Vital signs
What vital sign requires you to press with flat fingers until a pulse is felt?
Heart rate/Pulse
What is the body system that connects to the brain, spinal cord, and nerves?
What is the nervous system.
What does 'acute' mean?
What is sudden and/or severe
What condition has coughing, sneezing, and a sore throat as a sign of infection?
What is the Common Cold
What is the abbreviation for "American sign language"?
What is ASL
What vital sign requires you to use a probe to check a temperature?
Body temperature.
What is the body system that allows the body's movement to be possible?
What is the muscular system.
What does 'infectious' mean?
What are conditions that can be passed from person to person.
What condition has pink or red discoloration of one or both eyes?
What is Pink Eye
What's the full name for the abbreviation 'BP'?
What is blood pressure
What vital sign requires you to wrap an inflatable cuff around somebody's arm?
What is blood pressure.
What body system consists of bones, cartilage, ligaments and tendons?
What is the skeletal system.
What is the meaning of 'inflammation'?
What is a bodily response to protect your body. swelling.
What condition makes breathing much harder, and is also incurable?
What is Asthma.
What is the abbreviation for 'do not resuscitate'?
What is DNR
What vital sign requires you to count the amount of times the chest rises within a minute?
What is respiration rate.
What is the body system that takes oxygen from the air around us and expels carbon dioxide?
What is the respiratory system.
What is the meaning of 'infusion'?
What is a way of putting a fluid into the bloodstream, through a needle.
What highly infectious disease is identifiable by the blisters and bumps it leaves on the skin?
What is chicken pox.
What is the abbreviation for "nothing by mouth"?
What is NPO
What artery should you use to take vital signs?
What is the radial artery or carotid artery.
What body system regulates hormones?
What is the endocrine system.
What does 'incision' mean?
What is a procedure where a cut is being made to the body.
What disease infects mainly toddlers and other younger children with symptoms of lost appetite, sore throat, and blisters?
What is Hand, Foot, and Mouth disease
What does the abbreviation 'Dx' stand for?
What is diagnosis