Description
This course introduces students to the basic skills and knowledge needed to evaluate and treat common illnesses and injuries and for case presentation to a preceptor. This is the first of a two-part clinical skills lab sequence providing a practical approach to management of medical and surgical conditions. This course covers the clinical considerations for laboratory tests based on patient presentation, indications, interpretation of lab results, and clinical findings with correlation to disease processes. The course incorporates both observation and performance of selected laboratory and clinical procedures applicable to primary care settings. Topics include aseptic techniques, surgical gowning and gloving protocol, intravenous catheterization, suturing techniques, incision and drainage, wound packing, splinting, and casting, local anesthesia techniques, urinalysis - routine and microscopic, and other dermatologic procedures. Prerequisites: PAS 501, 505, 506, 510, 520, 522 and 535. (