>> Hi, my name is Sarah Sandage, and I'm a certified medical assistant.
So after calling the patient back we go into the room and I just confirm their name and date
of birth, just to make sure that I do have the correct patient.
And then from there I usually ask why they're here for their visit,
and if they have any further concerns that I can document for the doctor.
Usually go through their medical chart with them, going over things such as medications,
there history like regular surgical history, family history, or just diseases, past diseases.
And then once I'm done going through having a miniature interview with them I do the vitals,
which include temperature, pulse, respiration, and blood pressure.
So when you come in for a day, you just need to make sure that your rooms are ready to go,
they're clean, and everything looks nice.
Even if you look at the schedule beforehand,
you can see maybe what those next two patients are coming in for, those first few,
and kind of maybe set up the room a little differently, if need be.
You know, putting that drape out or that gown out, if you know that it's a physical,
you might need assist on some things, such as like clinical miniature procedures,
[inaudible] like clean out the ear, basic setting up surgical trays.
Usually a day would start around 7:00 a.m., and it could end anywhere from 4:00 to 6:00.
It's kind of just like if you go to a family practice doctor, regular doctor's office,
whatever those hours are that's pretty much the shift.