NHA CCMA CERTIFICATION STUDY GUIDE
Questions and Answers
1. CC: Chief Complaint
2. Segment: Line between two wave forms
3. P-wave: Atrial Depolarization
4. How many 1mm boxes are in a 6 second Rythm strip?: 30 one millimeter
boxes
5. The SA node represents which waveform on the ekg?: Only the P-wave
6. What is the reading you can get from the RR interval?: Ventricular Pulse
7. What is the primary stage of Hemolisis?: Vascular phase and platelet phase
together
8. What is Electophoresis?: Analyzation of the chemical components of blood e.g.
hemoglobin, serum, urinem cerebrospinal fluid based on electrical charge.
,9. Positive testing for occult blood in a stool sample turn which color?:
Turns Blue on a positive test for occult blood in feces.
10. The stages of Hemostasis:: 1. Vascular 2. Platelet Phase 3. Coagulation Phase 4.
Fibronolysis
11. Blood Vessels: Aorta, arteries, arterioles, capillaries, venues, veins, superior and inferior
vena cavae.
12. Outer connective tissue layer of a blood vessel: Tunica adventitia
13. Inner endothelial tissue layer of a blood vessel: Tunica Intima
14. The inner smooth layer of a blood vessel: Tunica media
15. The standards of right and wrong in a medical setting: Code of
Ethics
16. What do you find in capillaries?: A mixture of venous and arterial blood is
found
17. The average adult has how many liters of blood?: 5-6 liters
, 18. What is the percentage of water in blood?: 92%
19. Percentage of plasma in blood: 55%
20. Percentage of Formed Elements in the blood: 45%
21. 99% of formed elements in blood: RBC's or Erythrocytes
22. Where you find Hemoglobin: RBC's
23. Where do all blood cells originate?: Bone Marrow
24. How many RBC's per microliter of blood: 4.2-6.2 million
25. What is the second most numerous WBC?: Lymphocyte with 20-40%
26. Their numbers increase in intracellular infections and TB:
Monocytes
27. Their numbers increase in bacterial infections and often are first
on scene: -
Neutrophils
Questions and Answers
1. CC: Chief Complaint
2. Segment: Line between two wave forms
3. P-wave: Atrial Depolarization
4. How many 1mm boxes are in a 6 second Rythm strip?: 30 one millimeter
boxes
5. The SA node represents which waveform on the ekg?: Only the P-wave
6. What is the reading you can get from the RR interval?: Ventricular Pulse
7. What is the primary stage of Hemolisis?: Vascular phase and platelet phase
together
8. What is Electophoresis?: Analyzation of the chemical components of blood e.g.
hemoglobin, serum, urinem cerebrospinal fluid based on electrical charge.
,9. Positive testing for occult blood in a stool sample turn which color?:
Turns Blue on a positive test for occult blood in feces.
10. The stages of Hemostasis:: 1. Vascular 2. Platelet Phase 3. Coagulation Phase 4.
Fibronolysis
11. Blood Vessels: Aorta, arteries, arterioles, capillaries, venues, veins, superior and inferior
vena cavae.
12. Outer connective tissue layer of a blood vessel: Tunica adventitia
13. Inner endothelial tissue layer of a blood vessel: Tunica Intima
14. The inner smooth layer of a blood vessel: Tunica media
15. The standards of right and wrong in a medical setting: Code of
Ethics
16. What do you find in capillaries?: A mixture of venous and arterial blood is
found
17. The average adult has how many liters of blood?: 5-6 liters
, 18. What is the percentage of water in blood?: 92%
19. Percentage of plasma in blood: 55%
20. Percentage of Formed Elements in the blood: 45%
21. 99% of formed elements in blood: RBC's or Erythrocytes
22. Where you find Hemoglobin: RBC's
23. Where do all blood cells originate?: Bone Marrow
24. How many RBC's per microliter of blood: 4.2-6.2 million
25. What is the second most numerous WBC?: Lymphocyte with 20-40%
26. Their numbers increase in intracellular infections and TB:
Monocytes
27. Their numbers increase in bacterial infections and often are first
on scene: -
Neutrophils
