WordNet
n. a person trained to assist medical professionals
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A medical assistant is an allied health professional that supports the work of physicians and other health professionals, usually in a clinic setting. Medical assistants can become certified through an accredited program usually offered through a junior or community college. They perform routine tasks and procedures such as measuring patients' vital signs, administering medications and injections, recording information in medical recordkeeping systems, preparing and handling medical instruments and supplies, and collecting and preparing specimens of bodily fluids and tissues for laboratory testing.
The term "medical assistant" may have legal status in jurisdictions where they can be certified or registered, whereas elsewhere they may be a loosely defined group (covering related occupational titles such as ‘medical office assistant’, ‘clinical assistant’, 'assistant medical officer', or ‘ophthalmic assistant’). The occupation should not be confused with physician assistants, who are licensed professionals trained to practice medicine and perform surgical procedures in collaboration with a physician.
In military settings, occupations that provide primary medical care may go under similar titles, while other occupations may have different titles with similar responsibilities, such as Medical Assistant in the U.K. Royal Navy or Hospital Corpsman in the U.S. Navy.
The Medical Assistant. is a Royal Navy medical rating in the United Kingdom. Medical Assistants serve on all types of ships in the surface and submarine fleet, Royal Marines or ashore in a sick bay, hospital, or other establishment. The equivalent rate in the United States Navy (USN) is Hospital Corpsman.
Medical assistant may refer to:
- Medical assistant – a category of healthcare workers who perform basic clinical and administrative support tasks
- Medical Assistant (Royal Navy) – the Royal Navy rating for medical assistants in the United Kingdom
- Hospital Corpsman – the U.S. Navy grade for medical assistants
Usage examples of "medical assistant".
If it is carrying on with the medical assistant, let her carry on with the medical assistant.
If he remembered correctly, the medical assistant was also from Bajor.
Asimov said, pointing at Medical Assistant and then at the others in turn, “.
You want to be a surgeon, Asimov said, pointing at Medical Assistant and then at the others in turn, you want to be Vince Lombardi, and you want to be a literary critic, but what did you want?
However, Surmak Ren, who once served as Elig's medical assistant, is not.
A medical assistant's place offered itself, in a remote corner of England.
Bashir to Richter, he said, contacting his primary medical assistant.
She hadn't been aware of Kes's presence as the young medical assistant accompanied her into the corridor.
The man on duty was a medical assistant--a young man called Kolya Vdovushkin.
I became a medical assistant, and met Morgot, and ended up in her house.
We expect them to have tests whenever my medical assistant calls for it, and they have to mark a daily chart that records a few things -- how they felt, for instance, on a one-to-seven scale ranging from Radiant to The Pits.