CERTIFIED PHLEBOTOMY TECHNICIAN EXAM, CERTIFIED EKG TECHNICIAN NEWEST 2024 ACTUAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS)

How do you know you are in the vein when using a winged infusion set/butterfly needle? - ANSWERS,YOU SEE/GET A FLASH OF BLOOD Chain of custody - ANSWERS,requires documentation of the identity of each person who handles the specimen Which lab would you send glucose, cholesterol, and proteins to? - ANSWERS,GLUCOSE CHEMISTRY CHOLESTEROL CHEMISTRY PROTEINS CHEMISTRY GLUCOSE GRAY TUBE - ANSWERS,CHEMISTRY CHOLESTEROL GREEN TUBE - ANSWERS,CHEMISTRY PROTEINS GREEN TUBE - ANSWERS,CHEMISTRY What does hct HEMATOCRIT measure? - ANSWERS,Measure the % of red cells a person has Cardiac and lipid panels would go in a tube with which additive? - ANSWERS,Cardiac Panel Heparin Lipid Panel Heparin Cardiac Panel- - ANSWERS,Heparin-Green tube Chemistry Lipid Panel- - ANSWERS,Heparin-Green Tube Chemistry K is 6 meq/l, which sample would you draw? Plasma or Serum - ANSWERS,PLASMA DRAW GREEN TUBE K-POTASSIUM-- - ANSWERS,PLASMA DRAW GREEN TUBE Seminal fluid samples - ANSWERS,must be kept at body temperature and transported quickly so they don't die. Sclerosed - ANSWERS,HARDENED Thrombin in a tube promotes: - ANSWERS,CLOTTING Remember tiger top and gold top tubes are used for chemistry test which mean they always go to the chemistry lab - ANSWERS,both SST tubes When is the best time for a patient to collect a sputum specimen? - ANSWERS,FIRST THING IN THE MORNING Infant heel sticks should be no more than how many mm's deep? - ANSWERS,2.0 mm BAC=BLOOD ALCOHOL CONTENT. What would you clean the site with? - ANSWERS,CHLORHEXIDINE Know the Vital Sign VS Parameters: - ANSWERS,180/100--BP 50-100 HR 99.5 Less than or equal to 180/100 - ANSWERS,Blood Pressure Baseline parameter 50-100 - ANSWERS,Heart rate baseline parameter 99.5 Less than or equal to - ANSWERS,Temperture baseline parameter Clostridium difficile is CDIFF - ANSWERS,IS A SPORE Non blood specimen needs the source on requisition - ANSWERS,needs the source on requisition SST tubes should be inverted 5 times and allowed to clot for 30 minutes - ANSWERS,SST TUBES NEED TO CLOT FOR 30 MINUTES Blood transfer device is used to get blood from a syringe into an evacuated tube. - ANSWERS,Blood transfer device is used to get blood from a syringe into an evacuated tube. When are cortisol levels drawn? - ANSWERS,8am and 8pm cortisol levels are drawn in which tube - ANSWERS,GREEN TUBE cortisol levels go to which lab - ANSWERS,CHEMISTRY What are reagent strips used for? - ANSWERS,URINE DIPSTICK TEST Which extremity do Lead I and aVL have in common? - ANSWERS,LEFT ARM The standard leads measure flow of electrical currents - ANSWERS,2 direction Which limb lead is the ground and what color is it? - ANSWERS,Right Leg and Green Which leads form Einthoven's triangle? - ANSWERS,I, II, III