Vital Signs
What is the name of the tool used to measure blood pressure?
Sphygmomanometer
When checking an unresponsive person, what do the ABCs stand for?
Airway, breathing, circulation
What are the 3 types of muscle cells?
Cardiac
Skeletal
Smooth
What is the suffix that means to surgically remove?
-ectomy
In what country was Florence Nightingale born?
Italy
How long should you count a person's respirations.
60 seconds
If you see an unresponsive person, what are you checking for when you look, listen, and feel (one thing specifically)
Breathing
What muscle separates that thorax from the abdomen?
Diaphragm
The position in which the person is standing with the arms at the sides and the palms turned forward
Anatomical position
This president's wife volunteered at military hospitals during the civil war.
What is the "fifth" vital sign that is often overlooked?
Pain
How fast should you do chest compressions?
100-120 per minute
Insulin is a hormone that helps regulate what?
blood glucose levels
What does the suffix ortho- mean?
Straight, upright, correct
This group of professionals have topped the list of Gallup's Honesty and Ethics rating since being added in 1999.
Nurses
Where is the most common site to take a pulse on an adult.
Radial (wrist)
The Heimlich maneuver is used on a person who is...
choking
The body's ability to maintain equilibrium, as related to all physiological processes.
Homeostasis
Lying horizontally on your back, facing up
Supine
What famous nurse created the American Red Cross.
Clara Barton
What direction do you turn the dial on a blood pressure cuff in order to close the valve?
Clockwise, or to the right.
Where should you check for a pulse in an unresponsive adult?
Carotid
Metabolism
The term means "not breathing"
apnea
The first nursing school dates back to 250 B.C. What country was it in?
India