CCHT COMPREHENSIVE EXAM 2025 QUESTIONS WITH
SOLUTIONS GUARANTEE A+
✔✔The part of the cell wall released can cause fever in hemodialysis patients -
✔✔Endotoxin
✔✔During dialysis treatment the technician response to low Venus alarm the cause
would be - ✔✔Disconnection of the bloodline
✔✔Which machine parameter must be measured by external device - ✔✔...
✔✔What causes hi Venus alarm - ✔✔Kinking of the venous blood line
✔✔If that if during set up the machine failed test - ✔✔Notify the equipment technician
✔✔A rise in TMP indicates - ✔✔Claudine of the extracorporeal circuit
✔✔Normal saline is used to rinse and prime the circuit prior to treatment to remove -
✔✔Air
✔✔What is a transducer protector - ✔✔Device inside machine converts air pressure into
electronic signal
✔✔Hi venous pressure alarm caused by - ✔✔Venus needle against the wall of the
vessel
✔✔If the air detector alarms what will happen - ✔✔Blood pump stops
✔✔The extracorporeal circuit consists of - ✔✔Bloodlines and the dialyzer
✔✔To determine patency of a access the text should feel for - ✔✔A thrill
✔✔Patient complains of pain at being his needle there is swelling distal of the needle
you should expect - ✔✔An infiltration
✔✔During treatment the needle infiltrates what should the tech do - ✔✔Stop the blood
count
✔✔What type of access has the fewest complications - ✔✔And arteriovenous fistula
✔✔One disadvantage of the fistula - ✔✔Time to mature
✔✔A cause of aneurysms and pseudo aneurysm - ✔✔Poor rotation of sites
, ✔✔Desired outcome when the patient performs fistula exercise - ✔✔Enlargement of the
vein
✔✔A brewery is detected by - ✔✔Listening with a stethoscope
✔✔When cannulated tips of needles should be - ✔✔2 inches apart
✔✔The Venus needle in the AV fistula - ✔✔Should point in the direction of blood flow
✔✔An aneurysm is dangerous because - ✔✔It may rupture and the patient will bleed
profusely
✔✔A fistula connects - ✔✔And artery to a vein
✔✔A fistula is red and warm to touch this is most likely due to - ✔✔Infection
✔✔The patient has a temperature posttreatment what should the tech do - ✔✔Notify the
nurse
✔✔A slow pools of 54 beats would indicate the patient has - ✔✔Bradycardia
✔✔The machines air detector alarms and there's foam in the Venus drip chamber -
✔✔Clamp the venous line
✔✔Dry weight - ✔✔Wait where the patient has no edema in the lungs and vitals are
stable
✔✔Why would we increase the estimated dry weight - ✔✔Hypotension and cramping
✔✔What is a classic sign of hemolysis - ✔✔Cranberry juice colored blood in the venous
line
✔✔You notice there is air in the patient's line you - ✔✔Trendelenburg position on left
side
✔✔Solution with higher osmolarity them body fluid - ✔✔Hypertonic
✔✔Which fluid replacement is used during dialysis - ✔✔0.9% normal saline
✔✔A sepsis is defined as - ✔✔Absence of disease producing organisms
SOLUTIONS GUARANTEE A+
✔✔The part of the cell wall released can cause fever in hemodialysis patients -
✔✔Endotoxin
✔✔During dialysis treatment the technician response to low Venus alarm the cause
would be - ✔✔Disconnection of the bloodline
✔✔Which machine parameter must be measured by external device - ✔✔...
✔✔What causes hi Venus alarm - ✔✔Kinking of the venous blood line
✔✔If that if during set up the machine failed test - ✔✔Notify the equipment technician
✔✔A rise in TMP indicates - ✔✔Claudine of the extracorporeal circuit
✔✔Normal saline is used to rinse and prime the circuit prior to treatment to remove -
✔✔Air
✔✔What is a transducer protector - ✔✔Device inside machine converts air pressure into
electronic signal
✔✔Hi venous pressure alarm caused by - ✔✔Venus needle against the wall of the
vessel
✔✔If the air detector alarms what will happen - ✔✔Blood pump stops
✔✔The extracorporeal circuit consists of - ✔✔Bloodlines and the dialyzer
✔✔To determine patency of a access the text should feel for - ✔✔A thrill
✔✔Patient complains of pain at being his needle there is swelling distal of the needle
you should expect - ✔✔An infiltration
✔✔During treatment the needle infiltrates what should the tech do - ✔✔Stop the blood
count
✔✔What type of access has the fewest complications - ✔✔And arteriovenous fistula
✔✔One disadvantage of the fistula - ✔✔Time to mature
✔✔A cause of aneurysms and pseudo aneurysm - ✔✔Poor rotation of sites
, ✔✔Desired outcome when the patient performs fistula exercise - ✔✔Enlargement of the
vein
✔✔A brewery is detected by - ✔✔Listening with a stethoscope
✔✔When cannulated tips of needles should be - ✔✔2 inches apart
✔✔The Venus needle in the AV fistula - ✔✔Should point in the direction of blood flow
✔✔An aneurysm is dangerous because - ✔✔It may rupture and the patient will bleed
profusely
✔✔A fistula connects - ✔✔And artery to a vein
✔✔A fistula is red and warm to touch this is most likely due to - ✔✔Infection
✔✔The patient has a temperature posttreatment what should the tech do - ✔✔Notify the
nurse
✔✔A slow pools of 54 beats would indicate the patient has - ✔✔Bradycardia
✔✔The machines air detector alarms and there's foam in the Venus drip chamber -
✔✔Clamp the venous line
✔✔Dry weight - ✔✔Wait where the patient has no edema in the lungs and vitals are
stable
✔✔Why would we increase the estimated dry weight - ✔✔Hypotension and cramping
✔✔What is a classic sign of hemolysis - ✔✔Cranberry juice colored blood in the venous
line
✔✔You notice there is air in the patient's line you - ✔✔Trendelenburg position on left
side
✔✔Solution with higher osmolarity them body fluid - ✔✔Hypertonic
✔✔Which fluid replacement is used during dialysis - ✔✔0.9% normal saline
✔✔A sepsis is defined as - ✔✔Absence of disease producing organisms
