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Build a study plan around the three-hour CCI RVS Pearson VUE exam, 170 questions, 150 scored items, vascular patient care, ultrasound physics and hemodynamics, abdominal and visceral exams, cerebrovascular studies, extremity arterial and venous exams, and hemodialysis access.
The CCI RVS exam validates practical vascular ultrasound judgment across patient safety, Doppler physics, arterial and venous duplex, visceral studies, neurovascular exams, and dialysis access. HiraEdu helps candidates translate CCI's matrix into weighted study blocks, image interpretation drills, and three-hour pacing practice.
Use CCI's current RVS format, matrix weights, Pearson VUE delivery, and scored-item structure before planning practice blocks.
CCI lists RVS as a three-hour computer-based exam with 170 questions.
The exam includes 150 scored questions and 20 unscored questions that are not identified during the exam.
CCI states RVS is administered year-round at Pearson Professional Centers based on availability.
Extremity arterial exams account for 22%, extracranial/intracranial exams for 20%, and venous exams for 19%.
RVS prep should follow CCI's seven-part matrix: patient care and safety, physics and hemodynamics, abdominal/visceral, extracranial/intracranial, extremity arterial, extremity venous, and hemodialysis studies.
Extremity arterial, extracranial/intracranial, and venous exams carry the largest weights. Practice duplex technique, waveforms, stenosis criteria, post-intervention findings, ABI, PVR, exercise testing, insufficiency testing, and vein mapping.
Ultrasound physics and hemodynamics are practical skills on this exam. Review transducer selection, grayscale optimization, PW and CW Doppler, color Doppler, power Doppler, artifacts, bioeffects, and safety.
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The CCI Registered Vascular Specialist (RVS) examination is for professionals working in vascular ultrasound. CCI states that the computer-based exam is administered year-round at Pearson Professional Centers based on test-center availability. The exam fee is $365 USD, and approved candidates receive an Authorization to Test with a 90-day eligibility window.
CCI lists the RVS exam as a three-hour computer-based test with 170 questions: 150 scored and 20 unscored questions that are not identified during the exam. The task matrix weights Maintaining Patient Care and Safety at 11%, Applying Principles of Physics and Hemodynamics at 15%, Performing Abdominal/Visceral Examinations at 10%, Performing Extracranial/Intracranial Examinations at 20%, Performing Arterial Examinations of the Upper and Lower Extremities at 22%, Performing Venous Examinations of the Upper and Lower Extremities at 19%, and Performing Hemodialysis Examinations at 3%. Preparation should cover vascular anatomy, hemodynamics, ultrasound physics, Doppler optimization, pathology, arterial and venous duplex, ABI/PVR testing, vascular interventions, and correlation with CT or MR imaging.
CCI lists the RVS examination as a three-hour computer-based exam.
CCI lists 170 questions total: 150 scored questions and 20 unscored questions that are not identified during the exam.
CCI states that RVS is administered year-round at Pearson Professional Centers based on test-center availability.
Extremity arterial exams carry 22%, extracranial/intracranial exams carry 20%, and extremity venous exams carry 19% of the exam score.
Review vascular anatomy, hemodynamics, ultrasound physics, Doppler optimization, abdominal and visceral studies, carotid and transcranial exams, arterial and venous duplex, ABI/PVR, vein mapping, and dialysis access.
Review CCI's RVS pathways for vascular ultrasound education, work experience, study counts, active ultrasound credentials, and supporting documentation.
Build study blocks around patient safety, physics, abdominal/visceral, extracranial/intracranial, arterial, venous, and hemodialysis examination areas.
Practice waveform recognition, stenosis criteria, physiologic tests, post-intervention assessment, venous insufficiency, vein mapping, dialysis access, and imaging correlation.
Use 170-question mixed practice to build pacing across scored and unscored items, images, Doppler decisions, and patient-care scenarios.
Use the guide to self-serve, or talk to a coordinator if you need help mapping timelines, official requirements, or troubleshooting day-of logistics.
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