Lesson 7.1 - HS

What is an assessment?

• A test or analysis

• Absolutely necessary, essential for life

• Force of blood pushing against artery walls

What is basic Health Assessment

• Physical examination of a person

• Force of blood pushing against artery walls

• Number of breaths a person takes per minute

All people and situations have the same basic health assessment.

• True

• False

Which of the following is not a vital sign.

• Pulse Rate

• Body Temperature

• Sugar Level

• Blood Pressure

Health assessments require a lot of equipment.

• True

• False

Normal body temperature is between:

• 37.2C - 38.4C

• 34.4 C - 35.8

• 36.5 C - 37.2 C

Use the second and third fingertips when checking a person's pulse.

• True

• False

In respiration rate :

Every chest rise = two breaths

• True

• False

Diastolic pressure is :

• The pressure inside the arteries when the heart is at rest and filling with blood

• The pressure inside the arteries when the heart contracts and pumps blood

• Number of breaths per minute