CT

Question 1

AN AVERAGE RANGE FOR ACTIVATED PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME (PTT) IS

Answer 1

25-35 seconds

Question 2

WHAT IS THE CORRECT ANGLE OF INSERTION FOR PLACING A BUTTERFLY NEEDLE INTO A VEIN FOR IV CONTRAST

Answer 2

15 DEGREES

Question 3

A TOTAL VOLUME OF 125ML OF AN IODINATED CONTRAST AGENT IS ADMINISTERED INTRAVENOUSLY VIA AUTOMATIC INJECTOR IN 50 SEC. THE FLOW RATE FOR THIS INJECTION IS?

Answer 3

TOTAL CONTRAST VOLUME /TIME OF INJECTION.

2.5 ML PER SEC

Question 4

THE CONDITION WHEREBY THE PATIENT SUFFERS FROM A LOW CONCENTRATION OF OXYGEN IN THE BLOOD IS CALLED?

Answer 4

HYPOXEMIA

Question 5

INSUFFICIENT OXYGENATION OF TISSUE AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL IS CALLED?

Answer 5

HYPOXIA

Question 6

WHAT IS THE TERM FOR LOW BLOOD PRESSURE

Answer 6

HYPOTENSION

Question 7

WHAT IS THE TERM FOR LOW SODIUM LEVELS IN THE BLOOD

Answer 7

HYPONATREMIA

Question 8

WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING SHOULD BE INCLUDED WHEN OBTAINING HISTORY FROM A PATIENT BEFORE IV CONTRAST?
1. ANY PRIOR ALLERGIC REACTIONS TO CONTRAST
2.PRESENCE OF HIV OR HEPATITIS INFECTION
3.HISTORY OF ASTHMA

Answer 8

1 AND 3 ONLY

Question 9

WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING FACTORS MAY AFFECT A PATIENT’S CALCULATED GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE (GFR)

1.AGE
2.SEX
3.RACE

Answer 9

1,2, AND 3

Question 10

WHAT IV CONTRAST AGENT ADMINISTRATION METHODS PROVIDES THE GREATEST OVERALL PLASMA IODINE CONCENTRATION?

Answer 10

BOLUS TECHNIQUE

Question 11

A PATIENT IN SHOCK MAY EXHIBIT WHAT SYMPTOMS?

Answer 11

RAPID BREATHING,TACHYCARDIA, HYPOTENSION, WEAK PULSE, PALLOR, CYANOSIS,AND COLD CLAMMY SKIN.

Question 12

THE DRUG SOLU-CORTEF MAY BE CLASSIFIED AS A?

Answer 12

CORTICOSTERIOD

Question 13

SOLU-CORTEF IS A BRAND NAME FOR WHAT?

Answer 13

HYDROCORTISONE

Question 14

WHAT TYPE OF DRUGS ARE USED DURING TREATMENT OF ANAPHYLACTOID REACTIONS TO IODINATED CONTRAST?

Answer 14

CORTICOSTEROID

Question 15

WHAT ARE NONIONIC CONTRAST MATERIAL?

Answer 15

1.IOPAMIDOL (ISOVUE)
2.IOHEXOL (OMNIPAQUE)
3. IOPROMIDE (ULTRAVIST)

Question 16

WHAT IS THE TERM USED TO DESCRIBE A PATIENT WHO IS HAVING DIFFICULTY BREATHING?

Answer 16

DYSPNEA

Question 17

WHAT CONSENT DESCRIBES THE SITUATION IN WHICH AN ASSUMPTION IS MADE THAT AN UNCONSCIOUS OR OTHERWISE PHYSICALLY UNABLE PATIENT CONSENTS TO MEDICAL TREATMENT?

Answer 17

IMPLIED CONSENT

Question 18

COMPLETE CARDIAC DIASTOLE CORRESPONDS TO WHICH PORTION OF TH CARDIAC CYCLE ON AN ELECTROCARDIOGRAM (ECG)

Answer 18

T WAVE

Question 19

COMPLETE CARDIAC DIASTOLE IS WHAT

Answer 19

THE PERIOD OF ATRIAL AND VENTRICULAR RELAXATION AFTER HEART CONTRACTION.

Question 20

DURING CT ARTHROGRAPHY, IODINATED CONTRAST IS INJECTED DIRECTLY INTO THE?

Answer 20

JOINT SPACE

Question 21

NAME A ISO-OSMOLAR CONTRAST MEDIA (IOCM)

Answer 21

IODIXANOL(VISIPAQUE)

Question 22

WHAT DOES IOCM STAND FOR

Answer 22

ISO-OSMOLAR CONTRAST MEDIA

Question 23

WHAT DOES LOCM STAND FOR

Answer 23

LOW OSMOLAR CONTRAST MEDIA

Question 24

A COMMON SITE FOR THE IV ADMINISTRATION OF IODINATED CONTRAST MEDIA IS THE ANTERIOR RECESS OF THE ELBOW, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE

Answer 24

ANTECUBITAL SPACE

Question 25

THE POTENTIALLY SERIOUS DECLINE IN RENAL FUNCTION AFTER THE IV ADMINISTRATION OF CONTRAST MEDIA IS CALLED?

Answer 25

CONTRAST-INDUCED NEPHROTOXICITY (CIN)

Question 26

ADVANTAGES OF A SALINE FLUSH IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE IV ADMINISTRATION OF CONTRAST MEDIA INCLUDE? 1.REDUCTION IN REQUIRED CONTRAST AGENT DOSE 2.REDUCTION IN THE INCIDENCE OF CONTRAST-INDUCED NEPHROTOXICITY (CIN) 3.REDUCTION OF STREAKING ARTIFACT FROM DENSE CONTRAST AGENT IN THE VASCULATURE

Answer 26

1,2, AND 3. IT ALSO IMPROVES THE OVERALL CONTRAST AGENT UTILIZATION EFFICIENCY OF THE CT EXAM

Question 27

WHAT MEDICATION IS GIVING TO DILATE THE CORONARY VASCULATURE PRIOR TO A CARDIC CT EXAM

Answer 27

SUBLINGUAL NITROGLYCERINE

Question 28

WHAT IS THE NORMAL RANGE FOR DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE IN AN ADULT?

Answer 28

60-90 MM HG

Question 29

WHAT IS A PARENTERAL ROUTE OF MEDICATION ADMINISTRATION

Answer 29

INTRAMUSCULAR,INTRAVENOUS,INTRADERMAL,AND SUBCUTANEOUS

Question 30

A PERENTERAL ROUTE IS A?

Answer 30

INJECTION OF MEDICINE INTO THE BODY

Question 31

WHAT PRECAUTIONS ATTEMPT TO PROTECT FROM THE SPREAD OF INFECTION THROUGH DIRECT OR INDIRECT CONTACT WITH FECAL MATTER

Answer 31

ENTERIC PRECAUTION

Question 32

ENTERIC PRECAUTION CONSISTS OF

Answer 32

GLOVES AND GOWN. NOT MASK

Question 33

IONIC CONTRAST MEDIA ARE SALTS CONSISTING OF?

Answer 33

SODIUM AND OR MEGLUMINE

Question 34

IOTHALAMATE MEGLUMINE IS CONSIDERED WHAT?

Answer 34

ONE OF THE IONIC RADIOPAQUE CONTRAST MEDIA (RCM)

Question 35

A PATIENT WHO APPEARS DROWSY BUT CAN BE AROUSED IS SAID TO BE

Answer 35

LETHARGIC

Question 36

DIRECT CONTRAINDICATIONS TO THE ADMINISTRATION OF IODINATED CONTRAST MATERIAL INCLUDE. 1. PRIOR LIFE-THREATENING REACTION TO IODINATED CONTRAST MATERIAL 2.MULTIPLE MYELOMA 3.DIABETES

Answer 36

1 ONLY

Question 37

CTDI STANDS FOR

Answer 37

THE CT DOSE INDEX

Question 38

CTDI IS USED FOR WHAT

Answer 38

USED TO QUANTIFY THE RADIATION DOSE RECEIVED BY THE PATIENT DURING A CT SCAN

Question 39

CONTACT SHIELDS MADE OF WHAT MAY BE USED TO SELECTIVELY PROTECT RADIOSENSITIVE ORGANS THAT LIE WITHIN THE CANNED REGION DURING A CT ACQUISITION

Answer 39

BISMUTH

Question 40

A REDUCTION IN WHAT IS A DIRECT METHOD OF DECREASING PATIENT DOSE DURING A CT EXAM

Answer 40

MAS

Question 41

WHAT DEVICE MEASURES THE PATIENT DOSE FROM A CT EXAM

Answer 41

IONIZATION CHAMBERS

Question 42

TO MEET CURRENT INDUSTRY STANDARDS FOR REQUIRED DOSE REDUCTION MEASURES, A CT SYSTEM MUST EMPLOY WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING 1.AUTOMATIC EXPOSURE CONTROL (AEC) 2.ADULT AND PEDS PROTOCOLS 3.DIGITL IMAGING AND COMMUNICATIONS IN MEDICINE (DICOM) RADIATION DOSE STRUCTURED REPORTING (RDSR)

Answer 42

1,2 AND 3

Question 43

WHEN IMPLEMENTING A SCAN PROTOCOL FOR A CT OF THE ABD WITHOUT CONTRAST ON A PEDS PATIENT (40LB/18KG) WHAT TECHNICAL FACTOR SHOULD BE PRIMARILY ADJUSTED?

Answer 43

MAS

Question 44

WHOLE BODY RISK BASED UPON THE RADIOSENSITIVITY OF EXPOSED TISSUES MAY BE ESTIMATED USING THE UNIT?

Answer 44

EFFECTIVE DOSE