CRAT TEST 39 Questions with Verified Answers
A Nursing home calls a cardiology office requesting that a trantelephonic pacemaker check be conducted on
... [Show More] a new admission to the facility. The Tech finds no medicla record indicating that the patient has been followed by the practice. what is the tech's next step - CORRECT ANSWER Contact the PCP's office to obtain a prescription for the transtelephonic monitoring.
When is it appropriate to contact a patients family member - CORRECT ANSWER Only if the patient has signed a HIPPA form giving permission
In addition to a patients name, all of the following can be used in the patient identification process except the patients - CORRECT ANSWER last four of SSN
in the absence of a release form, a patients health info may be shared with the patients______ without committing a hippa violation - CORRECT ANSWER Physician
What should be done when a patient reports that his or her demographic info is incorrect - CORRECT ANSWER Follow the orgs procedure and correct the error immediately
What is the benefit to the clinician form explaining planned services or pending procedures clearly to patients - CORRECT ANSWER Increased patient compliance
Ensuring that the electrocardiograph is properly grounded reduces risk of - CORRECT ANSWER 60 cycle electrical interference
a monitor tech in a pediatric cardiology office offers to deliver event monitor electrode patches, which cause less irritation. what is this an example of - CORRECT ANSWER customer service
tech has been ordered to obtian an EKG form an unconscious patient. the tech should - CORRECT ANSWER explain procedure to family in room
an in-hospital telemetry tech arrives for his shift and notices that the report for the prior shift has not been complete. the tech should? - CORRECT ANSWER Notify the supervisor or senior tech of the situation and seek advice on how to proceed
A patient with a teanstelephonic monitor suddenly begins slurring his words and complaining that he has tingling in his left arm. What is the most appropriate reaction?
1. Activate EMS
2. drive to hospital
3. call referring doctor
4 call ttm call center - CORRECT ANSWER Activate EMS
A patient with an event monitor calls the service to submit his recording. what is the BEST approch for recording the symptoms
a. use the patients verbiage
b. translate to medical terminology
c. use the diagnosis provided by the patient's physician
d. suggest likely symptoms associated with his recordings. - CORRECT ANSWER use the patients verbiage
A PCP office calls the cardiology office for a diagnosis of syncope, she orders a 48-hour holter monitor to be placed on a patient new to the office. the cardiology office is unable to contact the patient by phone within 24 hours to schedule the testing. what is the next step when arranging for this patients care - CORRECT ANSWER contact the PCPs office to verify contact info
a testing facility is ordered to send a mobile cariovascular telemelemtrry monitor to a patient. the facility notifies the cardiology office that the patients primary insurance does not cover this type of service. the original order came from the patient's PCP for palps. an appropriate next step would be - CORRECT ANSWER contact the PCPs office and explain the issue regarding coverage, offering a different type of monitor that WOULD be covered.
the transtelephonic techs responsible for chekcing pacemakers in a cardiology office note that a particular demographic area of their patients population has more problems with unpredictable disconnections during tranmissions than other locations. what if the MOST APPROPRIATE next step for the tech to take
a. create a list of patients who have had a problem with disconnections
b. schedule the patients to come into the office with their monitors for the next pacemaker evaluation
c. contact their supervisor about discussing the issue with the department responsible for the telephone services
d. ask the patients experienceing the disconnections which long distance provider they are using and document it. - CORRECT ANSWER schedule the patients to come into the office with their monitors for the next pacemaker evaluation
the MOST effective ECG analysis requires which sequence of steps?
a. Rate, p wave, PRI, QRS complex, and regularity
b. p wave, rpi, qrs complex, regularity, and rate
c. pri, p wave, regularitve, rate, and qrs complex
d. regularity, rate, pwave, pri, qrs complex - CORRECT ANSWER D. regularity, rate, p wave, pri, qrs complex
the first negative deflection noted in the QRS complex is which wave - CORRECT ANSWER q wave
The relationship between the conducted p waves and the QRS complexes in a sinus arrhythmia will. - CORRECT ANSWER one p wvae for every qrs
which chamber comtains the most muscle mass of the heart - CORRECT ANSWER left ventricle
the conduction system terminates with the - CORRECT ANSWER purkinje network
the p wae on the electrocardiogram represents an electrical impulse that spreads throughout the - CORRECT ANSWER atria
to get an accurate measurment of the QRS measure form the - CORRECT ANSWER beginning of q wave to end of s wave
which waveform represents ventricular repolorazation on an ecg strip - CORRECT ANSWER T-wave
on standard ECG graph paper, a deflection of the tracing upward or downward by one large box (outlined by thick dark lines) from baseline represents - CORRECT ANSWER 1.0 millivolt
an ecg caliper measurment of peak to peak flutter waves reveals 5 small boxes wat is the atrial rate for this rhythm - CORRECT ANSWER 300 bpm
(each small box is 0.04s. 5 is .20s. 60 divided by .2 is 300)
Which of these is a method that can be used to calculate the ventricular rate of a cardiac rhythm when the r-r is regular
a. add the number of large boxes between 2 r waves to 300
b. subtract the number of large boxes between 2 r waves from 300
multiply the number of large boxes between r waves to 300
d. divide the number of large boxes between r waves into 300 - CORRECT ANSWER divide
which of the following rhythms may be characterized by regular p-p and regular r-r intervals occuring at different rates
a. wenckebach
b. a fib
c. CHB
d. first degree av block - CORRECT ANSWER CHB
which valves prevent the backflow of blood from the aorta and pulmonary arteries into the ventricles during diastole. - CORRECT ANSWER semilunar
in a nsr, the sinus node fires at a rate of - CORRECT ANSWER 61-100 bpm
the main cause of SA in adults is - CORRECT ANSWER respiration
supraventricular tachycardia is a - CORRECT ANSWER narrow complexed tachycardia greater than 150 bpm
a fib is best described as - CORRECT ANSWER chaotic, asynchronous electiral activity in atrial tissue
what occurs when a ventricular pacemaker sense electrical current from sources other than the heart? - CORRECT ANSWER oversnesing
NSR ranges from - CORRECT ANSWER 60-100
The right half of the heart receives - CORRECT ANSWER deozygenated bloood from the body
The left half of the heart distributes - CORRECT ANSWER oxygenated blood to the body
Bifurcate - CORRECT ANSWER To split
Morphology - CORRECT ANSWER Shape
The receiving chambers - CORRECT ANSWER 2 Atria [Show Less]