Question: A Phlebotomist Receives A Request To Collect Specimens For State Electrolytes, CK, And AST On A Patient With A Possible MI. When The Phlebotomist Arrives To Draw The Specimen, A Physician Is With The Patient And The Patient Is Explaining That He Had Been Feeling Extreme Anginal Pains For Almost An Hour Now. The Physician Tells The Phlebotomist To Go …

A phlebotomist receives a request to collect specimens for state electrolytes, CK, and AST on a patient with a possible MI. When the phlebotomist arrives to draw the specimen, a physician is with the patient and the patient is explaining that he had been feeling extreme anginal pains for almost an hour now. The physician tells the phlebotomist to go ahead and draw the specimen. The patient has an IV in the left arm near the wrist. There is an sphygmomanometer around the upper right arm. (25 pts) 1. What do the abbreviations CK and AST stand for? 2. What circulatory system structure is being evaluated by the ordered tests? 3. Tell what the abbreviation MI stands for and explain what it means in non-medical terms. 4. What does angina have to do with the patient’s possible diagnosis of an MI? 5. What is a sphygmomanometer, and can the phlebotomist use the arm to draw the blood?