PBS-DoNow-Vital Signs

Average temperature is ...

• 100.4

• 96.8

• 98.6

• 97.0

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

Normal respirations are .....

• 12-20 per minute

• 10-25 per minute

• 11-22 per minute

• 5-30 per minute

Systolic blood pressure is....

• lowest pressure during contraction

• lowest number

• highest pressure during contraction

The first "thump" you hear when taking a blood pressure is....

• the systolic blood pressure

• the diastolic blood pressure

• the lowest number

How do you check respirations in a patient that is conscious?

• Touch their chest or watch the chest

• Listen for their breathing

• Look, listen and feel

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

• the neck

• the wrist

• the groin

• the inside of the elbow

to take the vital signs you need :

• a thermometer

• a stethoscope

• a sphygmomanometer

• a second hand watch or timer

we used this tool for ...

• measuring the patients pain level

• taking the BP

• counting the respirations

• taking the pulse

the main vital signs include

• blood pressure

• respirations and pulse

• temperature

• blood sugar

What is a "normal" blood pressure

• 120/110 mmHg

• 120/80 mmHg

• 100/80 mmHg

• 140/80 mmHg

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-3