General MA Resources

North Carolina Eastern Area Health Education Center's Health Occupation Education
Lesson Plans
http://eahec.ecu.edu/telehealth/hoe.cfm#video
Affliliated with Eastern Carolina University, this website includes video clips on blood pressure measurement, patient transfers, lifting, and walking.

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Medical Lab I

Phlebotomy

Phlebotomy Tutorial
http://library.med.utah.edu/WebPath/TUTORIAL/PHLEB/PHLEB.html
Covers routine venipuncture, fingersticks, and specimen handling. Links to images of procedure steps. Also includes troubleshooting tips.

Urinalysis

The Microscopic Examination of Urine
http://www.agora.crosemont.qc.ca/urinesediments/Homeng.htm
Provides images and explanations on using the microscope, staining methods, and urinary sediments.

Urinalysis
http://library.med.utah.edu/WebPath/TUTORIAL/URINE/URINE.html
Explains urine dipstick chemical analysis, microscopic urinalysis, and methods of urine collection. Links to illustrations of urine with red blood cells, white blood cells, epithelial cells, casts, and crystals.

Urinalysis: A Comprehensive Review
http://www.aafp.org/afp/20050315/1153.html
Numerous tables list pathological conditions associated with abnormal findings. Includes illustrations of epithelial cells, renal tubule cells, casts, and crystals.

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Medical Lab II

For capillary puncture, see the above phlebotomy tutorial.

Hematology

Blood
http://users.rcn.com/jkimball.ma.ultranet/BiologyPages/B/Blood.html
This excerpt from John W. Kimball’s online biology textbook covers the blood’s function, cells, and cell fragments.

The Blood Cells http://www.bluegrass.kctcs.edu/LCC/BSN/BIO/BiologyLabs/BIO139/139Lab1/Lab1BloodCells.html
Includes images of platelets, erythrocytes, neutrophils, lymphocytes, monocytes, eosinophils, and basophils.

Blood Transfusion Game
http://nobelprize.org/educational_games/medicine/landsteiner/
"In this game you have to blood type each patient and give them a blood transfusion. Are you able to do that? If not, maybe you should read the introduction to blood typing before you start, otherwise you will put the patients' lives in danger!"



Bloodline Image Atlas
http://image.bloodline.net/
"This fully searchable directory features more than 800 hematological slides depicting various blood disorders and malignancies." One can use a categorical index or keyword search to
access the images.

Hemosurf - Demo
http://e-learning.studmed.unibe.ch/hemosurf_demo/Demo_E/content.htm
View normal and abnormal white blood cells, red blood cells, and platelets.

Normal Peripheral Blood Smear http://medocs.ucdavis.edu/IMD/420A/dib/perph/index.htm
Shows smears that are excellent, too thin, and too thick.

Red Blood Cell Tutorial http://webpath.dmsf.edu.ph/LABS/RBCLAB/RBCLAB.HTM
Includes one normal peripheral blood smear and six case studies.

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