Vital Signs

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

The most accurate mode of taking temperature is...

• oral

• axillary

• rectal

• tympanic

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

A fast pulse is also called...

• tachycardia

• tachypnea

• bradycardia

• bradypnea

You check a babies pulse in the ______ artery.

• radial

• carotid

• brachial

• femoral

Normal respirations are .....

• 12-20 per minute

• 10-25 per minute

• 11-22 per minute

• 5-30 per minute

Systolic blood pressure is....

• lowest pressure during contraction

• lowest number

• highest pressure during contraction

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

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-3

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