Patient Care
Heart failure
What cardiovascular disease results in the heart being unable to pump enough blood to meet the needs of the body?
The sum of tasks your certification process prepares for and that your state and facility determine you may perform.
What is the scope of practice?
Pathogen
What is the 1st part of the chain of infection?
Laboratory tests that identify bacteria or other micro-organisms in a blood sample.
What are blood cultures?
four
How many chambers does the heart have?
Sudden but short recovery time
What is an acute disease?
Result of contact with infectious agents (bacteria, fungus, viruses, and other parasites)
What are biological hazards?
Gloves, goggles, face shields, gowns, and shoe and head covers.
What are some examples of PPE?
Veins
What carries deoxygenated blood from the body back to the heart?
25 mm/sec
What is the data standard speed?
Endocrine System
What body system consists of hormone producing glands that regulate and affect metabolism, growth, sleep cycles, stress hormones, blood glucose levels, and reproduction?
Do not assign blame, just report the facts to the charge nurse as you have observed them.
What should a CPCT do when an accident or injury occurs?
Droplet Precautions
What type of precautions are required for patients who have infections that spread via droplets that are larger than 5 microns in diameter?
When you leave a tourniquet on a patient´s arm for more than 60 seconds
When can hemoconcentration occur?
Positive
What deflection should a P wave on a EKG tracing have?
Transference of a person´s unpleasant ideas or emotions onto someone or something else?
What is projection?
Helps ensure safe and healthful working conditions by setting and enforcing standards through training, education, outreach, and assistance for all workers.
What does OSHA do?
Red with a biohazard symbol
What does the sharps container look like?
98.6 degrees fahrenheit
What temperatures should cold agglutinins be kept at?
Not always visible but represents a repolarization of the bundle of His and the Purkinje fibers
What does the U wave represent?
No pulse and no breathing
What are the situations that require activating the facility´s emergency response team?
Partial paralysis
What is the meaning of hemiparesis?
Should only be done when using the one-handed scoop method (using the needle itself to pick up the cap and then pushing the cap against a hard surface to ensure a tight fit)
What is the right protocol when it is necessary to recap a needle?
Uses a transport vehicle, such as a motorized container car that travels on a network of tracks to various destinations within the facility
What is the automated carrier delivery method?
Dizziness, a feeling of impending doom, chest discomfort, shortness of breath, seizure activity, and death
What are the signs and symptoms of ventricular fibrillation?