WorksheetsVital Signs Review
Total questions: 42
Worksheet time: 21mins
Blood pressure is recorded as
Hydrostatic /diastolic
Diastolic/ hydrostatic
Systolic/diastolic
Diastolic/systolic
Highest pressure against blood vessels. Represented by first heat sound
diastolic pressure
systolic pressure
hypotension
hyperstension
What artery is used to measure blood pressure?
carotid artery
radial artery
brachial artery
popliteal artery
The force of blood pushing against your arteries is...
Heart Rate
Temperature
Respiration Rate
Blood Pressure
What is the blood pressure in the picture?
118
118/78
78
78/70
70
Is the blood pressure in the picture normal?
Yes
No
Is the blood pressure in the picture normal?
Yes
No
Is the blood pressure in the picture normal?
Yes
No
Is the blood pressure in the picture normal?
Yes
No
Is the blood pressure in the picture normal?
Yes
No
A device used to measure the pressure against the arteries of the body.
Monitor
Gauge
sphygmomanometer
millimeter
Fatima has blood pressure 183/81, what is Fatima's systolic pressure?
81
183
183/81
81/183
A diastolic pressure of 80 - 89
normal blood pressure
prehypertension
hypertension stage 1
hypertension stage 2
Low blood pressure
diastolic pressure
systolic pressure
hypotension
hypertension
The 120 in the reading 120/80 represents the:
systolic pressure
arterial pulse
diastolic pressure
hypertension
Which of the following blood pressure readings would be indicative of hypertension:
120/80
110/60
170/96
140/90 in a 60-year-old woman
The radial artery is located in the:
neck
arm
wrist
groin
When measuring arterial pulse, why is it recommended not to use your thumb:
The tip of the thumb is too thick to feel the pulse.
Most people have experienced nerve damage in their thumb and cannot feel the pulse.
The thumb also has a pulse and can cause counting confusion.
It is recommended to use your thumb when measuring arterial pulse.
All of the following are vital signs except...
Temperature
Blood Pressure
Headache
Pulse
Average temperature is ...
100.4
96.8
98.6
97.0
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 first "thump" you hear when taking a blood pressure is....
the systolic blood pressure
the diastolic blood pressure
the lowest number
High blood pressure is...
tachycardia
hypotension
bradycardia
hypertension
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
What are vital signs?
measurements of the body basic functions.
Number of heartbeats per minute.
Breaths per minute.
What are the ways to measure vital signs?
Breathing, heat, temperature.
Breathing, pulse, temperature.
Breathing, temperature, beats.
What is the pulse?
Taking oxygen into the body through the lungs.
The average body temperature in human beings.
Number of heartbeats per minute.
When taking a respiration rate do all of the following EXCEPT
watch the chest
tell the patient to count
count for one minute
record respiration rate
Respiration means _________________?
one expiration
one inspiration
one inspiration and expiration
hold breath
