Vital Signs
Used to measure blood pressure.
What is a blood pressure cuff (or sphygmomanometer)?
This organ pumps blood throughout your body.
What is the heart?
Medical instrument used to look into the ear.
What is an otoscope?
"PA" stands for this healthcare job title.
What is Physician Assistant?
This popular app lets you watch and create short videos, but it’s not YouTube.
What is TikTok?
The pulse tells us this vital sign.
What is heart rate?
The device used to listen to heart and lung sounds.
What is a stethoscope?
A flat wooden stick used to see your throat.
What is a tongue depressor?
True or False: PAs can diagnose and treat patients.
What is True?
This animal is known as “man’s best friend.”
What is a dog?
The normal body temperature for humans in Fahrenheit.
What is 98.6 degrees?
This body system helps you breathe.
What is the respiratory system?
Used to check your eyes during an exam.
What is an ophthalmoscope?
PAs work side-by-side with these medical professionals to care for patients.
What are doctors (or physicians)?
This land animal is the fastest on Earth.
What is a cheetah?
This tool measures how much oxygen is in your blood.
What is a pulse oximeter?
When someone smokes or vapes, these pink, healthy organs can turn dark and damaged, making it hard to breathe.
What are the lungs?
This metal tool vibrates and makes a sound to help check a patient’s hearing or sense of vibration.
What is a tuning fork?
PAs must complete this type of education before practicing.
What is a graduate or master's Program?
When sunlight shines through rain, you might see this colorful arc in the sky.
What is a rainbow?
When you run, jump, or exercise, these two vital signs both go up because your body needs more oxygen.
What are heart rate and breathing rate?
These sounds might be heard in the lungs when someone has pneumonia.
What are crackles?
When doing an ear exam on an older child or adult, you do this to straighten the ear canal so you can see inside better.
What is pulling the ear upward, back, and out?
If you’re sick and need medicine, a PA can write one of these so you can pick it up at the pharmacy.
What is a prescription?
This organ is known as the control center of the body.
What is the brain?