WorksheetsVital Signs
Total questions: 29
Worksheet time: 19mins
All of the following are vital signs except...
Temperature
Blood Pressure
Headache
Pulse
Systolic blood pressure is....
lowest pressure during contraction
lowest number
highest pressure during contraction
How do you check respirations in a patient that is conscious?
watch the chest
Listen for their breathing
Look, listen and feel
Pressure exerted on the walls of the blood vessels is termed
Hypertension
Vesicular pressure
Blood Pressure
Heart pressure
Blood pressure is recorded as
Hydrostatic /diastolic
Diastolic/ hydrostatic
Systolic/diastolic
Diastolic/systolic
Highest pressure against blood vessels. Represented by the beating of the ventricles.
diastolic pressure
systolic pressure
hypotension
hyperstension
Where should you take the pulse of another person in class?
Neck
wrist
chest
Elbow
What is heart rate?
Oxygen going to the heart
The number of times your heart beats in a minute
Blood pumping though the body
Carbon dioxide leaving the body
Common places to find heart rate
Neck and wrist
Tongue and armpit
Thigh and bicep
Ear and temple
What are the four main vital signs?
Temperature, pulse, size of pupils, and respiration rate
Temperature, pain, pulse, and blood pressure
Temperature, pulse, respiration rate, and blood pressure
Consciousness, temperature, pulse, and respiration rate
Where is radial (wrist) pulse measured?
On the pinky finger side of the patient's wrist
Only on the left wrist
In the middle of the wrist
On the thumb side of the patient's wrist
You count respirations for how long?
1 minute or 30 seconds and multiply by 2
5 minutes and divide by 5
Which of the following is the normal range for pulse?
60-100
80-100
12-20
60-80
What is the normal range for respirations?
10-18
14-20
12-24
12-18
What is the average low for blood pressure?
90/60
100/50
120/80
40/30
What is the average high for blood pressure?
90/60
200/150
180/120
120/80
What's considered a "normal" temperature range?
97-99
98.6
95-100
98-100
A fast pulse is also called...
tachycardia
tachypnea
bradycardia
bradypnea
slow heart rate of less than a 60 bpm
tachycardia
bradcardia
tachypnea
bradypnea
Which temperature is considered a fever?
37.5°C (99 F)
Why do nurses take vital signs?
What is a temporary increase in body temperature?
pulse
fever
blood pressure
neck
High blood pressure
diastolic pressure
systolic pressure
hypotension
hypertension
Systolic and diastolic pressure are measured in units of
mmHg
mimg
mhg
Pounds per Meter
