National Healthcareer Association CCMA :Questions and Answers rated 100%
2nd choice vein for venipuncture most often the only one palpatable in an obese pt - ansCephalic vein
3 skills of the phlebotomist - anssocial, clerical, technical
99% of formed elements in blood - ansRBC's or Erythrocytes
a muscular hollow organ located in thoracic cavity between lungs - ansthe heart
A positive holter is one that recorded at least one or more of these abnormalities - ansTachy or bradycardia, ST
segment elevation or depression, pauses
A urine pH of what is considered neutral? - ans7.0 pH
ABG, AMMONIA, lactic acid, pyruvate, parathyroid test handling - ansChilled in crushed ice and water mixture
actually the inner visceral layer of the pericardium - ansEpicardium
additives in green top tube - ansheparin, sodium, litium, ammonium
Agents are - ansAny infective microorganisms, viruses,fungi, bacteria, and parasites
Analytical errors after blood collection - ansFailure to separate serum from cell (glycolisis), improper use of
serum separator (not inverting tubes or not spinning tubes) delays in processing, exposure to light, improper
storage conditions, dimming clots
Analytical errors before collection of blood - ansPatient misidentification, improper time, wrong tube, not
fasting, exercise (cortisol levels), PT posture, poor coordination with other treatments, improper side prep,
,medication interference
Analytical errors during collection of blood - ansextended tourniquet time, hemolysis, wrong order of draw,
failure to invert tubes, faulty technique under filling tubes
Antiseptic not used on a dermal puncture site - ansBetadine (because it interferes with several tests like
bilirubin, uric acid, phosphorus and potassium
Antiseptics used in Phlebodtomy - ans70% isopropyl alcohol pads most common, provolone iodine for bc, s and
chlorhexidine gluconate for patients that are allergic to betadine/ iodine
arteries supplying the heart - ansright and left coronary from the aorta
Arteries supplying the heart - ansright and left coronary from the aorta
Automaticity - ansability of the cardiac cells to initiate own electrical impulses without outside stimulation
Average gauge of needle used for drawing blood - ans21-22
Axillary temperature range in celsius - ans35.9-37.0C
bid - anstwice a day
Billi - ansBile
Blood Vessels - ansAorta, arteries, arterioles, capillaries, venues, veins, superior and inferior vena cavae.
BP cuffs too short and narrow can give false reading of what? - ansHypertension
, Butterfly - ansWinged infusion set
Carries Histamine - ansBasophil
caused by diseases of the valves or other structural abnormalities - ansMurmors
CC - ansChief Complaint
Cold Agglutinins - ansAntibodies produced in response to atypical pneumonia must be kept at 37c
Common test for the red topped tube - ansSerum chemistry tests, serology tests, blood bank (glass only)
Common tests for the lavendar edta tube - ansCBC, differential or diff., ESR, sickle cell screening
Common tests for the lifht blue sodium citrate tube - ansCoagulation studies, PT (extrinsic, warfarin) APTT, PTT
(intrinsic, heparin) TT, BT, FDP
Common tests for this color tube are chemistry tests performed on plasuma such as Ammonia,
carboxyhemoglobin and STAT electrolytes - ansGreen top tube (heparin) Tests
Complex - ansSeveral waveforms
Comprises 3-8% of wbc or leukocytes - ansMonocytes
Conduction Block - anselectrical impulses go down but encounter blocks and delays
2nd choice vein for venipuncture most often the only one palpatable in an obese pt - ansCephalic vein
3 skills of the phlebotomist - anssocial, clerical, technical
99% of formed elements in blood - ansRBC's or Erythrocytes
a muscular hollow organ located in thoracic cavity between lungs - ansthe heart
A positive holter is one that recorded at least one or more of these abnormalities - ansTachy or bradycardia, ST
segment elevation or depression, pauses
A urine pH of what is considered neutral? - ans7.0 pH
ABG, AMMONIA, lactic acid, pyruvate, parathyroid test handling - ansChilled in crushed ice and water mixture
actually the inner visceral layer of the pericardium - ansEpicardium
additives in green top tube - ansheparin, sodium, litium, ammonium
Agents are - ansAny infective microorganisms, viruses,fungi, bacteria, and parasites
Analytical errors after blood collection - ansFailure to separate serum from cell (glycolisis), improper use of
serum separator (not inverting tubes or not spinning tubes) delays in processing, exposure to light, improper
storage conditions, dimming clots
Analytical errors before collection of blood - ansPatient misidentification, improper time, wrong tube, not
fasting, exercise (cortisol levels), PT posture, poor coordination with other treatments, improper side prep,
,medication interference
Analytical errors during collection of blood - ansextended tourniquet time, hemolysis, wrong order of draw,
failure to invert tubes, faulty technique under filling tubes
Antiseptic not used on a dermal puncture site - ansBetadine (because it interferes with several tests like
bilirubin, uric acid, phosphorus and potassium
Antiseptics used in Phlebodtomy - ans70% isopropyl alcohol pads most common, provolone iodine for bc, s and
chlorhexidine gluconate for patients that are allergic to betadine/ iodine
arteries supplying the heart - ansright and left coronary from the aorta
Arteries supplying the heart - ansright and left coronary from the aorta
Automaticity - ansability of the cardiac cells to initiate own electrical impulses without outside stimulation
Average gauge of needle used for drawing blood - ans21-22
Axillary temperature range in celsius - ans35.9-37.0C
bid - anstwice a day
Billi - ansBile
Blood Vessels - ansAorta, arteries, arterioles, capillaries, venues, veins, superior and inferior vena cavae.
BP cuffs too short and narrow can give false reading of what? - ansHypertension
, Butterfly - ansWinged infusion set
Carries Histamine - ansBasophil
caused by diseases of the valves or other structural abnormalities - ansMurmors
CC - ansChief Complaint
Cold Agglutinins - ansAntibodies produced in response to atypical pneumonia must be kept at 37c
Common test for the red topped tube - ansSerum chemistry tests, serology tests, blood bank (glass only)
Common tests for the lavendar edta tube - ansCBC, differential or diff., ESR, sickle cell screening
Common tests for the lifht blue sodium citrate tube - ansCoagulation studies, PT (extrinsic, warfarin) APTT, PTT
(intrinsic, heparin) TT, BT, FDP
Common tests for this color tube are chemistry tests performed on plasuma such as Ammonia,
carboxyhemoglobin and STAT electrolytes - ansGreen top tube (heparin) Tests
Complex - ansSeveral waveforms
Comprises 3-8% of wbc or leukocytes - ansMonocytes
Conduction Block - anselectrical impulses go down but encounter blocks and delays
