CCHT 2025 EXAM EXAM QUESTIONS

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CCHT 2025 EXAM EXAM QUESTIONS

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Question 1: At the wrist

Answer:

Brachial

Question 2: Blood leak

Answer:

Dialyzer membranes can tear letting blood and dialysate mix Or could have major blood loss Blood could be contaminated by non sterile dialysate Detect by a light shining though dialysate that can detect color change When alarm occurs blood pump stops and venous line clamps to prevent further blood loss If blood leak occurs do not return blood because dialysate isn't sterile and can cause infection

Question 3: Pyrogen Reaction

Answer:

• What causes symptoms of fever and chills?
• What causes symptoms of nausea and vomiting?

Question 4: Hypovolemia

Answer:

low blood volume

Question 5: Venous chamber

Answer:

If a patient is not to receive a saline prime at the beginning of a hemodialysis treatment, and it's drained into a waste container on the side of the machine, then the technician must connect the venous line to the access when the blood reaches the ________?

Question 6: button hole technique

Answer:

Dialysis needles are placed in a fistula ( not graft) into same holes at the same angles.

Question 7: uremia

Answer:

Severe kidney failure resulting in the buildup of waste products within the blood. ( urine in the blood).

Question 8: muscle cramps

Answer:

Caused by sodium, potassium, and calcium shifts.

Question 9: PPM

Answer:

parts per million

Question 10: Diffusion

Answer:

Movement of molecules from an area of higher concentration to an area of lower concentration.

Question 11: nausea and vomiting

Answer:

Immediately report sever hypotension ( less than 100mm Hg systolic) " administer saline"

Question 12: Decrease the Ultrafiltration Rate

Answer:

If a patient develops hypotension during a hemodialysis treatment and the technician finds that the patient develops a rapid and irregular heartbeat then the technician should notify the nurse and what?

Question 13: Catabolism

Answer:

A process that breaks down proteins, forming water. These wastes are removed by healthy kidneys.

Question 14: Narrowing of the blood vessels and can cause thrombosis.

Answer:

Thrombosis

Question 15: Water softener

Answer:

a device containing an ion-exchange resin that is used to treat water by removing ions causing water hardness

Question 16: swelling

Answer:

Apical

Question 17: Reverse Osmosis (RO)

Answer:

A way to remove solutes from a solution where water moves through a semipermeable membrane.

Question 18: water system

Answer:

Stenosis

Question 19: Discard the spike and attached tubing

Answer:

When hanging a new bag of Normal saline, the technician touches the spike to the outside of the bag.What should the technician do next?

Question 20: continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD)

Answer:

Treatment that uses the lining of the abdominal cavity to remove waste.

Question 21: 6 Standards of Hemodialysis Water

Answer:

Must be free of :

• Bacteria
• Endotoxins
• Metals
• Trace elements
• Salts
• Other substances

Question 22: Carbon tanks

Answer:

primary and secondary carbon tanks

Question 23: Type of staph bacteria that resistance to many antibiotics.

Answer:

Intradialytic

Question 24: A vibration buzz in the full length of the access

Answer:

edema Question 25: For maximum effectiveness, the heparin infusion line should generally be placed_______? (Where)

Answer:

The goal of ultrafiltration profiling is to decrease

Question 26: Hypoglycemia

Answer:

low blood sugar

Question 27: 3 Functions of Dialysis Water

Answer:

• pretreatment ( prep of water)
• purification
• distribution