Vital Signs

1. This is the most accurate route to measure body temperature:

• Axial

• Rectal

• Oral

• Tympanic

• Temporal

This is the least accurate route to measure body temperature, and should be used as a last resort:

• Axial

• Rectal

• Oral

• Tympanic

• Temporal

Make sure the patient has not ate or drank anything and if they have wait about _____ minutes to take their temperature

• 10

• 15

• 20

• 25

For children less than 12 months pull the pinna of the ear _______ and _______. This straightens the ear canal. (Route: Tympanic)

• Up ; Back

• Up; Forward

• Down ; Back

• Down ; Forward

Insert the oral the thermometer into the patients mouth, under the _______.

• Lip

• Throat

• Tongue

Which thermometer is used starting at the center of the forehead and swept across the forehead to the hairline?

• Axial

• Rectal

• Oral

• Tympanic

• Temporal

Find the pulse of the patient’s _______ artery by using the index and middle fingers. Never use the _______ to find the patient’s pulse because the ______ has its own pulse.

• Radial; thumb

• Thumb; radial

• Brachial; thumb

• Thumb; brachial

If you were to have measured your patients pulse at 30 seconds for 40 beats, what is their beats per minute (bpm)? (a)   bpm

If you were to have measured your patients pulse at 30 seconds for 32 beats, what is their beats per minute (bpm)? (a)   bpm

If you were to have measured your patients pulse at 15 seconds for 20 beats, what is their beats per minute (bpm)? (a)   bpm