NCHSE Technical 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

The most accurate mode of taking temperature is...

• oral

• axillary

• rectal

• tympanic

You check a babies pulse in the ______ artery.

• radial

• carotid

• brachial

• femoral

A fast pulse is also called...

• tachycardia

• tachypnea

• bradycardia

• bradypnea

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

• the systolic blood pressure

• the diastolic blood pressure

• the lowest number

High blood pressure is...

• tachycardia

• hypotension

• bradycardia

• hypertension

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

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