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For Kids
How should you prepare when visiting the doctor?
- Make sure you get a good night sleep.
- Good personal hygiene is important!
Who will you meet on your visit?
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When you come in you will first meet the front desk receptionists.
They are in charge of answering the phones, making your appointments and to prepare your chart for the medical assistant.
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Then you will meet the medical assistant who will prepare you to be seen by the doctor.
She will take your temperature, pulse and blood pressure; and measure your height and weight.
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After you have been set up in a room the doctor will come in to see you.
The doctor makes sure that you are healthy or takes care of you when you are sick.
If you have any questions about your health, the doctor is the person to ask.
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What you will find on your visit?
At the doctor’s office you will see many things that the doctors and medical assistants use to care for you.
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Stethoscope is what the doctor uses to listen to your heart and lungs.
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Otoscope is what the doctor uses to look into your ear and your throat.
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Thermometer is what the medical assistant use to measure your temperature.
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Blood pressure cuff is what the medical assistants use to measure your blood pressure
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Scale is used measure your weight.
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Meter stick is used to measure your height.
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What tests and procedures will you see?
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