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Vital Signs

Total questions: 46

Worksheet time: 29mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the average range for pulse?

a)

40-120 bpm

b)

60-100 bpm

c)

20-40 bpm

2.

What is "pulse"

a)

how many times you breathe per minute

b)

how many times you sneeze per minute

c)

how many times your heart beats per minute

3.

What is the average blood pressure range?

a)

90/60 to 120/80

b)

75/80 to 100/56

c)

120/70 to 150/90

4.

What is "blood pressure"

a)

how stressed your heart is

b)

how hard your muscles are pushing on the heart

c)

the force of the blood pumping through your veins

5.

What is the average oral body temperature range?

a)

90 degrees F to 100 degrees F

b)

97 degrees F to 100 degrees F

c)

97.8 degrees F to 99.1 degrees F

6.

What is the average range of respiration?

a)

5-10 breaths per minute

b)

4-9 breaths per minute

c)

12-18 breaths per minute

7.

What does "bpm" stand for?

a)

breaths per minute

b)

beats per minute

c)

boogers per minute

8.

What is an artery?

a)

a blood vessel that carries blood to the heart

b)

a blood vessel that carries blood to the left

c)

a blood vessel that carries blood away from the heart

9.

Shallow breathing

a)

hypopnea

b)

pyrexia

c)

palpation

d)

eupnea

10.

Diaphoresis means

a)

no respiration

b)

sweating

c)

orthopnea

d)

arrhythmia

11.

Contraction of the cardiac cycle

a)

diastole

b)

asystole

c)

systole

d)

bottom number

12.

Abnormally slow breathing

a)

eupnea

b)

bradypnea

c)

tachycardia

d)

bradycardia

13.

Which represents bradycardia

a)

40 BPM

b)

120 BPM

c)

70 BPM

d)

100 BPM

14.

Which temperature is considered the most accurate?

a)

aural/tympanic

b)

oral

c)

axillary

d)

rectal

15.

Respirations should be taken immediately following pulse.

a)

True

b)

False

16.

Which phase of the heart is contracting taking place?

a)

systolic

b)

diastolic

17.

Where is the axillary temperature taken?

a)

Under the arm

b)

Near the temple/forehead

c)

In the ear

d)

In the mouth

18.

An average respiration for an adult is

a)

10 - 14

b)

12 - 40

c)

16-30

d)

12- 20

19.

Which term means fever

a)

afebrile

b)

febrile

c)

hyperthermia

d)

hypothermia

20.
A pulse rate below 60 bpm is bradycardia
a)
True
b)
False
21.

Normal P for an adult

a)

98.6

b)

60-100

c)

12-24

d)

1-10

22.
When a pulse is obtained through a stethoscope it is called:
a)
Palpation
b)
Percussion
c)
Observation
d)
Auscultation
23.
Which of the following is not a pulse location
a)
Tibial
b)
Carotid
c)
Brachial
d)
Apical
24.
Difficult or labored breathing
a)
Apnea
b)
Dyspnea
c)
Hypopnea
d)
Hyperpnea
25.
Absent respirations 
a)
Hypopnea
b)
Hyperpnea
c)
Apnea
d)
Dyspnea
26.
A patient with an above normal temperature
a)
Febrile
b)
Afebrile
c)
Apyrexic
d)
Pyremic
27.

A normal Oral temperature is

a)

98.6

b)

99.4

c)

100.2

d)

97.0

28.

Where is the axilla located

a)

Under the arm

b)

behind te knee

c)

Either side of the neck

d)

on the thumb side of the wrist

29.

The textbook blood pressure is

a)

120/80

b)

110-70

c)

110/80

d)

120-70

30.

Temperature taken in the tympanic membrane is located in

a)

the mouth

b)

the ear

c)

the face

d)

the forehead

31.

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

a)

the neck

b)

the groin area

c)

the wrist

d)

the inside of your elbow

32.

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

a)

the neck

b)

the wrist

c)

the groin

d)

the inside of the elbow

33.

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

a)

the neck

b)

the wrist

c)

the groin

d)

the forehead

34.

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

a)

oral

b)

temporal

c)

axillary

d)

femoral

35.

fast heart beat, over 100 bpm

a)

tachycardia

b)

bradycardia

c)

tachypnea

d)

bradypnea

36.

slow heart rate of less than a 60 bpm

a)

tachycardia

b)

bradcardia

c)

tachypnea

d)

bradypnea

37.

bradypnea means

a)

slow breathing

b)

breathing less than 12 breaths per minute

c)

fast breathing

d)

painful breathing

38.

we used this tool for ...

a)

measuring the patients pain level

b)

taking the BP

c)

counting the respirations

d)

taking the pulse

39.

the main vital signs include

a)

blood pressure

b)

respirations and pulse

c)

temperature

d)

blood sugar

40.

what is known as the 5th vital sign

a)

blood sugar

b)

blood pressure

c)

temperature

d)

pain

41.

Low blood pressure

a)

Tachypnea

b)

Hypotension

c)

Hypertension

d)

Bradycardia

42.

An agent or drug that produces excitement or elicits a response.

a)

Depressant

b)

Increment

c)

Stimulant

d)

Baseline

43.

Condition when BP drops suddenly when changing position, usually quickly.

a)

Pulse pressure

b)

Wheezing

c)

Cyanosis

d)

Orthostatic hypotension

44.

High blood pressure

a)

Hypertension

b)

Tachycardia

c)

Fasting

d)

Hypotension

45.

Difficult or labored breathing

a)

Dyspnea

b)

Dysphagia

c)

Tachypnea

d)

Hypothermia

46.

Dusky bluish discoloration of the skin, lips, and nails due to lack of oxygen.

a)

Apnea

b)

Hypothermia

c)

Cyanosis

d)

Hypotension