Week 5

A heart rate of 105bpm is?

• Normal on the SAGO chart, normal rhythm

• Normal on the SAGO chart, tachycardia

• Abnormal on the SAGO chart, bradycardia

• Abnormal on the SAGO chart, tachycardia

A respiratory rate of 6 breaths per minute is?

• Abnormal, brachypnoea

• Abnormal, tachypnoea

• Abnormal, bradycardic

• Abnormal, hypotensive

What is the term for high body temperature? Choose the most correct answer

• High temperature

• Afebrile

• Hypertensive

• Febrile

What course of action should you take according to the Adult SAGO chart if your patient's blood pressure is 94/56?

• Nothing, this is normal

• Call a rapid response

• Call a clinical review

• Inform the doctor

What is the fundamental vital sign that is sensitive to different pathological conditions (e.g., adverse cardiac events, pneumonia, and clinical deterioration) and stressors, including emotional stress, cognitive load, heat, cold, physical effort, and exercise-induced fatigue

• Heart rate

• Blood pressure

• Respiratory rate

• Temperature

What is a BGL of 3.3mmol/L considered?

• Normoglycaemia

• Hyperglycaemia, call the doctor

• Hypoglycaemic, do nothing

• Hypoglycaemic, call the doctor

What course of action should you take if a patient's automatic blood pressure is 212/89? Choose the most correct answer (assuming you have informed your RN).

• Take another automatic pressure and inform the doctor. It is hypertensive

• Take a manual pressure to confirm, then call a rapid response. It is hypotensive.

• Take a manual pressure to confirm, then call a clinical review. It is hypotensive.

• Take a manual pressure to confirm, then call a rapid response. It is hypertensive.

A patient saturating 97% on room air now saturates at 98% on nasal prongs @3L/min. What may this indicate?

• Nothing, their oxygen saturation is normal.

• There is respiratory deterioration as they require supplemental oxygen to saturate well.

• They are hypoxic.

• They are hypotensive.

What is the term for a saturation of 89%?

• Hyperopia

• Hypotensive

• Hypothermic

• Hypoxia

This question is worth 10 marks.
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