Backup deck for CCMA Medical Assisting

• CC


  Chief Complaint
• Segment


  Line between two waveforms
• P Wave


  Arterial Depolarization
• How many 1mm boxes are in a 6 second rhythm strip?

  30 one millimeter boxes
• The SA node represents which waveform on the EKG?

  Only the P wave
• What is the reading you can get from the RR interval?

  Ventricular Pulse
• What is the primary stage of Hemolysis?

  Vascular phase and platelet phase together
• What is Electrophoresis?


  Analyzation of the chemical components of blood, e.g. hemoglobin, serum, urine, cerebrospinal fluid based on electrical charge.
• Analyzation of the chemical components of blood, e.g. hemoglobin, serum, urine, cerebrospinal fluid based on electrical charge.Positive testing for occult blood in a stool sample turns which color?

  Turns blue on a positive test for occult blood in feces
• The stages of Hemostasis

  1. Vascular, 2. Platelet Phase, 3. Coagulation Phase,4. Fibronolysis
• Blood vessels


  Aorta, Arteries, Arterioles, Capillaries, Venues, Veins, Superior and Inferior Vena Cavae
• Outer connective tissue layer of a blood vessel

  Tunica Adventitia
• Inner endothelial tissue of a blood vessel

  Tunica Intima
• The inner smooth layer of a blood vessel


  Tunica tunica media
• The standards of right and wrong in a medical setting

  Code of Ethics
• What do you find in capillaries?


  A mixture of venous and arterial blood is found
• The average adult has how many liters of blood?

  5-6 liters
• What is the percentage of water in the blood?

  92%
• Percentage of Plasma in Blood?

  55%
• Percentage of formed elements in the blood?

  45%
• 99% of formed elements in the blood

  RBC,s or Erythrocytes
• Where do you find hemoglobin?

  RBC's
• Where do all blood cells originate?

  Bone marrow
• How many RBC,s per microliter of blood

  4.2-6.2 million
• What is the second most numerous WBC

  Lymphocyte with 20-40%
• Their numbers increase in intracellular infections and TB


  Monocytes
• Their numbers increase in bacterial infections and are often first on the scene


  Neutrophils
• These WBC,s play an important role in viral infection as well as in immunity

  Lymphocytes
• Number of leukocytes for average adult per microliter

  5000-10000
• Leukopenia


  Decrease in WBC,s seen with viral infection and leukemia
• Comprises 3-8% of WBC or leukocytes

  Monocytes
• Largest in size of the leukocytes

  Monocytes
• Carries histamine


  Basophil
• Injury to a blood vessel that causes it to constrict, slowing the clod of blood.

  Vascular phase of Hemostasis
• Preferred site for a venipuncture

  Antecubital Fossa
• Test used to evaluate the intrinsic pathway and monitor heparin therapy


  APTT also know as PTT
• Test used to evaluate the extrinsic pathway and also used to monitor warfarin therapy

  PT
• Fibrinolysis


  Breakdown/Removal of a clot
• Converts the temporary platelet plug in a stable fibrin clot

  Coagulation phase
• 2nd choice vein for venipuncture and most often the only one palatable in an obese Pt.

  Cephalic Vein