Vital Signs Unit Review

The area of the body where you take a radial pulse is

• the neck

• the wrist

• the groin

• the inside of the elbow

The following are routes to take a temperature EXCEPT ...

• oral

• temporal

• axillary

• femoral

Fast heart beat, over 100 bpm

• tachycardia

• bradycardia

• tachypnea

• bradypnea

Tachypnea means

• fast shallow breathing

• breathing faster than normal

• breathing more than 25 breaths per minute

• slow breathing

Systolic means

• the first sound we hear when taking a blood pressure

• the sound that the heart makes when it contracts

• the fist number we document when writing the BP

• the heart is relaxed and not contracting.

we used this tool for ...

• measuring the patients pain level

• taking the BP

• counting the respirations

• taking the pulse

12 to 20 represents ...

• the respiratory range for an adult

• the pulse rate for an adult

• the temperature ranges for a baby

• the blood pressure range for an adult

What is a "normal" blood pressure

• 120/110 mmHg

• 120/80 mmHg

• 100/80 mmHg

• 140/80 mmHg

High blood pressure

• diastolic pressure

• systolic pressure

• hypotension

• hypertension

Systolic and diastolic pressure are measured in units of

• mmHg

• mimg

• mhg

• Pounds per Meter