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©PREP4EXAMS@2024 [REAL-EXAM-DUMPS] Tuesday, July 30, 2024 12:01 AMNHA CCMA Exam Study Guide with Complete Solutions
Oral temperature about 100* F (37.8*C) - ✔️✔️Fever
97.6* F - 99.6* F
(36.4* C-37.6* C) - ✔️✔️Normal Temperature
Above 101* F (38.3* C) - ✔️✔️Rectal or ear fever temp
100.4* F (38* C) - ✔️✔️Pediatric Rectal Fever
Systolic less than 120
Diastolic less than 80 - ✔️✔️Normal BP
Systolic 120-139
Diastolic 80-89 - ✔️✔️Prehypertension
Systolic 140-159
Diastolic 90-99 - ✔️✔️Hypertension (stage 1)
Systolic 160 or above
Diastolic 100 or above - ✔️✔️Hypertension (stage 2)
Systolic 180 or above
Diastolic 110 or above - ✔️✔️Hypertensive
Systolic 90 or below
Diastolic 60 or below - ✔️✔️Hypotensive
60 - 100 beats per min - ✔️✔️Normal (Resting) Heart Rate
Resting heart rate of 100 beats per min or higher - ✔️✔️Tachycardia
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Resting heart rate of less than 60 beats per min - ✔️✔️Bradycardia
12-20 per min - ✔️✔️Respiration Rate
Vital Signs - ✔️✔️Blood pressure, Temperature, and Respiration.
Diastole - ✔️✔️Vein constricts, valve opens, ventricle relaxes, semi-lunar valves close.
Systole - ✔️✔️Ventricle closes, ventricle contracts, semi-lunar valves open.
BP cuff, stethoscope, antiseptic wipes. - ✔️✔️Gather for taking blood pressure.
Regular adult, pediatric, large, obese - ✔️✔️Blood pressure cuff size
one inch above the brachial artery. - ✔️✔️Blood pressure cuff should be placed.
Temperature - ✔️✔️a measure of the body's ability to generate, loses heat.
30 - ✔️✔️Eating, drinking, smoking, and exercise past ___ min can affect temperature
reading.
Hemorrhoids, rectal bleeding, surgery, tendency of bleeding, recent prostate surgery,
diarrhea, colostomy, sever heart disease, rash in rectal area, patient refuses. - ✔️✔️Avoid
rectal temperature readings. (10 Reasons)
Tympanic Thermometer - ✔️✔️Measures infrared heat waves that determine temperature
aurally.
Patients over age 3 - ✔️✔️Pull pinna up and back. (Aural Temp)
Patients younger than age 3 - ✔️✔️pull pinna down and back (Aural Temp)
Pediatric Anthropometric measurements - ✔️✔️Head circumference (birth-3 yrs old)
Remove diaper what weighing
Measure from head to foot.
(C x 9/5) + 32 = F - ✔️✔️Convert C to F
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(F - 32) x 5/9 = C - ✔️✔️Convert F to C
lb x 0.45 = kg - ✔️✔️Convert lb to kg
Kg x 2.2 = lb - ✔️✔️Convert Kg to lb.
in x 2.54 = cm - ✔️✔️Convert in to cm.
cm x 0.39 = in - ✔️✔️Convert cm to in.
Supine Position - ✔️✔️Patient lies flat face up.
Dorsal Recumbent - ✔️✔️Patient lies face up with knees bent.
Fowler's position - ✔️✔️Patient lies on table with head of table elevated to 90*.
Semi-Fowler's position - ✔️✔️Patient lies on table with head of table elevated to 45*
Prone Position - ✔️✔️Patient lies face down.
Sim's Position - ✔️✔️Patient lies on left side with right leg sharply bent with knee on the
table.
Knee chest Position - ✔️✔️Patient rest on knees and chest with head turned to one side.
Trendelenburg Position - ✔️✔️Patient is supine, bottom of the table is elevated 30*.
Sims' Position - ✔️✔️The proper position for a patient receiving a rectal temperature.
Lancet - ✔️✔️Small, sterile, pointed blade
Finger, heel stick
Ventricular depolarization - ✔️✔️R Wave
Birth - 3 yrs old - ✔️✔️Head circumference age
Benzalkonium Chloride - ✔️✔️May be used instead of alcohol for a venipuncture draw.
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Class A fire extinguisher - ✔️✔️Ordinary combustible materials that require water to
extinguish.
CPT Coding - ✔️✔️5 Digits
4.7 - 6.1 mm^3 - ✔️✔️Normal RBC count for males
4.2 - 5.4 mm^3 - ✔️✔️Normal RBC count for females
Chief Complaint - ✔️✔️CC.
Buccal - ✔️✔️Tablets are placed between tooth and gum. Used as a quick pain reliever.
Sublingual - ✔️✔️Tablets are placed under the tongue and are absorbed into the
bloodstream quickly.
Arterial Depolarization - ✔️✔️P Wave
Low-density lipid protein - ✔️✔️LDL
LDL - ✔️✔️Test for cardiac risk assessment.
Tunica intima - ✔️✔️Inner endothelial tissue of a blood vessel.
Tunica Tunica Media - ✔️✔️The inner smooth layer of a blood vessel.
25 gauge - ✔️✔️Needle size for subcutaneous injections
45 degree angle - ✔️✔️Angle of subcutaneous injections
Abdomen, upper buttocks, back upper arm, outer thigh - ✔️✔️Sight of subcutaneous
injections
15 degree angle - ✔️✔️Angle of intradermal injection
Volar forearm - ✔️✔️Sight of intradermal injection
Dosage, Method, Location - ✔️✔️Record about intradermal injection
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