PBS-DoNow-1/5-Vital Signs Review

All of the following are vital signs except...

• Temperature

• Blood Pressure

• Headache

• Pulse

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

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

• the systolic blood pressure

• the diastolic blood pressure

• the lowest number

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

• the neck

• the wrist

• the groin

• the inside of the elbow

A person fainted. What do you do to know he/she is alive?

• Ask the person if he or she is ok.

• Check if he or she is breathing.

• Check if the person has pulse.

In what situations is it necessary to meassure vital signs?

• A woman felt bad health and fainted in the middle of the street.

• A person got scared and his/her hert started beating faster.

• A person is out of breath after running.

• A boy had an accident when he was riding his bicycle.

What is the pulse?

• Taking oxygen into the body through the lungs.

• The average body temperature in human beings.

• Number of heartbeats per minute.

The number on the bottom of a BP reading measures...

• Pressure during a heart contraction
• Pressure between heart beats
• Pressure of the blood vessels on the blood
• Thickness of blood

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