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

NGSS.MS-PS3-5

A fast pulse is also called...

• tachycardia

• tachypnea

• bradycardia

• bradypnea

Normal respirations are .....

• 12-20 per minute

• 10-25 per minute

• 11-22 per minute

• 5-30 per minute

the area of the body where you take a carotid pulse is...

• the neck

• the groin area

• the wrist

• the inside of your elbow

the area of the body where you take a radial pulse is

• the neck

• the wrist

• the groin

• the inside of the elbow

the area of the body where you take a femoral pulse is...

• the neck

• the wrist

• the groin

• the forehead

the following are routes to take a temperature EXCEPT ...

• oral

• temporal

• axillary

• femoral

slow heart rate of less than a 60 bpm

• tachycardia

• bradcardia

• tachypnea

• bradypnea

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-3

What are vital signs?

• measurements of the body basic functions.

• Number of heartbeats per minute.

• Breaths per minute.