NHA CCMA Certification Study Guide

NHA CCMA Certification Study Guide CC - ☑Chief Complaint Segment - ☑Line between two wave forms P-wave - ☑Atrial Depolarization How many 1mm boxes are in a 6 second Rythm strip? - ☑30 one millimeter boxes The SA node represents which waveform on the ekg? - ☑Only the P-wave What is the reading you can get from the RR interval? - ☑Ventricular Pulse What is the primary stage of Hemolisis? - ☑Vascular phase and platelet phase together What is Electophoresis? - ☑Analyzation of the chemical components of blood e.g. hemoglobin, serum, urinem cerebrospinal fluid based on electrical charge. Positive testing for occult blood in a stool sample turn which color? - ☑Turns Blue on a positive test for occult blood in feces. The stages of Hemostasis: - ☑1. Vascular 2. Platelet Phase 3. Coagulation Phase 4. Fibronolysis Blood Vessels - ☑Aorta, arteries, arterioles, capillaries, venues, veins, superior and inferior vena cavae. Outer connective tissue layer of a blood vessel - ☑Tunica adventitia Inner endothelial tissue layer of a blood vessel - ☑Tunica Intima The inner smooth layer of a blood vessel - ☑Tunica media The standards of right and wrong in a medical setting - ☑Code of Ethics What do you find in capillaries? - ☑A mixture of venous and arterial blood is found The average adult has how many liters of blood? - ☑5-6 liters What is the percentage of water in blood? - ☑92% Percentage of plasma in blood - ☑55% Percentage of Formed Elements in the blood - ☑45% 99% of formed elements in blood - ☑RBC's or Erythrocytes Where you find Hemoglobin - ☑RBC's Where do all blood cells originate? - ☑Bone Marrow How many RBC's per microliter of blood - ☑4.2-6.2 million What is the second most numerous WBC? - ☑Lymphocyte with 20-40% Their numbers increase in intracellular infections and TB - ☑Monocytes Their numbers increase in bacterial infections and often are first on scene - ☑Neutrophils These WBC's play an important role in viral infection as well as in immunity. - ☑Lymphocytes Number of leukocytes for average adult per micrometer - ☑ Leukopenia - ☑Decrease in WBC's seen with viral infection and leukemia Comprises 3-8% of wbc or leukocytes - ☑Monocytes Largest in size of the leukocytes - ☑Monocytes Carries Histamine - ☑Basophil Injury to a blood vessel that causes