CCMA Practice Test 2

Healthcare professionals are required to spend at least 20 seconds washing their hands with soap and water. Wash your hands before and after touching a patient or the patient’s immediate environment.

A catheter is usually placed in patients that are not able to get up out of bed to use the restroom or have difficulty passing urine by themselves. A catheter may also be placed before and after surgery to run specific tests that may be ordered.

Distilled water is usually 99.9% pure and is best for autoclaves to prevent build up and damage to the machines and tools.

Leukopenia can broken down as leuk/o-, meaning “white,” and -penia, meaning “decrease or deficiency.”

COPD stands for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and it refers to the progressive decrease in air exchange that occurs as a result of either emphysema or chronic bronchitis.

Abduction is the movement of the arms away from the body within the plane of the torso, or the coronal plane.

The calcitonin hormone is responsible for reducing blood levels of calcium during hypercalcemia. TSH (thyroid stimulating hormone) is actually secreted by the pituitary gland and signals the brain to release thyroxine.

Epi- is the prefix meaning “upon,” “on,” “over,” “near,” or “at.” Remember, peri- means “to surround.”

Tachy- means fast. For example, tachycardia pertains to fast or rapid heartbeat. Tachycardia is characterized by having a heartbeat of over 100.

Certain communicable diseases are considered to be important enough to public health and are therefore required to be reported by law. Local and state health departments as well as the CDC use this information to track trends and outbreaks.

HIPAA (the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) was created in 1996 to ensure patient privacy and ensure that employees keep their insurance if they change or lose their job.

FMLA allows an employee to take up to 12 weeks off each year without fear of losing their job. Proper paperwork and assessment has to be completed to be given FMLA.

An HMO is a kind of health insurance that has a list of providers that the patient is eligible to see. A referral is required from the patient’s primary care provider to see providers outside of that primary care office.

Medicare is health insurance that is funded by the government for people 65 and up. Some people are eligible for medicare if they have a disability like ALS or end-stage renal disease.

All words are spelled correctly other than “bactereology.” Instead, it should be “bacteriology.”

Remember that the urine is formed in the kidneys, so the chain will start there. The urine then travels down the ureters and into the bladder. It exits the bladder via the urethra and the urethra meatus.

The term “adipose” refers to where the fat cells are stored.

It is important for medical assistants to stay within their scope of practice. Starting an IV or administering medication through the IV is well outside their scope.

OSHA stands for Occupational Safety and Health Administration. It is in place to ensure safe working conditions for workers by setting and enforcing standards and by providing training.