Physician assistant vs pediatric physician assistant

Differences between physician assistant and pediatric 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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Pediatric physician assistant example responsibilities.

• Manage general medical problems and medications for inpatient adult and pediatric patients including inpatient rounding, admission and discharge summaries.
• Obtain histories and perform physical examinations for new and establish adult and pediatric patients.
• Compound epidural for pregnant women in labor.
• Excel at maintaining medical records within the EMR.
• Utilize multiple inpatient and outpatient EMR and PACS systems.
• Order and review radiographs, MRI's and electromyographies.
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