PCT EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
What is the SLCH code/trauma emergency number?
What is the SLCH Dr. Red/Fire emergency phone number?
What does the A stand for in RACE?
Activate the alarm
If there is a code on the floor, what are some things you can do to assist?
Obtain a crash ...
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CMS is a regulating agency for healthcare. What do the letters CMS stand for?
Centers for medicare and medicaid services
For a clean catch sample, the following supplies are given
Specimen cup, soap towelettes
when to hand hygiene is not possible, gloves should be worn instead
False
When placing a blood pressure cuff on the patient arm, the ARTERY marker on the cuff should be
placed where?
Over the brachial artery, at the antecubital fossa
How do you know how much blood goes in each tube?
Each tube has this listed on the side
On ECG graph paper how many large boxes equal one second of time
5 boxes
Bradycardia is defines as ?
Low heart rate
Shower chairs can be ——— or ———
Stationary or mobile
The patient has order to ambulate 3 x per day. What is to occur?
Assist the patient with walking in the hallways three times per day
If the blood pressure cuff is to small to Velcro tightly around the arm, then it is okay to attach two
blood pressure cuffs together
False
A vacutainer is sued to transfer blood from the inserted needle to the blood collection tubes
True
What landmark on the body indicate pressure points that are prone to pressure injury
Bony prominences
A patient has a history of VT. This means?
Ventricular tachycardia
, For a female to obtain a clean, catch urine sample, she should wipe with the towellet from back to
front
True
Where can you find your faculties emergency preparedness plan and fire extinguisher instructions
Policies and procedures
When a patient is using the bedside commode. The PCT should do the following.
Provide privacy and leave the call light within reach
You notice a thick clear liquid on the floor outside the medicine room you decide to clean it with the
usual floor cleaning solution. What should you have done instead?
This could be a chemical spill and should be handled with a chemical spill kit
Bedsores, or decubitus ulcers are more commonly called
Pressure injury
Some examples of assessment data for the PCT shift report are
Vital sign, dietary restrictions
One blood vessels are narrowed from muscular contractions of the vessel walls. This is called.
Vasoconstriction
Patients who have Adema should be weighed each morning
True
If you're faculty has an active shooter in the building, what should you do first
Leave, and do not take any of your belongings
To inflate the manual blood pressure cuff, the PCT will squeeze the
Inflation bulb
The pulse oximeter is not getting reading. It just continues to blank work in the PCT due to
troubleshoot the machine.
All of these
What does the acronym DVT stand for?
deep vein thrombosis
During active ROM exercises, the PCT does what to assess the patient
Nothing. Active ROM is performed by the the patient without assistance.
PC teas are usually responsible for creating a sterile environment for surgery
False
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