CCHT MAIN EXAM SCRIPT 2025 QUESTIONS WITH
SOLUTIONS GUARANTEE A+
✔✔numbness and tingling - ✔✔All of the following may be signs and symptoms of an
infected access except:
✔✔The absence of disease producing organisms - ✔✔Asepsis is defined as
✔✔1,385 mL/hr - ✔✔Based on Mrs Smith's total amount of fluid to be removed, what is
the ultrafiltration rate per hour (mL/hr) for her 4 hour treatment?
✔✔Discard the needle - ✔✔Before a hemodialysis treatment, the technician removes
the cap from the fistula needle and accidentally touches the chair with the tip of the
needle. Which of these actions should the technician take first?
✔✔Hemolysis - ✔✔Dialysate that is too hot will cause
✔✔Weight at which the patient has no edema or fluid in the lungs and BP is normal -
✔✔Dry weight is defined as the
✔✔Disconnection of the bloodline - ✔✔During a hemodialysis treatment the technician
responds to a low venous pressure alarm. The most likely cause for this alarm is:
✔✔Blood - ✔✔Biohazardous waste includes any material exposed to:
✔✔Diffusion - ✔✔Decreasing the patient's prescribed blood flow rate affects the rate of
✔✔Stop the pump - ✔✔During a hemodialysis treatment, a patient's venous needle
infiltrates. Which of these actions should the dialysis technician take first?
✔✔Between 7.0 and 7.4 - ✔✔Dialysate pH should be:
✔✔Clamp the venous line - ✔✔During hemodialysis, the air detector on Ms. Foster's
machine alarms and foam is visible in the venous drop chamber. The immediate action
of the dialysis technician should be to:
✔✔How have you been since your last dialysis treatment? - ✔✔During predialysis data
collection, it would be best for the technician to ask the patient which of these
questions?
✔✔Take the patient's temperature - ✔✔During the hemodialysis treatment, a patient
complains of feeling chilled. In addition to getting the patient a blanket, which of these
actions should the technician take?
, ✔✔Notify the equipment technician - ✔✔During the set up of a hemodialysis machine,
the alarm test for conductivity fails. Which of these actions should the dialysis technician
take?
✔✔Indicators of the adequacy of the renal replacement therapy - ✔✔ESRD specific
tests such as BUN, Creatinine, and URR are
✔✔Ultrafiltration - ✔✔Excess fluid is forced out of the blood and into the dialysate
during dialysis by which principle
✔✔Percent rejection - ✔✔Feed conductivity- product conductivity divided by x 100 is the
formula calculation of
✔✔The ultrafiltration rate - ✔✔Fluid to be removed divided by the treatment time tells us
✔✔Inadequate dialyzer priming - ✔✔Germicide rebound occurs due to:
✔✔Anaphylaxis (severe allergic reaction) - ✔✔Hives, itching, tightness of the chest and
respiratory distress may be signs and symptoms of:
✔✔Cardiac arrest - ✔✔Hyperkalemia can lead to
✔✔Hemoglobin - ✔✔If the extracorporeal circuit clots and it must be discarded, it would
be most important to monitor the patient's serum level of:
✔✔Check dialyzer for total cell volume - ✔✔In reuse, the blood path integrity is tested to
✔✔Subcutaneous - ✔✔Lidocaine is administered
✔✔Higher hospitalization and death rates - ✔✔Low albumin levels in the dialysis patient
have been linked with:
✔✔Digoxin - ✔✔Medications that dialyze easily are all except
✔✔Psychomotor - ✔✔Mr. Jones demonstrates how to wash his aces. This is an
example of which adult learning principle?
✔✔Milk of Magnesia - ✔✔Mr. Jones suffers from constipation. He goes to the drug store
to buy a laxative. Mr Jones should avoid which medication?
✔✔Cognitive - ✔✔Mr. Roberts verbalized how to hand crank his blood pump in the
event of an emergency. This is an example of which adult principle?
SOLUTIONS GUARANTEE A+
✔✔numbness and tingling - ✔✔All of the following may be signs and symptoms of an
infected access except:
✔✔The absence of disease producing organisms - ✔✔Asepsis is defined as
✔✔1,385 mL/hr - ✔✔Based on Mrs Smith's total amount of fluid to be removed, what is
the ultrafiltration rate per hour (mL/hr) for her 4 hour treatment?
✔✔Discard the needle - ✔✔Before a hemodialysis treatment, the technician removes
the cap from the fistula needle and accidentally touches the chair with the tip of the
needle. Which of these actions should the technician take first?
✔✔Hemolysis - ✔✔Dialysate that is too hot will cause
✔✔Weight at which the patient has no edema or fluid in the lungs and BP is normal -
✔✔Dry weight is defined as the
✔✔Disconnection of the bloodline - ✔✔During a hemodialysis treatment the technician
responds to a low venous pressure alarm. The most likely cause for this alarm is:
✔✔Blood - ✔✔Biohazardous waste includes any material exposed to:
✔✔Diffusion - ✔✔Decreasing the patient's prescribed blood flow rate affects the rate of
✔✔Stop the pump - ✔✔During a hemodialysis treatment, a patient's venous needle
infiltrates. Which of these actions should the dialysis technician take first?
✔✔Between 7.0 and 7.4 - ✔✔Dialysate pH should be:
✔✔Clamp the venous line - ✔✔During hemodialysis, the air detector on Ms. Foster's
machine alarms and foam is visible in the venous drop chamber. The immediate action
of the dialysis technician should be to:
✔✔How have you been since your last dialysis treatment? - ✔✔During predialysis data
collection, it would be best for the technician to ask the patient which of these
questions?
✔✔Take the patient's temperature - ✔✔During the hemodialysis treatment, a patient
complains of feeling chilled. In addition to getting the patient a blanket, which of these
actions should the technician take?
, ✔✔Notify the equipment technician - ✔✔During the set up of a hemodialysis machine,
the alarm test for conductivity fails. Which of these actions should the dialysis technician
take?
✔✔Indicators of the adequacy of the renal replacement therapy - ✔✔ESRD specific
tests such as BUN, Creatinine, and URR are
✔✔Ultrafiltration - ✔✔Excess fluid is forced out of the blood and into the dialysate
during dialysis by which principle
✔✔Percent rejection - ✔✔Feed conductivity- product conductivity divided by x 100 is the
formula calculation of
✔✔The ultrafiltration rate - ✔✔Fluid to be removed divided by the treatment time tells us
✔✔Inadequate dialyzer priming - ✔✔Germicide rebound occurs due to:
✔✔Anaphylaxis (severe allergic reaction) - ✔✔Hives, itching, tightness of the chest and
respiratory distress may be signs and symptoms of:
✔✔Cardiac arrest - ✔✔Hyperkalemia can lead to
✔✔Hemoglobin - ✔✔If the extracorporeal circuit clots and it must be discarded, it would
be most important to monitor the patient's serum level of:
✔✔Check dialyzer for total cell volume - ✔✔In reuse, the blood path integrity is tested to
✔✔Subcutaneous - ✔✔Lidocaine is administered
✔✔Higher hospitalization and death rates - ✔✔Low albumin levels in the dialysis patient
have been linked with:
✔✔Digoxin - ✔✔Medications that dialyze easily are all except
✔✔Psychomotor - ✔✔Mr. Jones demonstrates how to wash his aces. This is an
example of which adult learning principle?
✔✔Milk of Magnesia - ✔✔Mr. Jones suffers from constipation. He goes to the drug store
to buy a laxative. Mr Jones should avoid which medication?
✔✔Cognitive - ✔✔Mr. Roberts verbalized how to hand crank his blood pump in the
event of an emergency. This is an example of which adult principle?
