Also, it is very heartbreaking talking with people that don't
get the
proper diagnosis, medication, and counselling until years, sometimes decades go
by, and they look back with a sense of lost time, lost relationships, and much sorrow, because intervention didn't happen earlier.
In preparing patients for treatment, the medical assistant on orthopedic is responsible for taking pre-treatment measures
by checking vital signs such as blood pressure, temperature, and sugar level to
get accurate data about their present state of health for
proper diagnosis.