*Healthcare Technology and Function – 25%

Question 1

Medical device used during cataract surgery to break up and suction out cloudy lens.

Answer 1

phaco emulsifier

Question 2

Used by orthopedic surgeons for exercising injured joints, sometimes ordered after knee surgery.

Answer 2

CPM machine

Question 3

What does a balloon pump, and defibrillator use in sync mode to trigger?

Answer 3

ECG R-wave

Question 4

AAMI ECG Lead III placement and colors.

Answer 4

LA (black), LL (red)

Question 5

AAMI ECG Lead II placement and colors.

Answer 5

RA (white), LL (red)

Question 6

Balloon pump is used in emergency situations such as ________.

Answer 6

Heart attack or congestive heart failure

Question 7

Pertaining to artificial ventilation, peak flow (LPM) sets ________.

Answer 7

maximum speed at which the gas flows into the patients lungs

Question 8

Hospital O2 wall pressure at the outlet is?

Answer 8

50-55 psig

Question 9

Operating principle of a mass spectrometer relies on effect of an ________ on a stream of ionized gas molecules.

Answer 9

magnetic field

Question 10

A Sequential Compression Device (SCD) is used in bed-ridden patients to prevent what?

Answer 10

deep vein thrombosis

Question 11

A balloon pump can be used during a waiting period in anticipation of a ________.

Answer 11

heart transplant

Question 12

What is the name of the device used to help blood flow from the left ventricle to the coronary arteries while increasing cardiac output with less left ventricular workload?

Answer 12

Intra-aortic balloon pump

Question 13

Surgical instruments should be ________ for laser cases to limit injury by reflection of coherent light

Answer 13

Ebonized

Question 14

Most commonly used gas for an insufflator.

Answer 14

CO2

Question 15

Typical defibrillator test load.

Answer 15

50 Ohms non-inductive

Question 16

Calibration voltage used in ECG

Answer 16

1 mV

Question 17

This component on an IV pump will prevent free flow.

Answer 17

mechanical interlock

Question 18

An ESU generator’s ability to coagulate without cutting

Answer 18

High crest factor

Question 19

ESU cut function is characterized by high ________ with a low crest factor.

Answer 19

duty cycle (100% on)

Question 20

What cardiac rhythm would use the defibrillation (non-sync) mode on a defibrillator?

Answer 20

Ventricular fibrillation

Question 21

Device used in clinical laboratories for measuring the concentration of particles in a solution.

Answer 21

Osmometer

Question 22

On a pulse oximeter, the ratio of absorption = ______

Answer 22

O2 saturation

Question 23

Balloon pump should inflate when the heart is ________.

Answer 23

at rest and diastole

Question 24

The percent rejection reading of a reverse osmosis system is fluctuating much more than normal. What could cause this?

Answer 24

Conductivity meters

Question 25

A balloon pump can be used during patient stabilization awaiting ________.

Answer 25

cardiac procedure

Question 26

Laser light is?

Answer 26

Coherent

Question 27

A spirometer is used to ________.

Answer 27

Assess how much air is inhaled and exhaled.

Question 28

What cardiac rhythm is a defibrillator set to cardioversion sync mode for?

Answer 28

Atrial fibrillation

Question 29

Medical device used for examining inside of the ears.

Answer 29

otoscope

Question 30

In a home health CPM machine, what does "CPM" stand for?

Answer 30

continuous passive motion

Question 31

Defibrillation shockable rhythms include: ________ and ________.

Answer 31

Ventricular Tachycardia and Ventricular Fibrillation

Question 32

________ effect is used to generate and detect ultrasound waves with piezoelectric ceramic materials.

Answer 32

Piezoelectric

Question 33

Bowie-Dick test and Dart test measures for what?

Answer 33

Proper vacuum phase operation in a autoclave sterilizer.

Question 34

IV pump occlusion sensors are usually sensed by ________ or ________.

Answer 34

pressure transducer, stall (current) sensor

Question 35

ESU blend function is characterized by a duty cycle between ________ and ________.

Answer 35

cut, coag

Question 36

Sector (vector) and Linear (rectangular) are examples of two types of ________.

Answer 36

ultrasound probes

Question 37

Laboratory equipment used to make very thin slices of tissue

Answer 37

microtome

Question 38

For invasive blood pressures, the transducer measuring the blood pressure must be ________ with the tip that is inserted into the body.

Answer 38

level

Question 39

Absorbs CO2 in anesthesia machine.

Answer 39

Soda lime

Question 40

Autoclave sterilization cycle.

Answer 40

Air removal, heat/pressurize, sterilization, cool/depressurize, dry.

Question 41

ESU coag function is characterized by low ________.

Answer 41

duty cycle (6% on, 94% off)

Question 42

What type of gas is typically used in an intra-aortic balloon pump?

Answer 42

Helium

Question 43

A nebulizer ________ liquid.

Answer 43

atomizes

Question 44

ECG waveforms are permanently stored in ________.

Answer 44

EEPROM

Question 45

Electrosurgical units operate between the frequencies of ________ and ________.

Answer 45

100 kHz, 5 MHz

Question 46

Gamma camera and scintillation counter are used primarily to study body organ ________.

Answer 46

function

Question 47

Balloon pumps patients in are typically in ________ and are ________

Answer 47

CICU’s, critically ill

Question 48

Balloon pump triggers on ________ wave.

Answer 48

R

Question 49

Used to measure lung residual volume (RV), total lung capacity (TLC), airway resistance, and intrathoracic gas volume (ITGV)

Answer 49

Plethesmograph

Question 50

Pertaining to artificial ventilation, frequency/breath rate (BPM) sets ________.

Answer 50

number of breaths delivered per minute

Question 51

During pulmonary studies, integration of the flow signal can be used to measure ________.

Answer 51

lung volume

Question 52

AAMI ECG Lead I placement and colors.

Answer 52

RA (white), LA (black)

Question 53

What is used to eliminate abnormal electrophysiological impulses in the heart?

Answer 53

Cardiac ablation

Question 54

What ECG lead is used for respiration?

Answer 54

Lead II, white and red, RA to LL

Question 55

Tourniquet machines used to stop blood flow to surgical sites use what gas?

Answer 55

N2 (Nitrogen) or air

Question 56

IV pump air-in-line sensors are usually ________ or ________

Answer 56

optical, ultrasonic

Question 57

Key component when a sterilization process uses plasma.

Answer 57

H2O2 (Hydrogen Peroxide)

Question 58

Optimal balloon pump timing set by ________ pressure tracing.

Answer 58

arterial

Question 59

On a pulse oximeter, the LED emits two lights at what different wavelengths?

Answer 59

Red and Infrared

Question 60

PEEP stands for what?

Answer 60

Positive end-expiratory pressure

Question 61

Most common temperature for infant incubator.

Answer 61

98.6 degrees F, 37 degrees C

Question 62

Empirical gas law that states that when the temperature of a given mass of confined gas is constant, the product of its pressure and volume is also constant. P1V1 = P2V2 or pressure is inversely proportional to volume.

Answer 62

Boyle's Law

Question 63

Defibrillator is used to correct this situation with the heart.

Answer 63

Ventricular fibrillation