a blood glucose test.

This video explains how to collect a midstream urine specimen.

This video explains how urine is screened for chemical properties including testing with reagent strips.

This video teaches how to prepare and administer insulin.

This video teaches how to draw up more than one type of insulin.

This video teaches how to collect a 24-hour urine specimen.

This video also teaches how to collect a midstream urine specimen.

Oral medications have a systemic effect, and fall into two major categories. Consider appropriate practices for oral medications, and the different forms of these medications.

This video shows how to administer eye medications.

This video shows how to administer ear medications.

Learn safe administration procedures for transdermal medications, which are mixed with a medium allowing absorption into the blood stream.

This video underscores the vulnerability of the pediatric patient due to a higher risk of injury or death from medication errors. The video features special medication administration techniques and methods for assuring proper dose using the West Nomogram and the Broselow tape. Also discussed are the Joint Commission risk-reduction strategies regarding pediatric medication errors, as well as information on effective pain management techniques, safe practices for parenteral medications, and central venous and PICC lines.

This video shows how to perform common procedures on infants and toddlers, with an emphasis on age-specific comfort as well as effective holding and positioning techniques. Topics include taking vital signs, checking ears, securing an IV, positioning for a urinary catheterization, placing a urine collection bag, holding for a lumbar puncture, doing a heel stick, administering intramuscular injections, giving nebulized medication, and performing venipuncture

This program demonstrates and describes the safe administration of medication by injection: subcutaneous, intradermal, intramuscular, and into an intravenous injection port (parenteral medication administration). It identifies the landmarks used for injections, shows the use of the "Z-track" injection technique, and discusses the mandatory use of safer needle devices to prevent needlestick injuries.

This video shows how to administer subcutaneous injections.

This video shows how to administer intradermal injections.

This video shows how to administer intramuscular injections.

Learn the basic technique for drawing blood specimens by venipuncture according to the CLSI standards. Detailed demonstrations include performing venipunctures using tube holders, syringes and winged blood collection sets. Emphasis is placed on needlestick safety, proper patient identification, preventing patient injury, and obtaining specimens free from errors that can alter results.

This video segment discusses fingersticks, including considerations such as a patient's age, the tests ordered, and available sites when choosing a collection site. Topics include: acceptable sites for patients one year and older; patient identification; mastectomy patients; safety precautions; site prep; collection technique; sample volume; order of draw; labeling; microhematocrit tubes; and hygiene.

Video includes description of retractable incision devices and retractable lancet devices. Learn benefits of using incision devices and when lancet devices are preferred. See devices that are not acceptable for skin punctures.