CCMA PRACTICE TEST, Questions and answers, Graded A+. 2022/2023.

CCMA PRACTICE TEST, Questions and answers, Graded A+. 2022/2023. Vital signs - ✔✔Temperature, Pulse, Respiration, BP What balances Body temp? - ✔✔Hypothalamus Another name for eardrum - ✔✔Tympanic Membrane ...

CCMA PRACTICE TEST, Questions and answers, Graded A+. 2022/2023. Vital signs - ✔✔Temperature, Pulse, Respiration, BP What balances Body temp? - ✔✔Hypothalamus Another name for eardrum - ✔✔Tympanic Membrane Fluctuating fever that returns to baseline but then rises again - ✔✔Intermittent Normal pulse rate - ✔✔60-100 BPM Where apex of heart is located - ✔✔5th intercostal space What is BP cuff inflated to? - ✔✔30-40 mmHg above the palpatory systolic pressure and released to drop 2-3 mmHg per second Hg in BP measurement stands for this - ✔✔Mercury Branch responsible for the identification of various hazards present in the workplace and the creation of rules and regulations to minimize exposure - ✔✔OSHA This is required by Chemical Safety Regulations - ✔✔Label all chemicals with MSDS Most surgical instruments are sterilized by this - ✔✔Steam sterilization/Autoclave Droplets can travel how far? - ✔✔Less than 3 feet Standard running speed of the EKG reading - ✔✔25mm/sec Who invented the EKG? - ✔✔Einthoven Pt having mild chest pain might be prescribed this - ✔✔Nitroglycerin Liquid portion of blood is called - ✔✔Plasma Thromobocytes assist in - ✔✔Clotting Government based health insurance for people over 65 and others with certain disabilities - ✔✔Medicare CPR Ratio - ✔✔30 Compressions : 2 Breaths Medical Asepsis - ✔✔The destruction of pathogenic microorganisms AFTER they leave the body through Standard Precautions and Transmission Based Precautions Standard Precautions and Transmission-based Precautions are control measures aimed at preventing the spread of disease at what point in the Chain of Infection - ✔✔Portal of Exit Organization that issued the guidelines known as Standard and Universal Precautions - ✔✔CDC Because of the nature of airborne precautions this is needed to prevent transmission - ✔✔Ventilation Where you would find the spelling for a medication? - ✔✔Physician Desk Reference Where is V2 lead located - ✔✔4th intercostal space, left sternal border Where is V5 lead located - ✔✔5th intercostal space, anterior axillary line Poor tracings due to sweat or lotion would lead to this on an EKG - ✔✔Wandering baseline Most critical step in pt testing - ✔✔Identifying the pt Which urinalysis would you use to test for bacteria? - ✔✔Clean Catch Specimen Codes used to describe encounters with circumstances other than disease or injury - ✔✔ICD-9 Supplemental codes that capture the external cause of injury or poisoning, the intent and the place it occured - ✔✔E codes The sounds an MA listens for during a BP - ✔✔Korotkoff sounds CMS-1500 Form is aka - ✔✔Superbill Post-prandial - ✔✔After a meal Complication from repeated venipuncture of the same vein - ✔✔Phlebitis Bacteria, viruses, fungus or parasites belong to which type of hazard - ✔✔Biologic Isolation precautions are condensed into 3 categories: - ✔✔Airborne, Droplet and Contact Unit of measure on a standard Rx - ✔✔Micrograms/mcg Amount of blood pumped by the heart per minute is called - ✔✔Cardiac Output Q wave is always - ✔✔Negative First electrical impulse recorded on EKG - ✔✔P wave Movement away from the baseline on an EKG is called - ✔✔Wave form Several wave forms on an EKG are called - ✔✔Complex A wave form and a segment on an EKG - ✔✔Interval A line between waveforms on an EKG - ✔✔Segment Specific coding instructions for each CPT section are located here - ✔✔Guidelines Required when general practitioner sends pt to a specialist - ✔✔Method of referral The shallow wave that follows the T wave represents - ✔✔Late ventricular repolarization Rhythm indicated by absence of/or inverted P waves - ✔✔Junctional Inferior wall MI is shown in what leads - ✔✔II, III, AVF Leads 1 and AVL show broken recording, you should - ✔✔Check Left Arm Three lead EKG monitor - ✔✔I, II, III Why increase the speed of the EKG - ✔✔Increase speed widens wave forms Placement of leads V1-V6 is important to diagnose - ✔✔Left ventricular Why place V3 on right side of chest on an infant - ✔✔To prevent crowding of the leads Dextrocardia - ✔✔When heart is on opposite side of the body Lead combo for Lateral wall acute MI - ✔✔Leads I, AVL, V5 & V6 ST Segment Elevation indicates - ✔✔Cardiac injury in progress Which leads allow viewing pt's anterior wall of Left Ventricular - ✔✔V3 & V4 EKG line representing zero electrical activity - ✔✔Isoelectric line Patient with a 2 degree heart block would show this - ✔✔Progressively prolonged PR intervals until the QRS complex dropped What is the heart rate with 5 big boxes and 3 little boxes - ✔✔54 Sequencing - ✔✔300, 150, 100, 75, 60, 50 The epicardium forms a protective sac around the heart known as the - ✔✔Pericardium Atrio ventricular valves - ✔✔Tricuspid and mitral The last valve to touch de-oxygenated blood is the - ✔✔Pulmonary valve All 4 valves are - ✔✔Unidirectional The right side of the heart has what type of blood - ✔✔De-oxygenated blood The heart is fed by these - ✔✔Coronary arteries The L anterior descending artery is also known as - ✔✔The Widow maker The pathway from the SA node to the AV node is the - ✔✔Internodal pathway Intrinsic rate for the SA node is - ✔✔60-100 BPMs Eintoven's Triangle does what? - ✔✔shows basic EKG reading Calculating the atrial rate would be - ✔✔The p-p big box method The PR interval is measured from - ✔✔The beginning of the P wave to the beginning of QRS complex This makes a rhythm a "sinus rhythm" - ✔✔a P wave In hospital cardiac monitoring - ✔✔Telemetry On a telemetry monitor what color lead is on the right shoulder - ✔✔White lead The artery used for blood pressure is - ✔✔Brachial The area of the eye you start irrigation in - ✔✔Inner canthus Pulmonary function tests use this - ✔✔Spirometer Heart muscle disease - ✔✔Cardiomyopathy With wave scheduling, which patient would be priority - ✔✔Patient who arrives first Refers to coding procedures - ✔✔CPT Refers to preventative coding like a flu shot - ✔✔V codes Refers to coding diagnoses - ✔✔ICD 9 Refer to coding supplies like crutches - ✔✔HCPCS Most important is to have this before scheduling a procedure - ✔✔A doctor's order To properly identify a pt, an MA must - ✔✔Ask pt to state his/her name At what angle is the needle held for venipuncture - ✔✔35 degrees Fecal specimen collection is used to detect what disease? - ✔✔Colorectal cancer Which type of urine collection is required for culture and sensitivity testing - ✔✔Clean-catch midstream Hypotension - ✔✔Lower than 90/60 A murmur is an abnormal sound that may indicate this - ✔✔Structural heart disease CDC - ✔✔Center for Disease Control and Prevention Collection tubes with anti-coagulant must be inverted - ✔✔Eight times Deoxygenated blood enters the right atrium via - ✔✔The superior and inferior vena cavae If the finger is excessively milked during a skin puncture - ✔✔Hemolysis and contamination of the specimen with tissue fluids will occur Type of specimen collected in a clean catch - ✔✔Midstream Hemolyzed blood appears to be - ✔✔Pinkish plasma Devices used to collect blood from a skin puncture - ✔✔Capillary tubes Life span of a red blood cell - ✔✔120 days/4 months Standards of right and wrong - ✔✔Code of Ethics Advance Directive - ✔✔Will of pt regarding his/her own treatment Everyone coming into room must wear gown and gloves is what type of precaution - ✔✔Contact Precautions Destruction of red blood cells - ✔✔Hemolysis Most common complication from phlebotomy - ✔✔Hematoma An unconscious unidentified man is admitted, how do you identify the pt - ✔✔3 part identification system that uses a temporary arm band and labels for specimens I & O - ✔✔Input and Output (Urine) Boundaries approved for heel punctures - ✔✔Medial line from great toe and lateral line extending from fourth and fifth toe Chemical Hazard Sign - ✔✔