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1.50 Credits
1.5 units; 1.5 hours Lecture Repeatability: May be taken a total of 2 times. Prerequisite: MA 70 and MA 176 and MA 176L. Corequisite: MA 130AL or current California phlebotomy certification. Recommended Preparation: Eligibility for ENGL 100 and READ 100. Covers proper collection of blood specimens, choice of proper equipment, venipuncture techniques, patient care, safety, tests, and quality assurance. This course is designed for all beginning students and for phlebotomists, except for those phlebotomists with more than 1,040 hours of phlebotomy. New students who wish to become California state certified phlebotomists must complete MA130A, MA130B and MA130AL, and a 120-hour externship. Phlebotomists with less than 1,040 hours must take MA130A and B to become certified. Phlebotomists with more than 1,040 hours must take MA130B. All students must pass the California state examination to become certified. May be taught as a distance learning course.
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1.00 Credits
1 unit; 4 hours Laboratory Repeatability: May be taken a total of 2 times. Corequisite: MA 130A or current California phlebotomy certification. Recommended Preparation: Eligibility for ENGL 100 and READ 100. Designed for beginning phlebotomy students working towards state certification. This is the skills portion of the MA 130 series. Students will perform approximately 35 venipunctures and 2 skin punctures, learning clinical and hospital procedures. A two-unit externship (MA 199C) is also required for those planning to become state certified phlebotomists. Students will pay a lab kit fee, liability policy fee, and show proof of start of hepatitis series. Student skills must demonstrate compliance to safety instructions or students may be dropped from course. New students who wish to become California state certified phlebotomists must complete MA130A, MA130B and MA130AL, and a 120-hour externship. Phlebotomists with less than 1,040 hours must take MA130A and B to become certified. Phlebotomists with more than 1,040 hours must take MA130B. All students must pass the California state examination to become certified.
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1.50 Credits
1.5 units; 1.5 hours Lecture Repeatability: May be taken a total of 2 times. Prerequisite: MA 130A and MA 130AL or current California phlebotomy certification. Recommended Preparation: Eligibility for ENGL 100 and READ 100. Covers phlebotomy equipment, techniques, patient care, safety, tests, advanced infection control and biohazards, quality assurance and communications. Advanced lecture required for state certification. Course designed for all students including phlebotomists with more than 1,040 hours of phlebotomy experience. New students who wish to become California state certified phlebotomists must complete MA130A, MA130B and MA130AL, and a 120-hour externship. Phlebotomists with less than 1,040 hours must take MA130A and B to become certified. Phlebotomists with more than 1,040 hours must take MA130B. All students must pass the California state examination to become certified. May be taught as a distance learning course.
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3.00 Credits
3 units; 2 hours Lecture, 3 hours Laboratory Recommended Preparation: Eligibility for ENGL 100. A study of major diseases, symptoms, treatments of the eye and related structures and common ophthalmic drugs, uses, effects, dangers, and precautions.
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3.00 Credits
3 units; 2 hours Lecture, 3 hours Laboratory Recommended Preparation: Eligibility for ENGL 100; Eligibility for MATH 154. Basic ophthalmic test principles and techniques including the ocular screening exam, visual acuity measurement, slit lamp examination, tear function and color vision tests. Tonometry, refractometry, and retinoscopy will be reviewed and demonstrated.
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1.00 Credits
1 unit; 1 hour Lecture Repeatability: May be taken a total of 2 times. Prerequisite: MA 70. Recommended Preparation: Eligibility for ENGL 100 and READ 100; Eligibility for MATH 154. This course is designed for Medical Assistant and Allied Health program students who require an understanding of pharmacology. It provides the basic rationale for current drug therapy including the mechanisms of action, main therapeutic effects, clinical indications, adverse reactions, and drug interventions.
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1.00 Credits
1 unit; 1 hour Lecture Repeatability: May be taken a total of 2 times. Prerequisite: MA 70 or MA 170B. Recommended Preparation: Eligibility for ENGL 100 and READ 100. Teaches basic principles and conventions of the ICD-9-CM and CPT coding classification systems to allied health students. Emphasis is on the format and use of coding in the healthcare field, and how to access and assign ICD-9-CM and CPT codes. (Those students who are studying for an Insurance Specialist Certificate or Degree, or who plan a career in coding and billing should enroll in MA 179A, MA 186, and MA 179B).
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1.00 Credits
1 unit; 0.5 hour Lecture, 1 hour Laboratory Repeatability: May be taken a total of 2 times. Prerequisite: MA 70, MA 176. Recommended Preparation: Eligibility for ENGL 100 and READ 100. Teaches allied health students and current healthcare employees the correct procedures for administering intramuscular, intradermal and subcutaneous injections. Liability insurance, hepatitis series and kit fee required.
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3.00 Credits
3 units; 3 hours Lecture Repeatability: May be taken a total of 2 times. Recommended Preparation: Eligibility for ENGL 100 and READ 100. Terms of anatomy, physiology, diagnostic, operative, and x-ray procedures. Course helpful to all paramedical students.
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3.00 Credits
3 units; 1 hour Lecture, 6 hours Laboratory Repeatability: May be taken a total of 2 times. Prerequisite: CABT 110A or equivalent skill; MA 70 or concurrent enrollment. Recommended Preparation: CABT 131AB. Those without typing skills are encouraged to take CABT 110A. Eligibility for ENGL 100 and READ 100. Instruction and practice in typing medical case histories, medical articles, and medical correspondence.
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