Assignment:
I. Case Reports :
A. Mr. Hill is a 52 year old black male who arrives to the Urgent Care Center with a chief complaint of fever, chills, and cough. You are the medical assistant gathering information on his complaint. Please write a 100-word summary of the information you will need to obtain. You will describe your patient using the format listed below; include the use of medical terms. Write in complete sentences with the proper use of grammar, capitalization and punctuation.
I. Chief complaint questions
II. Physical Examination findings
III. Anticipated laboratory tests
B. Ms. Smith is a 42-year old female who was cleaning her flower bed. She leaned over to pull dead foliage and felt a snap in her back. She was unable to stand. Her husband found her laying on the ground moaning in pain. He assisted her to her feet, placed her in the automobile and drove her to Patient First. You are the medical assistant in Registration. You will describe your patient using the format listed below; include the use of medical terms. Write in complete sentences with the proper use of grammar, capitalization and punctuation.
I. Chief complaint questions
II. Physical examination findings
III. Anticipated laboratory tests
C. Jill Scott is a 29 year old female who was in an automobile accident. She arrived in the emergency room and was transferred to a stretcher. You are the medical assistant greeting her in Registration. What essential information and findings will you gather? You will describe your patient using format listed below; include the use of medical terms. Write in complete sentences with the proper use of grammar, capitalization and punctuation.
I. Chief complaint questions
II. Physical examination findings
III. Anticipated laboratory tests
II. Word Analysis
D. Exercises/Matching.
Some of the words below are opposites and some are synonyms. Identify the following pairs of terms as either opposites (O)or synonyms (S):
1. Anterior/posterior______________________
2. Ventral/anterior________________________
3. Prone/supine__________________________
4. Coronal/frontal________________________
5. Cephalic/caudal_______________________
Match the correct answer below.
6. ic____________________ A. beside
7. sym__________________ B. internal organ
8. viscer_________________ C. together
9. pathet________________ D. pertaining to
10. para__________________ E. suffering
F. self