Karla Varela

Medical Assistant, Back

Los Angeles, CA

acd1kc@r.postjobfree.com - 818-***-****

WORK EXPERIENCE

Medical Assistant, Back

Northeast Community Clinic - Huntington Park, CA - July 2009 to July 2011

Accomplishments:

• Demonstrated the ability to perform adult and pediatric care.

• Experienced in vena punctures in adults and children.

• Ability to prepare and administer immunizations.

• Successsfully assisting the Provider/M.D.

• Developed skills in laboratorial duties.

• Demonstrated my ability to perform clinical procedures and duties.

Duties: Taking vital signs on patients of all ages, assisting the M.D. or Provider in translation, preparing and

administering vaccines to pediatric patients and adults, preparing physicals for children, women, and men,

assisting in lab duties such as ICD-9's and CPT codes for lab orders and blood drawing, performing ear

lavages, arbuturol treatments, peak flows, EKG's, diabetic procedures, referrals, requesting medical records,

answering phones, making appointments and maintaining HIPPA and OSHA protocols.

Medical Assistant Externship

Temple Medical Center - April 2009 to April 2009

April 2009

Temple Medical Center, L.A., CA

Accomplishments:

• Successfully accomplished 160 hours of externship in internal medicine,

• Completed skill requirements for Medical Assistants.

• Successfully learned medical equipment usage.

• Completing physicals and drug and alcohol testing.

• Excellent charting/notes

• Demonstrated the ability to clean and sterilize instruments.

Duties: Took vital signs on previous patients, took medical history on new injuries, assisted the doctor with

translation, performed TB testing, completed physicals for employment and DMV, also learned how to do

drug and alcohol testing, assisted on female X-Rays, helped front office in labeling documents, charting, and

sterilizing instruments.

EDUCATION

Licensed Vocational Nurse

American Career College - Los Angeles, CA

2012 to 2013

Medical Assistant

Everest College - Alhambra, CA

2008 to 2009

High School Diploma

Sacred Heart High School - Los Angeles, CA

2004

SKILLS

G tude feedings, Vent and trach certificate, suctioning (when appropriate), medications through gtube,

changing of colostomy bags, changing of the tracheostomy tubing

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Microsoft Word, Excel, Typing 45 wpm

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