Taking Temperature
This is how many sites you'd typically have to pick from when taking temperature
5
A healthy pulse rating should read as the number.....
2
You experience a full respiration when...
You complete a full breath, inhaling and exhaling
This condition does not always have symptoms, but is important to monitor....
High blood pressure
This is the fifth vital sign
Pain
Armpit
Other than counting for 60 seconds, name one of three ways you could count for less time..
15x4
20x3
30x2
A normal adult respiration rate per 60 seconds ranges between.....
12-20
Would a a BP rate of 154/96 be healthy or unhealthy...
Unhealthy
According to our video on the pain scale, a 9 of 10 should be equivalent to being mauled by a....
Bear
This thermometer type is mostly obsolete, but still can be used in a pinch
Bilateral Presence is the process of.....
Checking the pulse on similar limbs on both sides of the body
This is how the process of hyperventilation would be described..
Increase in respiration rate above normal level
How many common sites are there for BP assesment
4
Patient cannot hold in place long enough
Patient with seizure history might bite through it
Due to its non invasive nature, this is the most common thermometer used..
Temporal
This is the expected range of pulse rates for a newborn...
120-160 BPM
This is described as breathing rates below a normal level....
Hypoventilation
This type of BP assessment could be used if someone's brachial size is too large for the cuff to fit
Radial
This is the site where apical pulse taken
Below the breast, at the bottom of the heart
This is the healthy range of body temperatures for adults
96.8-100.4
This term describes the patient having an irregular heartbeat
Dysrhythmia
These are the main three things we look for in healthy respiration ...
Quality, Rate, Rhythm
Blood pressure is written as a fraction. What are the names of both BP's taken and recorded and where do they go in the fraction
Systolic (Top)
Diastolic (Bottom)
There are three reasons we would not use the Tympanic site for temperature taking, what are they...
Obstruction
Ear canals too small
Ear infection