Pre-Study Patient Prep

Which of the following begins with the head and eyes turning to one side?

Adverse seizures

Which of the following should be documented in the history?

The patient had dialysis this morning

Which is most important to document in the history of your EEG patient?

Last seizre

Which is most important to document in the history of your EEG patient?

skull defects

A patient with a right hemiparesis most likely has a lesion of the left

frontal lobe

In evaluating abnormal EEG discharges it is most important to document?

level of consciousness and movementsand any associated symptoms.

What is most prominent clinical feature of Dilantin toxicity?

Ataxia

A Business Associate Agreement is required when

medical records are shared

Once EEG data is acquired there is an expectation that the information will be protected. This means

all staff are accountable for protecting the patient confidentiality

The central aspect of using the “minimum necessary” amount of protected health information needed to accomplish the intended purpose of the use, disclosure, or request is a part of which Act?

Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act

A technologist should only discuss EEG finding with

the interpreting electroencephalographer

A stat EEG has been ordered on a woman who experienced a generalized tonic-clonic. She is confused. While the technologist is running baseline, a man enters claiming to be her husband. If he asks about the record, the technologist should

ask the man to wait for a physician to speak to him

When is it permissible to release patient information to a third party?

when the patient provides written consent

What is the most effective means of preventing nosocomial infections?

Hand hygiene

Papilledema is most common in which of the following conditions?

Posterior fossa tumor

Which of the following best describes a noncritical infectious instrument?

Has contact with intact skin

How should needles be discarded?

Disposed of in a sharps container

Lateralized periodic discharges are most likely associated with

herpes simplex encephalitis

In the EEG laboratory, the major concern for transmission of infection is through

blood

When testing an outpatient with active tuberculosis, it is necessary for the

patient to wear a mask

Which of the following is most closely related to the measurement of voltage in relation to current and resistance?

Ohm’s Law

Life-threatening current could pass through a patient if

the machine ground is not intact

Avoid the use of this in EEG because if may increase the capacitive current to a potentially dangerous amount

Extension cord

What type of electricity provides a steady source of current, flowing in one direction

Direct current

Which of the following is a violation of ABRET’s Code of Ethics?

Not striving to keep current in the technology

According to the ABRET Code of Ethics, a credentialed technologist should report to ABRET if

they have been convicted of a felony related to their work in neurodiagnostic

Which of the following is grounds for disciplinary action according to ABRET’s Code of Ethics?

Being found to have been ineligible to take the credentialing exam, even if the credential has already been earned

Which of the following is the standard of conduct for credentialed technologists?

ABRET Code of Ethics

Impedance is the resistance of a part of the circuit to the passage of

alternating current

Which of the following measures the opposition to current when a know voltahe is applied?

Impedance Meter

Impedance can best be described as the

resistance to alternating current

A single attenuated channel of EEG may be the result of

Inter-electrode spacing too close to

Extremely low voltage due to phase cancellation may be caused by

Salt bridge

Balanced electrode impedances are important to

Lessen 60 hz interference

Short interelectrode distance between electrodes will cause which of the following changes to the EEG waveform

Decrease amplitude

EEG is most useful in

encephalopathy

Which of the following occurs with unbalanced electrode impedances of greater than 20kOhms

marked increase in 60 Hz activity B

Balanced impedances allow you to

Maximize common rejection mode

According to OSHA, when must electro neurodiagnostic equipment be checked for leakage current, ground resistance, and electrical safety?

SemiannuallyS

SDS

safety data sheet Re

Reduction of health care-associated infections is addressed by

National Patient Safety Goals