Maricopa Community Colleges  HCC200   20016-20076 
Official Course Description: MCCCD Approval: 05/22/01
HCC200 20016-20076 LAB 0.50 Credit(s) 1.50 Period(s)
Basic Client Care for Allied Health
Safety procedures for the hospitalized client. Transfer, moving and positioning techniques. Client assessment methods and procedures. Protection of airways, drains, tubes, intravenous lines, and infusion pumps. Care of patient in traction and those with limitations to movement. Gloving, gowning, and sterile procedures.
Prerequisites: HCC130 or (HCC130AA, HCC130AB, HCC130AC, HCC130AD, HCC130AE and HCC130AF), or equivalent.
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MCCCD Official Course Competencies:
 
HCC200   20016-20076 Basic Client Care for Allied Health
1. Demonstrate safety procedures for the hospitalized client. (I)
2. Use restraints to ensure client safety. (I)
3. Demonstrate client transfer and assistance. (I)
4. Demonstrate moving and positioning of clients using specific mobility devices. (I)
5. Describe the care of the client while in traction. (I)
6. Assess accurately client's blood pressure, temperature, pulse, and respiration. (II)
7. Document client's blood pressure, temperature, pulse, and respiration. (II)
8. Assist the client to meet elimination needs. (III)
9. Maintain client's airway by positioning and oral suctioning. (III)
10. Demonstrate the use of the oxygen mask and nasal cannula. (IV)
11. Demonstrate procedures for protecting specific tubes and drains. (IV)
12. Demonstrate procedures for maintaining intravenous lines and infusion pumps. (IV)
13. Demonstrate the correct procedure to identify, open, place, and remove sterile packs and equipment. (V)
14. Demonstrate the correct procedure for gowning and gloving. (V)
15. Demonstrate selected first aid procedures for the client. (VI)
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HCC200   20016-20076 Basic Client Care for Allied Health
    I. Safety
        A. Proper client identification
        B. Importance of side rails
        C. Call button access
        D. Patient transfer and assistance
          1. bed
          2. stretcher
          3. wheelchair
          4. walker
          5. cane
          6. crutches
          7. gait belt
        E. Appropriate use of restraints
          1. jacket/vest, soft, locked and leather
          2. safety belt
        F. Positions
          1. supine
          2. prone
          3. sims
          4. trendelenberg
          5. lithotomy
        G. Positioning and transfer skills
        H. Traction
          1. skin vs skeletal
          2. positioning and re-positioning
      II. Client Assessment
          A. Vital signs
            1. temperature -oral, tympanic
            2. pulse-radial, apical, carotid, femoral, brachial
            3. respiration
            4. BP-manual & automatic
          B. Documentation
        III. Client Care
            A. Basic physiologic needs (bedpan, urinal, emesis basin)
            B. Oral suctioning
          IV. Support Equipment
              A. Oxygen devices
                1. nasal cannula
                2. mask
              B. Switch client from wall oxygen to portable
              C. Drains and tubes
                1. nasogastric (NG) tube
                2. feeding tube
                3. drainage tubes
                4. catheters
                5. chest tubes
            V. Asepsis
                A. Process of identifying sterile items
                  1. date
                  2. visual inspection
                  3. monitoring controls
                B. Demonstration of aseptic technique
                  1. sterile gowning and gloving
                  2. opening of sterile packs
                  3. placing items including fluids on sterile field
                  4. disposal of contaminated supplies (fluids, sharps, linen, instruments)
              VI. First Aid Procedures
                  A. Bleeding and wounds
                  B. Shock
                  C. Poisoning
                  D. Burns
                  E. Heat exposure
                  F. Cold exposure
                  G. injuries to eyes, head, and nose
                  H. Chest and abdominal injuries
                  I. Injury to extremities
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