Vital Signs

When taking a respiration rate do all of the following EXCEPT

• watch the chest

• tell the patient to count

• count for one minute

• record respiration rate

The breathing rate of the patient

• Pulse
• Respirations
• Temperature
• Pulse

Vital signs are...

• Any measurement of the body
• Vital measurements that tell if you are alive
• Measurements of the basic functions of the human body

Vital signs are important because they...

• Are a requirement doctors must make for every patient
• Signify if your brain is functioning properly
• Are clues for diagnosing illnesses and diseases
• All choices

What are the four main vital signs?

• Temperature, pulse, size of pupils, and respirations

• Temperature, pain, pulse, and blood pressure

• Temperature, pulse, respirations, and blood pressure

• Consciousness, temperature, pulse, and respirations

Which of the following is a definition of pulse?

• Synapses in the patient's brain that keep blood flowing in the body.

• The amount of oxygen being transported to body organs.

• The pressure of blood pushing against an artery as the heart beats.

• The amount of blood being circulated in the body.

A normal Oral temperature is

• 98.6

• 99.4

• 100.2

• 97.0

Where is radial (wrist) pulse measured?

• On the pinky finger side of the patient's wrist

• Only on the left wrist

• In the middle of the wrist

• On the thumb side of the patient's wrist

What is "pulse"

• how many times you breathe per minute

• how many times you sneeze per minute

• how many times your heart beats per minute

What is "blood pressure"

• how stressed your heart is

• how hard your muscles are pushing on the heart

• the force of the blood pumping through your veins