MCCCD Program Description

Basic Client Care for Allied Health

Course: HCC200

First Term: 2008 Spring

Laboratory 0.5 Credit(s) 1.5 Period(s) 1.2 Load
Subject Type: Occupational
Load Formula: S

Description: 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

MCCCD Official Course Competencies
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, oxygen saturation, pulse, and respiration. (II) 7. Document client`s blood pressure, oxygen saturation, 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 safety of intravenous lines. (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)
MCCCD Official Course Competencies must be coordinated with the content outline so that each major point in the outline serves one or more competencies. MCCCD faculty retains authority in determining the pedagogical approach, methodology, content sequencing, and assessment metrics for student work. Please see individual course syllabi for additional information, including specific course requirements.

MCCCD Official Course Outline
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. oxygen saturation levels-oximetry 2. pulse-radial, apical, carotid, femoral, brachial 3. respiration 4. Blood Pressure (BP)-manual and automatic B. Documentation III. Client Care A. Basic physiologic needs (bedpan, urinal, emesis basin) B. Oral suctioning C. Client Distress 1. cardiac and respiratory arrest. 2. seizures D. Injury to Extremities 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)

MCCCD Governing Board Approval Date: 11/27/2007

All information published is subject to change without notice. Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of information presented, but based on the dynamic nature of the curricular process, course and program information is subject to change in order to reflect the most current information available.