CCMA PRACTICE TEST QUESTION AND ANSWER 2023

CCMA PRACTICE TEST QUESTION AND ANSWER 2023 Vital signs - CORRECT ANSWER Temperature, Pulse, Respiration, BP What balances Body temp? - CORRECT ANSWER Hypothalamus Another name for eardrum - CORRECT ANSWER Tympanic Membrane Fluctuating fever that returns to baseline but then rises again - CORRECT ANSWER Intermittent Normal pulse rate - CORRECT ANSWER 60-100 BPM Where apex of heart is located - CORRECT ANSWER 5th intercostal space What is BP cuff inflated to? - CORRECT ANSWER 30-40 mmHg above the palpatory systolic pressure and released to drop 2-3 mmHg per second Hg in BP measurement stands for this - CORRECT ANSWER Mercury Branch responsible for the identification of various hazards present in the workplace and the creation of rules and regulations to minimize exposure - CORRECT ANSWER OSHA This is required by Chemical Safety Regulations - CORRECT ANSWER Label all chemicals with MSDS Most surgical instruments are sterilized by this - CORRECT ANSWER Steam sterilization/Autoclave Droplets can travel how far? - CORRECT ANSWER Less than 3 feet Standard running speed of the EKG reading - CORRECT ANSWER 25mm/sec Who invented the EKG? - CORRECT ANSWER Einthoven Pt having mild chest pain might be prescribed this - CORRECT ANSWER Nitroglycerin Liquid portion of blood is called - CORRECT ANSWER Plasma Thromobocytes assist in - CORRECT ANSWER Clotting Government based health insurance for people over 65 and others with certain disabilities - CORRECT ANSWER Medicare CPR Ratio - CORRECT ANSWER 30 Compressions : 2 Breaths Medical Asepsis - CORRECT ANSWER 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 - CORRECT ANSWER Portal of Exit Organization that issued the guidelines known as Standard and Universal Precautions - CORRECT ANSWER CDC Because of the nature of airborne precautions this is needed to prevent transmission - CORRECT ANSWER Ventilation Where you would find the spelling for a medication? - CORRECT ANSWER Physician Desk Reference Where is V2 lead located - CORRECT ANSWER 4th intercostal space, left sternal border Where is V5 lead located - CORRECT ANSWER 5th intercostal space, anterior axillary line Poor tracings due to sweat or lotion would lead to this on an EKG - CORRECT ANSWER Wandering baseline Most critical step in pt testing - CORRECT ANSWER Identifying the pt Which urinalysis would you use to test for bacteria? - CORRECT ANSWER Clean Catch Specimen Codes used to describe encounters with circumstances other than disease or injury - CORRECT ANSWER ICD-9 Supplemental codes that capture the external cause of injury or poisoning, the intent and the place it occured - CORRECT ANSWER E codes The sounds an MA listens for during a BP - CORRECT ANSWER Korotkoff sounds CMS-1500 Form is aka - CORRECT ANSWER Superbill Post-prandial - CORRECT ANSWER After a mea