- Give Injections:
- Intradermal, Subq, Delt, Glut, and Z track
- Understand when each of them are appropriate
- Draw blood with a standard needle and butterfly needle from the arm and with the butterfly from the hand
- Understand how different vials for collecting blood have different additives, what order they need to be used in so not to contaminate each other and what to do with them.
- Obtain a urine specimen, spin the sediment out of it, and look at it under a microscope for identification.
- Perform an EKG and verify the heart rate by calculating from the reading.
- Look up Diagnosis and procedure codes in medical books for insurance reimbursement
- Use Electronic record software with confidence.
- Understand and calculate medications for dispensing.
- Create sterile packaging for medical tools
- Sterilize the tools using an autoclave
- Perform surgical hand washing and sterile gown/glove for surgery
- Irrigate and close a wound
- Remove sutures and surgical staples
- Bandage anything on the body using a variety of materials and techniques
- Create a sterile field for surgery
- Drape and prep a patient for minor surgeries
- Identify a wide variety of surgical instruments
- Do a Tuberculin skin test and interpret the results
- Catheterize a patient
I'm pretty proud of this list!
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