Sports Medicine Chapter 6 Review

A pulse that is weak and rapid is called

• regular

• bounding

• radial

• thready

The radial pulse site is located at the

• wrist

• neck

• groin

• heart

Which pulse site is most commonly used for checking blood pressure?

• femoral

• brachial

• dorsalis pedis

• popliteal

If you wanted to check the circulation in the foot of an athlete who had an ankle injury, you would use the

• femoral pulse site

• poplieteal pulse site

• temporal pulse site

• dorsalis pedis pulse site

The normal rate of respiration for individuals age 15 and older is...

• 16-18 breaths per minute

• 10-12 breaths per minute

• 13-16 breaths per minute

• more than 20 breaths per minute

What is the main purpose in taking an individual's vital signs?

• to assess the conditions of the various body systems

• to see that body systems are stimulated

• to achieve a balance in tachycardia

• to determine if the patient is conscious

A rapid but weak pulse usually will indicate

• fright

• shock, bleeding, diabetic coma, or heat exhaustion

• cardiac arrest, or death

• skull fracture or a stroke

The rhythm of the pulse is described as

• fast or slow

• regular or irregular

• severe or nonsevre

• thready or bounding

What is the normal pulse rate for an adult?

• 80-90 bpm

• 60-90 bpm

• 60-100 bpm

• 70-90 bpm

Difficult or painful breathing (shortness of breath) is called

• tachypnea

• bradypnea

• dyspnea

• apnea