NHA CCMA Graded A
1. CC
Your Answer: Chief Complaint - Correct: "CC" stands for Chief Complaint, which refers to the primary issue a patient presents with.
2. Segment
Your Answer: Line between two waveforms - Correct: In an EKG, a segment is indeed the flat line between two waveforms.
3. ...
- Correct: "CC" stands for Chief Complaint, which refers to the primary issue a patient presents with.
2. Segment
Your Answer: Line between two waveforms
- Correct: In an EKG, a segment is indeed the flat line between two waveforms.
3. P-wave
Your Answer: Atrial Depolarization
- Correct: The P-wave represents atrial depolarization in the cardiac cycle.
4. 1mm Boxes in a 6-Second Rhythm Strip
Your Answer: 30 one millimeter boxes
- Correct: A standard 6-second EKG strip contains 30 small (1 mm) boxes.
5. SA Node Waveform on the EKG
Your Answer: Only the P-wave
,- Correct: The electrical activity of the SA node is represented by the P-wave on the EKG.
6. Reading from the RR Interval
Your Answer: Ventricular Pulse
- Correct: The RR interval is used to calculate the heart rate and can indicate the ventricular rate.
7. Primary Stages of Hemolysis
Your Answer: Vascular phase and platelet phase together
- Correct: The vascular phase (vasoconstriction) and platelet phase are initial responses during
hemostasis.
8. Electrophoresis
Your Answer: Analyzation of the chemical components of blood based on electrical charge.
- Correct: Electrophoresis is a technique used to analyze the components of blood, including hemoglobin
and proteins, based on their electrical charge.
9. Positive Test for Occult Blood in Stool Sample
Your Answer: Turns Blue on a positive test for occult blood in feces.
- Correct: A positive result on a guaiac test for occult blood in stool typically turns blue.
- Correct: These are the correct stages of hemostasis.
11. Blood Vessels
Your Answer: Aorta, arteries, arterioles, capillaries, venules, veins, superior and inferior vena cavae.
- Correct: These are the major types of blood vessels in the circulatory system.
12. Outer Connective Tissue Layer of a Blood Vessel
Your Answer: Tunica adventitia
- Correct: The outer layer of a blood vessel is known as the tunica adventitia (or tunica externa).
13. Inner Endothelial Tissue Layer of a Blood Vessel
Your Answer: Tunica Intima
- Correct: The inner lining of blood vessels is referred to as the tunica intima.
14. Inner Smooth Layer of a Blood Vessel
Your Answer: Tunica media
- Correct: The tunica media is the smooth muscular layer of blood vessels responsible for contraction
and dilation.
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