Certified Medical Assistant

Preparing instruments and equipment for procedures (such as sutures, sponges, gauze) by assembling, sterilizing and packaging them. Preparing room, equipment and patient for examination or treatment by taking vital signs (pulse, temperature), arranging the patient's belongings and helping the doctor with the positioning of patients during procedures. Preparing laboratory specimens for analysis in the lab. These can include blood collection tubes and cultures as well as urine samples. Performing phlebotomy, the drawing of blood for lab work. Collecting and processing specimens such as urine and stool specimens. Reporting results to patients or doctors verbally if tests are performed in house or by relaying information from health records to appropriate parties as necessary.