Medca Phlebotomy Technician Study Guide With Complete Solutons

type and cross match - ANSWERtakes place for transfusions to determine if a patient will react after a transfusion (learning if blood is compatible with donors) preanalytical phase - ANSWERthe process of collecting a specimen for further laboratory testing anatomic pathology - ANSWERprocess of testing specimen such as biopsy pharmacy department - ANSWERprimary consultant for blood collected for testing drug levels quality improvement - ANSWERthe use of data-based methods in order to reach improvement(may use a flowchart or pareto chart) quality control records - ANSWERWhat are these examples of: -expiration dates -precision of testing supplies/reagents -storage information phlebotomist - ANSWERWho is a potential threat to the patient yes - ANSWERis feces and urine a potential source of infection nosocomial - ANSWERpatient developing an infection while in the hospital that was not present before they arrived fomites - ANSWERmaterials that carry infections hand washing - ANSWERthe single most important way to prevent the spread of infection wash hands with soap and water - ANSWERwhat do you do when you are stuck by a needle blood pressure - ANSWERpressure exerted by circulating blood upon the walls of blood vessels arterial - ANSWERblood pressure usually refers to the ____________ pressure of systemic circulation systolic pressure - ANSWER____________ is maximum while diastolic pressure is minimum decreases - ANSWERblood pressure _______________ when blood moves away from the heart inside - ANSWERblood pressure is usually measured on the _________ of the elbow, at a person's upper arm 120/80 - ANSWERwhat is the normal blood pressure reading (with systolic being the higher number, and diastolic being the lower number) systolic - ANSWER-heart contracting -maximum arterial pressure during the contraction is in the left ventricle -also called ventricular contraction diastolic - ANSWER-relaxation and dilation(expansion) period -minimum arterial pressure is when ventricles are filled with blood diastolic sound - ANSWERsound heard during diastole pulse - ANSWERrhythmical expansion of arteries due to heart contractions increases - ANSWERwhen you breathe in your heart rate __________ ankle - ANSWERYour pulse can be felt at the wrist(radial artery), neck(carotid artery), inside elbow(brachial artery), behind knee(popliteal artery), and around the ________________ joint(posterior tibial artery) index and middle - ANSWERthe _________ _____ _______________ fingers can feel for the pulse thumb - ANSWERwhat has a pulse of it's own 120-60 - ANSWERwhat should someone's pulse rate be between serum - ANSWERwhen blood clots what is the fluid called homeostasis - ANSWERwhat is the steady state of the body called bone marrow - ANSWERwhere is blood made 95 - ANSWERthe bone marrow produces __% of the blood cells using the liver, spleen, and lymph nodes to help with cell regulation stem cells - ANSWERwhat do blood cells originate as platelets - ANSWERblood cells include, red blood cells(erythrocytes), white blood cells(leukocytes), and ______________(thrombocytes) 45 - ANSWERerythrocytes, leukocytes, and thrombocytes make up __% of the blood tissue plasma - ANSWERwhat makes up 55% of the blood tissue 8 - ANSWERblood makes up _% of the average humans body weight 5 - ANSWERHow many liters of blood are in the body pH - ANSWERmeasures the hydrogen ion concentration 7.35 to 7.45 - ANSWERwhat should the normal blood pH level be acidic - ANSWERless than the 7.35 pH blood level would be considered what alkaline - ANSWERmore than the 7.45 pH blood level would be considered what carbon dioxide - ANSWERwhat does blood primarily carry out of the body tissues white blood cells - ANSWERwhat cell contains a nucleus and 46 red blood cells - ANSWERblood cell that carries oxygen to body tissues hemoglobin - ANSWERiron-containing pigment that gives erythrocytes their color anemia - ANSWERterm known as not having enough red blood cells that contain iron polycythemia - ANSWER-term known as having too many red blood cell that contain iron -also known as hematochromatosis 100-120 days - ANSWERlife span of an erythrocyte 2 million - ANSWERhow many red blood cells are made par second 7 days - ANSWERhow long does it take for a red blood cell to mature