Physician assistant vs family practice physician assistant

Differences between physician assistant and family practice physician assistant duties and responsibilities

Physician assistant example responsibilities.

• Manage a variety of acute and chronic conditions especially asthma, allergies, injuries, and infectious diseases.
• Manage chronic conditions such as hypertension, diabetes, ASCVD, chronic back and joint pains, depression, and anxiety.
• Manage patient surgical care throughout the continuum of care from pre-op, to discharge planning, including ambulatory and hospital in-patients.
• Attain pertinent history & physicals for obstetrics and gynecological acute and preventative visits.
• Work closely with patients to manage their depression and anxiety beginning with initial diagnosis to med-initiation and follow-up care.
• Aid in the acute management of trauma patients including obtaining appropriate studies, suturing, and CPR.
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Family practice physician assistant example responsibilities.

• Manage ICU patients and ventilator management.
• Provide primary care services to uninsure and under-insure patients in both rural and urban community health centers throughout central California.
• Provide preventative services, routine physical exams, appropriate screening examinations, vaccinations and health education for adult and pediatric patients.
• Interpret x rays, diagnosis, and treat.
• See patients post-op in ICU and on the floors.
• Interpret EKG, plain films/CT, and laboratory values.
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