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Legit CRAT Exam 45 Questions with Verified Answers What should a technician do if he or she is ordered to obtain an ECG from an unconscious patient? - CORRECT ANSWER explain the whole procedure to ... the family in the room In in-hospital telemetry technician on arriving for is shift notices that the report for the prior shift is incomplete. What should he/she do ______________ - CORRECT ANSWER Notify and seek advice from a senior technician or supervisor. A patient with a trans-telephonic monitor suddenly starts complaining that he has tingling in his left arm and begin slurring his words. Then the most appropriate action is - CORRECT ANSWER to activate EMS What is the best way for recording the symptoms of a patient with an event monitor who calls the service for submission of his recordings? - CORRECT ANSWER usage of the patient's verbiage The cardiology office gets a call from the primary care technician's office. She orders a 48-hour Holter monitor for the diagnosis of syncope in a patient new to the cardiology office. Within the following 24 hours to schedule the patient's testing, the cardiology office is unable to contact the patient. What should be the next step: - CORRECT ANSWER Verify contact information by calling the primary physician's office. A testing facility was ordered to send a mobile cardiovascular telemetry monitor to the patient. The cardiology office was notified by the testing facility and the primary care physician that the patient had palpitations. What is the appropriate next step? - CORRECT ANSWER Explain the issue regarding coverage by contacting primary care physician's office. Offer a different type of monitor that would cover the patient's insurance. It has been reported by trans-telephonic technicians responsible for checking pacemakers in a cardiology office, that a particular demographic area of the patient's population faces more unpredictable disconnections during transmissions than other locations. Next appropriate step is to - CORRECT ANSWER create a list of patients who faced a problem with disconnections The most effective sequence of steps during ECG analysis is - CORRECT ANSWER Regularity, rate, P wave, PR interval, and QRS complex A nursing home requesting the conduction of a trans-telephonic pacemaker check on a facility's new admission calls a cardiology office. What is the technician's next step if the medical record indicates that the patient has been followed is not found? - CORRECT ANSWER Obtain a prescription for trans-telephonic monitoring from the primary care physician's office. If the patient claims that his or her demographic information is incorrect. What measures should be taken? - CORRECT ANSWER The organizational procedure should be followed, and error must be corrected immediately. With whom a patient's health information may be shared (without committing a HIPAA violation), in the absence of a release form? - CORRECT ANSWER With the patient's physician It is appropriate to contact patient's family member when _______________ - CORRECT ANSWER the patient gave permission by signing a HIPAA form. How does explaining the pending procedures or planned services clearly to the patients, benefit the clinician? - CORRECT ANSWER No legal action Ensuring a properly grounded electrocardiograph reduces the risk of _______________ - CORRECT ANSWER 60-cycle electrical interference Cardiac chamber that contains most of the muscle mass of the heart is _______________ - CORRECT ANSWER left ventricle In a pediatric cardiology office, after working hours, a monitor technician offers the delivery of event monitor electrode patches that reduce skin irritation to a patient's home. This an example of - CORRECT ANSWER occupational safety violation the Pacemaker for ST is - CORRECT ANSWER Sinus Node Which of the following is true of sinus arrhythmia? - CORRECT ANSWER The R to R interval is irregular What waves are present in an atrial flutter that are not present in any other rhythm? - CORRECT ANSWER Atrial Flutter waves The rhythm is atrial fibrillation is - CORRECT ANSWER Irregular What is true of supraventricular tachycardia (SVT)? - CORRECT ANSWER The QRS complex width is within normal limits What is true of a junctional rhythm? - CORRECT ANSWER PR intervals are shorter than normal Supraventricular tachycardia originates - CORRECT ANSWER Above the level of the ventricles The normal PR interval is - CORRECT ANSWER 0.10 to 0.20 seconds A T wave represents - CORRECT ANSWER ventricular repolarization Which of the following is true about the 1st Degree AV block? - CORRECT ANSWER the PR Interval is greater than .20 seconds Which of the following is true of ventricular tachycardia? - CORRECT ANSWER QRS is wider than .12 seconds Which of the following is true of torsades de pointes? - CORRECT ANSWER it is polymorphic Which of the following is true of ventricular fibrillation? - CORRECT ANSWER there is no organized rhythm Which of the following is true of asystole? - CORRECT ANSWER There is no electrical activity Which of the following is true about premature ventricular contractions (PVC) - CORRECT ANSWER The impulse originates in the ventricle and QRS is so wide Mobitz Type I, Wenckebach, is characterized by - CORRECT ANSWER QRS is dropped... Mobitz II is characterized by - CORRECT ANSWER QRS is consistent... Third Degree heart block is characterized by - CORRECT ANSWER ... What distinguishes Supraventricular tachycardia (SVT) from Ventricular Tachycardia (VT)? - CORRECT ANSWER A normal QRS complex - CORRECT ANSWER is less than .10 seconds wide Name the rhythm that demonstrates 'group beating' - CORRECT ANSWER Mobitz 1 wenchebach Which rhythm would you expect to be associated with cardiac arrest? - CORRECT ANSWER Ventricular Fibrillation What would be considered tachycardia? - CORRECT ANSWER HR greater than 100 What is the first back up pacemaker in the heart? - CORRECT ANSWER AV Node What describes atrial fibrillation - CORRECT ANSWER P waves are unrecognizable Which of the following is true about the T wave? - CORRECT ANSWER the T wave is normal Holter monitor, or ambulatory monitor - CORRECT ANSWER a small box that is strapped to a patient's waist, neck, or shoulder to monitor the heart for 24 to 48 hours or even up to 30 days as the patient performs normal daily activities Transtelephonic monitoring - CORRECT ANSWER transmitted (trans) over the telephone (telephonic) Digital monitoring - CORRECT ANSWER allows ECG data to be recorded with a personal computer and then transmitted over the Internet to the healthcare facility. 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