Louis Chad is a CMA (AAMA) certified medical assistant working in an orthopedics practice. Today is the first day he is bringing the patients to the examination room to take their vitals. As part of his duties, he has to ask patients for their chief complaint, ask if they have questions, and let them know that the doctor will be with them soon. When the first patient arrives, Louis notes that the patient is using crutches to walk and has a cast that covers the right leg. The patient is a 20-year-old male that sustained fracture while playing soccer during the summer. The patient is in a good mood, but says he does not need help to go into the examination room. Nevertheless, Louis escorts him to the room, takes vitals, and notes that the patient has a heart rate of 120 beats per minute and temperature of 100.4 F. Louis asks the patient why he is visiting today when he has a follow-up visit scheduled for the next week The patient replies: “So many reasons. I had fever yesterday, the cast itches so much that I have to use pencils or rulers to scratch my leg, and I am in pain.” Question 1-4 1. What should Louis do? 2. What could be the cause of the fever in this patient? 3. What do you anticipate the doctor will do once he learns the reason for the visit? 4. Provide at least four (4) general care recommendations that should be given to a patient who has a cast?

Phlebotomy Essentials

6th Edition

ISBN:9781451194524

Author:Ruth McCall, Cathee M. Tankersley MT(ASCP)

Publisher:Ruth McCall, Cathee M. Tankersley MT(ASCP)

Chapter1: Phlebotomy: Past And Present And The Healthcare Setting

Section: Chapter Questions

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Louis Chad is a CMA (AAMA) certified medical assistant working in an orthopedics practice. Today is the first day he is bringing the patients to the examination room to take their vitals. As part of his duties, he has to ask patients for their chief complaint, ask if they have questions, and let them know that the doctor will be with them soon. When the first patient arrives, Louis notes that the patient is using crutches to walk and has a cast that covers the right leg. The patient is a 20-year-old male that sustained fracture while playing soccer during the summer. The patient is in a good mood, but says he does not need help to go into the examination room. Nevertheless, Louis escorts him to the room, takes vitals, and notes that the patient has a heart rate of 120 beats per minute and temperature of 100.4 F. Louis asks the patient why he is visiting today when he has a follow-up visit scheduled for the next week The patient replies: “So many reasons. I had fever yesterday, the cast itches so much that I have to use pencils or rulers to scratch my leg, and I am in pain.” Question 1-4 1. What should Louis do? 2. What could be the cause of the fever in this patient? 3. What do you anticipate the doctor will do once he learns the reason for the visit? 4. Provide at least four (4) general care recommendations that should be given to a patient who has a cast?

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