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Role of Medical Assistants
Some background information regarding medical assistants (MA)
 * 1) Multi skilled, multi functional healthcare providers for more than 100 years.


 * 1) Initially known as ‘dressers’.
 * 2) Often called the ‘backbone’ of rural health services and ‘jack of all trades’ in hospitals.
 * 3) Male nurse profession introduced in mid-50s
 * 4) In 1977, Hospital Assistants (Registration) Board established under ‘Act 180’.
 * 5) In 1992, nomenclature of ‘hospital assistants’ changed to ‘medical assistants’. Training upgraded to diploma level.
 * 6) The Board functions under Medical Practices Division. DG of Health is the Chairman. Chief Medical Assistant is the Secretary of the Board.

Role of PPP (Medical Assistants):


 * Responsible in the promotion, prevention, curative and rehabilitation of community under the inspection of medical officer in the primary health care set-up.
 * Assisting family medicine specialist and medical officer in term of clinical settings, documentation, medical training, management of health care and research.
 * Head a primary health care clinic during the absence of medical officer.

Their works includes:

A.) Screening of patient


 * • History-taking.


 * • Vital signs examination.


 * • Physical examination.


 * • Lab investigation or X-ray ( whenever necessary)

B.) Examination, diagnosis and treatment
 * • Carrying out certain diagnostic and therapeutic procedures, such as ECG, nebulization, IV infusion.
 * • Carrying out certain minor procedure, namely application of POP, I&D and so on.
 * • Giving injection.
 * • Taking IV blood sample.

C.) Emergency treatment
 * • Involve in preliminary management during emergency.
 * • Conduct First Aids and CPR.
 * • Referral of cases to medical officer / nearest health centre.

D.) Referral
 * • Refer cases which are not within their limit to hospital.
 * • Handling referral cases from paramedics.
 * • Receiving follow-up of stable cases from the hospital.
 * • In time of emergency, a medical assistant is allowed to drive the ambulance, provided that there was a written order from medical officer.

E.) Ambulance service
 * • Head the ambulance team.
 * • Responsible to ensure that all the equipments in the ambulance are in good condition.

F.) Health education and counseling
 * Responsible for counseling the patients and community.
 * Involve in health campaign.

G.) Treatment of communicable diseases
 * • Case tracing.
 * • Case notification.
 * • Contact tracing.
 * • Provide treatment.
 * • Give immunization injections when needed.
 * • Home visits to defaulters and to give health education.

H.) Treatment of non-communicable diseases
 * Screening and detection.
 * Initiate treatment.
 * Follow-up for stable cases.
 * Give counseling and health education.

I.) Immunization
 * • Examination and injection of Anti-Typhoid jab to food handler.
 * • ATT injection.
 * • Meningococcal injection to those going to perform Hajj.
 * • Japanese encephalitis vaccination
 * • Cholera injection.

J.) After working hours
 * • Attend to emergency cases after working hours.

K.) As assistant pharmacists
 * • Medication dispensing.
 * • Packing medicine.
 * • Recording medicine usage.