CRAT Practice Test
A testing facility is ordered to send a mobile cardiovascular telemetry monitor to a patient. The testing facility notifies the cardiology office that the patient's primary care physician for palpitations. An appropriate next step would be to
Contact the primary care physician's office and explain the issue regarding coverage, offering a different type monitor that would be covered by the patient's insurance
What should be done when a patient reports that his or her demographic information is incorrect?
Follow the organizational procedure and correct the error immediately
An in-hospital telemetry technician arrives for his shift and notices that the report for the prior shift has not been completed. The telemetry technician should ______________
Notify the supervisor or senior technician of the situation to seek advice on how to proceed
The MOST effective ECG analysis requires following which sequence of steps?
Regularity, rate, P wave, PR interval and QRS complex
When is the appropriate to contact a patient's family member?
only if the patient has signed a HIPAA form giving permission
In the absence of a release form, a patient's health information may be shared with the patient's __________ without committing a HIPAA violation.
physician
In addition to the patient identification process EXCEPT the patient's ____________
room number
A patient with an event monitor calls the service to submit his recordings. What is the BEST approach for recording the patient's symptoms?
use the patient's verbiage
Ensuring that the electrocardiograph is properly grounded reduces the risk of _______________
60-cycle electrical interference
A patient with a transtelephonic monitor suddenly begins slurring his words and complaining that he has a tingling in his left arm. What is the MOST appropriate action?
Activate EMS
A primary care technician office calls the cardiology office. For a diagnosis of syncope, she orders a 48-hour Holter monitor to be placed on a patient new to the cardiology office. The cardiology office is unable to contact the patient by phone within the following 24 hours to schedule the patient's testing. What is the next step when arranging for this patient's
Call the primary physician's office to verify contact information
A nursing home calls a cardiology office requesting that a transtelephonic pacemaker check be conducted on a new admission to the facility. The technician finds no medical record indicating that the patient has been followed by the practice. What is the technician's next step?
Contact the primary care physician's office to obtain a prescription for transtelephonic monitoring
The transtelephonic technicians responsible for checking pacemakers in a cardiology office note that a particular demographic area of their patient population has more problems with unpredictable disconnections during transmissions than other locations. What is MOST APPROPRIATE next step for the technicians to take?
create a list of patients who have had a problem with disconnections
A technician has been ordered to obtain an ECG from an unconscious patient. The technician should ___________
explain procedure to the family in the room
Which cardiac chamber contains MOST of the muscle mass of the heart?
left ventricle
What is the benefit to the clinician from explaining planned services or pending procedures clearly to patients?
no legal action
A monitor technician in a pediatric cardiology office offers to deliver event monitor electrode patches, which are less likely to cause skin irritation to a patient's home after work. What is this an example of?
occupational safety violation