ASCP phlebotomy

1. Arterial blood leaves the heart through the: Correct Answer: aorta 2. The liquid portion of the blood within the body is: Correct Answer: plasma 3. The laboratory receives a STAT request for a blood glucose level on a patient in the emergency department. It is appropriate to: Correct Answer: Treat the request as a medical emergency: collecting and processing the blood immediately The best location to perform a dermal puncture for a point-of-care glucose test on an adult is the tip...

sodium fluoride keeps ______________ molecules intact for 3 days Correct Answer: glucose An average adult weighing 150-160 lbs has how many liters of blood Correct Answer: 4-6 55% of blood is ______________ Correct Answer: plasma there are ______________ types of WBC in the human blood Correct Answer: 5 an abnormal or surgically made passage between a hollow or tubular organ and the body surface, or between two hollow or tubular organs. Correct Answer: fistula What color tube...