NWCA STUDY GUIDE QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS LATEST UPDATE
2025/2026
By providing patients with quality care, ensuring accurate and timely payment for the
services furnished, mitigating malpractice risks, and helping healthcare providers
evaluate and plan the patient's treatment and maintain the continuum of care. -
ANSWERSHow are medical records critical to a patients care?
state - ANSWERSWho establishes the scope of practice guidelines for a CMA?
sphygmomanometer - ANSWERSWhat is used to take blood pressure?
otoscope - ANSWERSWhat is used to examine ears?
To prioritize or sort the patients for care and treatment based on
the urgency of their need for care. Results in the best outcome for the greatest number
of people. - ANSWERSThe function of triage and why is it so important?
ophthalmoscope - ANSWERSWhat is used to examine eyes?
stethoscope - ANSWERSWhat is used to listen to your heart, lungs and bowl sounds?
-If not present in the office go straight to Emergency Care.
- Call EMS on another line keep caller on phone to get additional info.
- If in office take to treatment room immediately and doctor notified and begin take vital
signs and symptoms. - ANSWERSActions to take if a patient has chest pain or difficulty
breathing?
soiled side folding inside - ANSWERSKnow how to discard exam paper?
A condition in which your immune system mistakenly attacks your body. Normally
guards against germs like bacteria and viruses. When it senses these foreign invaders,
it sends out an army of fighter cells to attack them.
Normally, the immune system can tell the difference between foreign cells and your own
cells.
In an autoimmune disease, the immune system mistakes part of your body, like your
joints or skin, as foreign. It releases proteins called autoantibodies that attack healthy
cells. - ANSWERSHow does an autoimmune disease affect your body?
What Do the body's cells do?
Type 1 the pancreas does not produce any insulin.
, Type 2 the pancreas still produces a little insulin but body is resistant. -
ANSWERSDifference between Type 1 diabetes vs Type 11 diabetes?
Achieve total loss of sensation in the body by inducing loss of consciousness. -
ANSWERSHow is a general anesthetic used?
Provides a temporary loss of sensation from specific areas of the body. -
ANSWERSHow is local anesthetic used?
97.6 - 99.6 degrees F - ANSWERSNormal range for body temperature?
60-100 bpm - ANSWERSNormal range for adult pulse?
120/80 - ANSWERSNormal range for blood pressure?
systolic pressure - ANSWERSName for the highest point of blood pressure?
dyastolic pressure - ANSWERSName for the lowest point of blood pressure?
tachy- - ANSWERSrapid
-pnea - ANSWERSbreathing
It causes less tissue damage. - ANSWERSWhy is a swaged needle is used to sew up a
laceration?
8-12 hours - ANSWERSFasting for a test requires how many hours of NPO (nothing by
mouth)
edema - ANSWERSWhat is fluid accumulating in one area of the body and causes
swelling called?
Hemoglobin - ANSWERSWhat is a substance that carries oxygen and is found i RBC?
erythrocytes - ANSWERSWhat is another name for RBC?
The hemoglobin count will be falsely low - ANSWERSIf RBC are destroyed or
hemolyzed during a blood draw what can occur?
Bright red blood will squirt out, immediately terminate procedure and apply pressure to
the site. Report to the supervisor immediately. - ANSWERSIf you hit an artery during a
blood draw what will happen?
Try a blood pressure cuff - ANSWERSIf you are unable to use a tourniquet on a person
that has a large arm you should use what in its place?
AND ANSWERS LATEST UPDATE
2025/2026
By providing patients with quality care, ensuring accurate and timely payment for the
services furnished, mitigating malpractice risks, and helping healthcare providers
evaluate and plan the patient's treatment and maintain the continuum of care. -
ANSWERSHow are medical records critical to a patients care?
state - ANSWERSWho establishes the scope of practice guidelines for a CMA?
sphygmomanometer - ANSWERSWhat is used to take blood pressure?
otoscope - ANSWERSWhat is used to examine ears?
To prioritize or sort the patients for care and treatment based on
the urgency of their need for care. Results in the best outcome for the greatest number
of people. - ANSWERSThe function of triage and why is it so important?
ophthalmoscope - ANSWERSWhat is used to examine eyes?
stethoscope - ANSWERSWhat is used to listen to your heart, lungs and bowl sounds?
-If not present in the office go straight to Emergency Care.
- Call EMS on another line keep caller on phone to get additional info.
- If in office take to treatment room immediately and doctor notified and begin take vital
signs and symptoms. - ANSWERSActions to take if a patient has chest pain or difficulty
breathing?
soiled side folding inside - ANSWERSKnow how to discard exam paper?
A condition in which your immune system mistakenly attacks your body. Normally
guards against germs like bacteria and viruses. When it senses these foreign invaders,
it sends out an army of fighter cells to attack them.
Normally, the immune system can tell the difference between foreign cells and your own
cells.
In an autoimmune disease, the immune system mistakes part of your body, like your
joints or skin, as foreign. It releases proteins called autoantibodies that attack healthy
cells. - ANSWERSHow does an autoimmune disease affect your body?
What Do the body's cells do?
Type 1 the pancreas does not produce any insulin.
, Type 2 the pancreas still produces a little insulin but body is resistant. -
ANSWERSDifference between Type 1 diabetes vs Type 11 diabetes?
Achieve total loss of sensation in the body by inducing loss of consciousness. -
ANSWERSHow is a general anesthetic used?
Provides a temporary loss of sensation from specific areas of the body. -
ANSWERSHow is local anesthetic used?
97.6 - 99.6 degrees F - ANSWERSNormal range for body temperature?
60-100 bpm - ANSWERSNormal range for adult pulse?
120/80 - ANSWERSNormal range for blood pressure?
systolic pressure - ANSWERSName for the highest point of blood pressure?
dyastolic pressure - ANSWERSName for the lowest point of blood pressure?
tachy- - ANSWERSrapid
-pnea - ANSWERSbreathing
It causes less tissue damage. - ANSWERSWhy is a swaged needle is used to sew up a
laceration?
8-12 hours - ANSWERSFasting for a test requires how many hours of NPO (nothing by
mouth)
edema - ANSWERSWhat is fluid accumulating in one area of the body and causes
swelling called?
Hemoglobin - ANSWERSWhat is a substance that carries oxygen and is found i RBC?
erythrocytes - ANSWERSWhat is another name for RBC?
The hemoglobin count will be falsely low - ANSWERSIf RBC are destroyed or
hemolyzed during a blood draw what can occur?
Bright red blood will squirt out, immediately terminate procedure and apply pressure to
the site. Report to the supervisor immediately. - ANSWERSIf you hit an artery during a
blood draw what will happen?
Try a blood pressure cuff - ANSWERSIf you are unable to use a tourniquet on a person
that has a large arm you should use what in its place?
