Check your understanding: Vital signs

vital means

• important

• Not important

• Essential for life

checking vital signs is very important because it

• gives information about the persons health status

• a waste of time

• it shows if the patient is getting better

• is the first step in giving first aid

checking the body temperature can be done through

• mouth

• hand

• ear

• under arm

The normal body temp is

• A

  39-40

• between 37.5-38.5

• between 36.5-37.2

We measure body temp by a device called

• Avometer

• Barometer

• Thermometer

Pulse rate means

• Blood pressure

• number of breaths

• The number of heartbeats

Blood pressure is the force of blood pushing against

• artery walls

• vein walls

• Capillary walls

respiration rate is

• the number of breathes in 1 min

• the number of heart beats in 1 min

• the number of eye blinks in 3 min

a healthy adult, the normal respiration rate at rest is

• 12-30 breaths per minute

• 60 breaths per minute

• 180 breaths per minute

• 12-20 breaths per minute