DIAGNOSTIC EXIT TICKET 1/10/23

Match the following

• auscultation

• heart relaxing

• diastolic pressure

• listening to body sounds

• systolic pressure

• procedure that determines the amount of oxygen saturation in the blood. also called oxygen saturation test

• palpation

• using hands to examine the body

• pulse oximetry

• heart contracting

Match the following

• event recorder

• use of strategies incorporated through verbal/nonverbal techniques to make sure that the message is received

• holter monitor

• test designed to provoke ischemia and related ekg changes to aid in diagnosing cardiac abnormalities; also known as an exercise stress test

• stress test

• form of patient utpatient testing that involves the patient triggering the machine to record when cardiac symptoms occur

• therapeutic communication

• the patients actions indicate that they are giving consent for the procedure

• implied consent

• portable battery operated device that continuously monitors the heart for 24 hours or more. also called an ambulatory monitor

Match the following terms to the correct definition

• stenotic

• excessive sweating

• diaphoresis

• narrowing or constricted

• cyanosis

• skin, lips, toes or fingers turned blue or discolored

• syncope

• fainting

• sphygmomanometer

• equipment used for measuring blood pressure

AN EKG TECH IS COLLECTING THE BLOOD PRESSURE FROM AN ADULT PATIENT. THE TECHNICIAN SHOULD RECOGNIZE THAT WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS WITHIN THE EXPECTED RANGE FOR THE PATIENT?

• 85/55

• 100/62

• 110/56

• 122/84

AN EKG TECH IS ASSISTING A PATIENT AND THE PATIENT DEVELOPS NAUSEA AND VOMITS ALL OVER THE GOWN. WHERE SHOULD THE PATIENT AND/OR TECHNICIAN PLACE THE SOILED GOWN?

• SHARPS CONTAINER

• TRASH CAN

• SOILED UTILITY SINK

• BIOHAZARD BAG

IF AN EKG TECH IS OBSERVING A PATIENT DURING A STRESS TEST, WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING WOULD BE A SIGN THAT THE PATIENT IS IN CARDIOVASCULAR DISTRESS

• HEART RATE 100 BPM

• BLOOD PRESSURE 60/40 MM/HG

• SAO2 LEVEL OF 96%

• RESPIRATORY RATE OF 24/MIN

AN EKG TECHNICIAN IS PREPARING TO MEASURE THE HEART RATE OF AN ADOLESCENT PATIENT. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING RESTUNG HEART RATES IS WITHIN THE EXPECTED REFERENCE RANGE FOR THIS PATIENT?

• 15 MIN

• 80 MIN

• 120 MIN

• 185 MIN

WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS A SIGN OF CARDIOPULMONARY COMPROMISE

• WARM, DRY SKIN

• HYPERTENSION

• DIAPHORESIS

• SUDDEN WEIGHT LOSS