CRAT Exam 16 & 17|25 Questions with Verified Answers
What is a key component when contesting a denial of insurance payment for a specific date? - CORRECT ANSWER The patients testing report
A nursing home calls a ca
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CRAT Exam 16 & 17|25 Questions with Verified Answers
What is a key component when contesting a denial of insurance payment for a specific date? - CORRECT ANSWER The patients testing report
A nursing home calls a cardiology office requesting a transtelephonic pacemaker check be conducted on a new admission to the facility. The technician finds no medical record indicating that the patient has been followed by the practice. What is the next step? - CORRECT ANSWER Contact the primary care physician's office to obtain a prescription for transtelephonic monitoring
When is it appropriate to contact a patient's family member? - CORRECT ANSWER Only if the patient has signed a HIPPA form giving permission
In addition to a patient's medical record number, name name and social security number, can a room number be used as a patient identifier? - CORRECT ANSWER No
In the absence of a release form, a patient's health information may be shared with the patients __________ without committing a HIPPA violation? - CORRECT ANSWER Physician
What should be done when a patient reports that his/her demographic information is incorrect? - CORRECT ANSWER Follow organizational procedure and correct the error immediately
What is the benefit to the clinician from explaining planned services or pending procedures clearly to patients? - CORRECT ANSWER Increased patient compliance
Ensuring that the electrocardiograph is properly grounded reduces the risk of? - CORRECT ANSWER Electrical Shock
A monitor technician in a pediatric cardiology office offers to deliver event monitor electrode patches, which are less likely to cause skin irritation, to a patient's home after work. What is this an example of? - CORRECT ANSWER HIPPA Violation
A technician has been ordered to obtain an ECG from an unconscious patient. The technician should? - CORRECT ANSWER Explain the procedure to the family members in the room
An in hospital telemetry technician arrives for his shift and notices that the report for the prior shift has not been completed. The telemetry technician should? - CORRECT ANSWER Notifiy the supervisor or senior technician of the situation to seek advice on how to proceed
A patient with a trans telephonic monitor suddenly begins slurring his words and complaining that he has tingling in his left arm. What is the most appropriate action? - CORRECT ANSWER Activate Emergency Medical Services
A patient with an event monitor calls the service to submit his recordings. What is the best approach for recording the patient's symptoms? - CORRECT ANSWER Use the patients exact verbiage
A primary care physician office calls the cardiology office. For a diagnosis of syncope, she orders a 48-hour Holter monitor to be placed on a patient new to the cardiology office. The cardiology office is unable to contact the patient by phone within the following 24 hours to schedule the patients testing. What is the next step to arranging the patients care? - CORRECT ANSWER Call the primary care physician's office to verify contact information
A testing facility is ordered to send a mobile cardiovascular telemetry monitor to a patient. The testing facility notifies the cardiology office that the patient's primary insurance does not cover this type of service. The original order came from the primary care physician for palpitations. An appropriate next step would be? - CORRECT ANSWER Contact the primary care physician's office and explain the issue regarding coverage, offering a different type of monitor that would be covered by the patient's insurance
The transtelephonic technicians responsible for checking pacemakers in a cardiology office note that a particular demographic area of their patient population has more problems with unpredictable disconnections during transmissions than other locations. What is the most appropriate next step for the technicians to take? - CORRECT ANSWER Contact their supervisor about discussing the issue with the department responsible for the telephone services
1. On a standard ECG graph paper, a deflection of the tracing upward or downward by one large box from the baseline represents? - CORRECT ANSWER 1 millivolt
2. On an ECG machine, what speed should the recorder be set at for 1mm to equal 400 milliseconds? - CORRECT ANSWER 25 millimeters per second
3. Ensuring that the electrocardiograph is properly grounded reduces the risk of? - CORRECT ANSWER Electrical Shock
4. A technician receives an ECG recording that displays no discernible cardiac information. Which step should be the first step in troubleshooting? - CORRECT ANSWER Check to make sure the leads are properly attached
5. The hospital telemetry monitor tech notes a significant amount of wandering baseline on a newly admitted patients ECG. What is most likely the cause of this? - CORRECT ANSWER Chills of the skin due to a fever
6. What is one way of troubleshooting 60 second cycle ECG interference? - CORRECT ANSWER Move the ECG machines power plug to another outlet
7. The normal gain setting for ECG acquisition is? - CORRECT ANSWER 10 millimeters /milivolt
8. In lead II, what would indicate lead reversal? - CORRECT ANSWER An inverted QRS complex
9. A patient with a trans telephonic monitor suddenly begins slurring his words and complaining that he has tingling in his left arm. What is the most appropriate action? - CORRECT ANSWER Activate Emergency Medical Services
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