CAMRT Exam Questions And 100% Correct AnswersWhat would C-spine flexion/extension views assess? - ANSWER Anterior and posterior
movement or lack of movement due to an injury
What is ERCP? - ANSWER Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography
For what is an ERCP used? - ANSWER To investigate bi...
What would C-spine flexion/extension views assess? - ANSWER Anterior and posterior
movement or lack of movement due to an injury
What is ERCP? - ANSWER Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography
For what is an ERCP used? - ANSWER To investigate biliary tree, CBD, gallbladder and
pancreas
For what would a ball catcher's view be good? - ANSWER Early stages of Rheumatoid
Arthritis
Low blood pressure with a tendency to dizzy by standing up too quickly - ANSWER
Orthostatic hypertension
What is Shenton's Line? - ANSWER An imaginary curved line drawn along the inferior
border of the superior pubic ramus and along the inferomedial border of the neck of
femur
What is Shenton's Line used for? - ANSWER To evaluate hip pathology
What body part is perpendicular to the CR when doing an intercondylar fossa? -
ANSWER Long axis of the lower leg (Tib / Fib)
What is the purpose of doing a lateral bend for scoliosis? - ANSWER To determine
structural change in early diagnosis
What is the optimal kVp for a chest? - ANSWER 100 - 130 kVp
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How do you compensate for CR for a portable Chest X-Ray on a kyphotic patient? -
ANSWER Angle less slightly or leave the tube perpendicular so clavicles will be 1" below
apices of lung
What is the largest focal spot size for scaphoid? - ANSWER 0.6 mm
What is one medication that can be mixed with the contrast to prevent a reaction? -
ANSWER A steroid or anti-histamine
What test tool is used to test focal spot? - ANSWER Slit camera, pinhole camera and star
pattern
What does focal spot size effect? - ANSWER Penumbra
What does penumbra effect? - ANSWER Recorded detail
What is the line focus principle? - ANSWER The lower the target angle, the smaller the
effective focal spot size. The higher the target angle, the larger the focal spot size
What is the advantage of line focus principle? - ANS It provides the detail of a small focal
spot while allowing a large amount of heat dissipation
If the pedicles sit too far posterior on vertebral bodies for an oblique L spine, what does
this mean? - ANS Too much obliquity
Remember: *PP - too much* (posterior pedicles)
What is a CVP line? - ANSWER Used for measuring central venous pressure as well as
allowing nutrients and fluid to be instilled
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Best location for a CVP (Central Venous Pressure) Line? - ANSWER Brachiocephalic
vein or Superior Vena Cava
Where does a Swan-Ganz catheter sit? - ANSWER The right side of the heart and the
arteries leading to the lungs
What does a Swan-Ganz catheter measure? - ANSWER The heart's function and the
blood flow pressures in and about the heart
What are Plia circularis? - ANSWER The many folds of the mucous membrane of the
small intestine
What are the instruments used for sensitometry? - ANSWER - Sensitometer (step
wedge)
- Densitometer
How often is a sensitometry strip done? - ANSWER Daily
What will be visualized on a 15O degree occipitofrontal view of the sinuses? - ANS -
Frontal sinuses
- Anterior ethmoidal air cells
- Sphenoid sinuses
Fracture of base of the first metacarpal in the oblique plane? - ANS Bennett's fracture
Fracture of the ankle involving one malleolus? - ANS Pott's fracture
Fracture of the ankle involving both malleoli? - ANS Second degree Pott's fracture
(bi-malleolar fracture)
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Ankle fracture involving both of the malleoli and the posterior surface of the tib
fractured as well? - ANSWER Third degree Pott's fracture (tri-malleolar fracture)
What is a Compound fracture? - ANSWER When the bone has broken through the skin
What is a Comminuted fracture? - ANSWER A fracture with more than two bone
fragments
Steps to open a sterile tray? - ANSWER - Away
- Left
- Right
- Toward you
An enema bag should be ____ inches or ____ cm above the anus? - ANSWER 24 inches or
61 cm
What portion of the gown is considered to be sterile in the surgical arena? - ANSWER
Waist to shoulders in the front and sleeves 2" above the elbow to the cuffs
What is visualized with a brain CT? - ANSWER Base of the skull to cranial apex
What vessel rises through the cervical transverse foramina? - ANSWER The vertebral
artery
May compression be utilised for microscopic hematuria when performing an IVP
(Intravenous Pyelogram) ? - ANSWER Yes
For what is compression for IVP contraindicated? - ANSWER - Stones
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