REVIEW: UPDATED 2026 FUNDAMENTALS
AND RECORDS OVERSIGHT.
⫸ Segment Answer: Line between two wave forms
⫸ P-wave Answer: Atrial Depolarization
⫸ How many 1mm boxes are in a 6 second Rythm strip? Answer: 30
one millimeter boxes
⫸ The SA node represents which waveform on the ekg? Answer:
Only the P-wave
⫸ What is the reading you can get from the RR interval? Answer:
Ventricular Pulse
⫸ What is the primary stage of Hemolisis? Answer: Vascular phase
and platelet phase together
⫸ What is Electophoresis? Answer: 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? Answer: Turns Blue on a positive test for occult blood in feces.
⫸ The stages of Hemostasis: Answer: 1. Vascular 2. Platelet Phase 3.
Coagulation Phase 4. Fibronolysis
⫸ Blood Vessels Answer: Aorta, arteries, arterioles, capillaries,
venues, veins, superior and inferior vena cavae.
⫸ Outer connective tissue layer of a blood vessel Answer: Tunica
adventitia
⫸ Inner endothelial tissue layer of a blood vessel Answer: Tunica
Intima
⫸ The inner smooth layer of a blood vessel Answer: Tunica media
⫸ The standards of right and wrong in a medical setting Answer:
Code of Ethics
⫸ What do you find in capillaries? Answer: A mixture of venous and
arterial blood is found
⫸ The average adult has how many liters of blood? Answer: 5-6 liters
, ⫸ What is the percentage of water in blood? Answer: 92%
⫸ Percentage of plasma in blood Answer: 55%
⫸ Percentage of Formed Elements in the blood Answer: 45%
⫸ 99% of formed elements in blood Answer: RBC's or Erythrocytes
⫸ Where you find Hemoglobin Answer: RBC's
⫸ Where do all blood cells originate? Answer: Bone Marrow
⫸ How many RBC's per microliter of blood Answer: 4.2-6.2 million
⫸ What is the second most numerous WBC? Answer: Lymphocyte
with 20-40%
⫸ Their numbers increase in intracellular infections and TB Answer:
Monocytes
⫸ Their numbers increase in bacterial infections and often are first on
scene Answer: Neutrophils
⫸ These WBC's play an important role in viral infection as well as in
immunity. Answer: Lymphocytes