Vital Signs 2024

Normal blood pressure is...

• 120/80 mmHg

• 80/120 mmHg

• 140/90 mmHg

• 80/140 mmHg

Blood pressure is recorded as

• Systolic/diastolic

• Diastolic/systolic

Vital signs are important because they...

• Are a requirement doctors must make for every patient

• Signify if your brain is functioning properly

• Are clues for diagnosing illnesses and diseases

Hypertension is anything above...

• 120/80 mmHg

• 90/120 mmHg

• 140/90 mmHg

• 80/140 mmHg

What is a normal pulse rate for an adult?

• 60-80 bpm

• 50-65 bpm

• 120/80 bpm

• 12-20 bpm

Tachycardia is:

• A respiration rate above 20 bpm

• A pulse rate above 100 bpm

• A pulse rate of less than 60 bpm

• A respiration rate of less than 12 bpm

A temperature taken on the forehead is called:

• Tympanic

• Axillary

• Rectal

• Temporal

What is the resting pressure between the contractions?

• Systolic

• Dystolic

• Diastolic

• Sistolic

Where is the most common site to take a patients pulse?

• Brachial

• Radial

• carotid

• Femoral

Normal respirations are .....

• 12-20 per minute

• 10-25 per minute

• 11-22 per minute

• 5-30 per minute