Title overview
For courses in comprehensive medical assistance.
A pocket-sized, step-by-step guide to medical assisting
Keys to Medical Assisting: A Pocket Guide is an easy-to-use reference guide for both students and practicing medical assistants. Designed to fit in a pocket, the guide progresses from basic concepts to more complex competencies. The chapters are grouped into four sections: Administrative Medical Assisting, Office Equipment and Financial Management, Clinical Medical Assisting, and Basic Pharmacology and Administration of Medications.
The 2nd Edition presents day-to-day procedures in an accessible step-by-step format. It includes new at-a-glance tables and key focus boxes providing quick access to essential knowledge.
Hallmark features of this title
Key knowledge, skills and procedures
- Figures illustrating procedures in each chapter visually reinforce written step-by-step procedures.
- UPDATED: MyPlate Dietary Guidelines have replaced the Anatomy of MyPyramid guidelines in the appendices.
- Appendices include reference lists covering abbreviations and symbols, common medical terms, rules for alphabetic filing, vitamins and minerals, lab requisition form, normal lab test values, blood grouping and more.
New and updated features of this title
Practical guidance in the skills and procedures of medical assisting
- NEW: Step-by-step instructions walk users through the day-to-day procedures they'll encounter on the job.
- UPDATED: The chapters on laboratory procedures moved to Section III, Clinical Medical Assisting. This includes Diagnostic Phlebotomy and Hematology (Ch. 15), Microbiology (Ch. 16) and Urinalysis (Ch. 17).
- NEW: A new chapter, Using Computers in the Office, appears in Section 1, Administrative Medical Assisting.
Exam prep and learning aids
- NEW: Information on the CMA, RMA, CCMA and NCMA exams has been added to the appendices.
- NEW: New at-a-glance tables present important information in easy-to-read charts.
- NEW: New key focus boxes call out key concepts.
Table of contents
PART 1: ADMINISTRATIVE MEDICAL ASSISTING
1. Introduction and General Office Duties
2. Using Computers in the Office
3. Appointment Scheduling
4. Mail Processing and Managing Correspondence
5. Medical Records Management
6. Forms of Communication
PART 2: OFFICE EQUIPMENT AND FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
7. Managing Supplies and Banking
8. Health Insurance
9. Diagnostic and Procedural Coding
PART 3: CLINICAL MEDICAL ASSISTING
10. Infection Control and Principles of Asepsis
11. Minor Surgery
12. Vital Signs and Preparing the Patient
13. Electrocardiography
14. Diagnostic Imaging
15. Diagnostic Phlebotomy and Hematology
16. Microbiology
17. Urinalysis
18. Medical Emergencies
PART 4: BASIC PHARMACOLOGY AND ADMINISTRATION OF MEDICATIONS
19. Principles of Pharmacology
20. Drug Calculations
21. Administering Medications
Appendices
A. Abbreviations and Symbols
B. Common Medical Terms and Misspelled Terms
C. Proofreader's Marks
D. Rules for Alphabetic Filing
E. MyPlate Dietary Guidelines
F. Nutrition (Vitamins and Minerals)
G. CMA, RMA, CCMA, and NCMA Examinations
H. Laboratory Requisition Form
I. Normal Laboratory Test Values
J. Overview of Body Systems and Their Functions
K. Celsius and Fahrenheit Temperature Equivalents
L. Immunizations and Vaccinations
M. Blood Grouping
N. Patient's Bill of Rights
Author bios
About our author
Jahangir Moini was an assistant professor at Tehran University School of Medicine for 9 years, teaching medical and allied health students. The author was a professor and former director (for 15 years) of allied health programs at Everest University. Dr. Moini re-established the Medical Assisting Program, in 1990, at Everest University's Melbourne campus. He also established several other new allied health programs for Everest University.
From 2000 to 2007, Dr. Moini was a physician liaison of the Florida Society of Medical Assistants. He has been a marketing strategy team member of the National American Association of Medical Assistants (AAMA) and president of the Brevard County chapter of the AAMA. Since 1999, he has been a published author of 20 allied health books. Currently, he is a professor of science and health at Eastern Florida State College.