ASATT Comprehensive Review Test (2024) || With 100% Accurate Solutions (With Additional Notes/Elaborations)
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ASATT Comprehensive Review Test (2024) || With 100% Accurate Solutions (With Additional Notes/Elaborations)
ASATT Comprehensive Review Test (2024) || With 100% Accurate Solutions (With Additional Notes/Elaborations)
. Which of the following statements regarding accreditation is false?
A) The...
, ASATT Comprehensive Review Test
(2024) || With 100% Accurate Solutions
(With Additional Notes/Elaborations)
1. Which of the following statements regarding accreditation is false?
A) The Joint Commission accredits most health care organizations to ensure the
provision of safe care and compliance with performance measures.
B) Site visits occur every 3 years and are scheduled with the Joint Commission.
C) Anesthesia technicians must show proficiency in credentialed tasks and policies
during site visits.
D) Federal funding from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is
contingent on JC accreditation.
E) The Joint Commission is a nonprofit organization. - ANSWER - Answer: B
The Joint Commission is a nonprofit organization that accredits most health care
organizations to ensure the provision of safe care and compliance with performance
measures. Although site visits do occur every 3 years, they are not scheduled with
the Joint Commission; instead, assessors visit unannounced to assess the
organization's compliance with health care standard. Anesthesia technicians must be
able to show proficiency in a number of tasks, including policies on drug handling
and operating equipment. A prerequisite for receiving federal funding from CMS is
accreditation; if the Joint Commission fails to accredit the institution, it will no longer
be eligible for this federal funding. This can close a hospital.
2. An AT performing his or her hospital duties may be sued.
A) True
B) False - ANSWER - Answer: A
Even though the hospital and other providers are named in a lawsuit, ATs may be
sued individually for their actions and held liable for negligence or battery.
3. Anesthesia technologist recertification is required every:
A) 1 year
B) 2 years
C) 3 years
D) 4 years
E) 5 years - ANSWER - Answer: B
A certified anesthesia technologist must recertify every 2 years after completing and
submitting a required number of CEHs. Failure to recertify could lead to suspension
or termination of employment.
4. Which federal agency regulates operating room devices and equipment?
,A) Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
B) American Society of Anesthesia Technicians and Technologists
C) Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
D) National Organization for Competency Assurance (NOCA) - ANSWER - Answer:
A
The FDA regulates all medical devices and equipment. ASATT is a member of
NOCA and provides the only nationally recognized certification exam for anesthesia
technicians and technologists. CMS provides federal funding for hospitals.
5. An intraoperative death has occurred; the anesthesia provider expresses concern
that a faulty monitor may have contributed. What is the appropriate next step?
A) Troubleshoot the monitor to find and fix the problem.
B) Sequester and quarantine the monitor, pending referral to hospital risk
management.
C) Call biomedical engineering to assess whether the next case in the room can
safely be performed with that monitor.
D) Report the device failure to the FDA and return the monitor to the manufacturer. -
ANSWER - Answer: B
Any faulty equipment that may have contributed to patient harm must be immediately
sequestered and quarantined pending an investigation by risk management.
6. An arm board falls off during surgery but is quickly replaced before the patient
suffers any harm. Which term best describes this patient safety event?
A) Adverse event
B) Close call
C) Near miss
D) Sentinel event - ANSWER - Answer: C
A near miss is an unintended event that does not result in patient harm.
7. Communication about an adverse event between an AT and each of the following
individuals is considered privileged, EXCEPT:
A) Attorney
B) Other colleagues involved in the event
C) Spouse
D) Risk manager - ANSWER - Answer: B
After an adverse event, you should report the incident to your risk manager. Such
reporting is confidential and cannot be discovered during the course of a lawsuit.
Communication about the adverse event with your attorney or spouse is also
protected by the law. However, talking to your colleagues, even if they were also
involved in the event, is not privileged and can be discoverable during a lawsuit.
8. Which of the following is NOT an element necessary to prove medical negligence?
, A) Duty
B) Breach of Duty
C) Proximate Cause
D) Standard of Care - ANSWER - Answer: D
The legal elements of medical negligence are (1) duty, (2) breach of duty, (3) actual
and proximate cause, and (4) damages. The commonly expressed concept of the
"standard of care" falls under the legal concept of "breach of duty," that is, that the
provider had a duty to care for the patient, but breached that duty by providing care
that falls below the standard of what a reasonable practitioner in the community
would have provided in a similar situation.
9. Protected health information (PHI) includes all of the following, EXCEPT:
A) Medical record number
B) Phone number
C) Photograph
D) Religion - ANSWER - Answer: D
PHI is any information that may lead to identification of the individual. Therefore,
broad demographic information such as race or religion are not, by themselves, PHI,
since we would not be able to identify an individual by this information alone.
The first recorded use of anesthesia support personnel occurred in _____________.
A. England
B. Australia
C. Louisiana
D. China
E. California - ANSWER - England
The first recorded use of anesthesia support personnel occurred in England in late
1930s
The ASATT was established in this year:
A. 1986
B. 1989
C. 1996
D. 2001 - ANSWER - 1989
ASATT was established in New Orleans, LA, in 1989
ASATT issued its very first written certification exam for the technician
in____________.
A. 1889
B. 1993
C. 1996
D. 2001
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