Blood Pressure
What are the two types of blood pressure measurements?
What is, Systolic and Diastolic
What is Hypothermia and Hyperthermia
What is, low body temp and high body temp
Define pulse?
What is, the pressure of the blood pushing against the wall of an artery as the heart beats and rests
What is respiration?
What is, The process of taking in oxygen (O2) and releasing or expelling Carbon dioxide (CO2)
Pain is which vital sign?
What is, the fifth vital sign
What is book term average blood pressure?
What is, 120/80
What are the 5 ways to take a temperature?
What is, Oral Rectal Axillary Aural and Temporal
What is the average range of pulse?
What is, 60-100 bpm
Cyanosis is a result of what?
What is, decreased oxygen and increased carbon dioxide in the bloodstream
Is pain a Subjective vital sign or an Objective vital sign?
What is, A Subjective vital sign
What is the tool used to measure B/P in millimeters of mercury?
What is, A sphygmomanometer
What can cause different variations of body temp?
What is, Individual Differences Time of day or Body sites
Name the 9 pulse sites
What is, Temporal Carotid Apical Brachial Radial Femoral Popliteal Dorsalis pedis and Posterior tibial
What facts are to be considered when taking respiration?
What is, Rate Rhythm and Character
What is the PEDIATRIC scales used to assess pain?
What is, the FLACC scale
If a person is Hypertensive they are above what Systolic and Diastolic numbers when B/P is recorded?
What is, 140-159/90-99 at stage 1
What are the 4 types of thermometers?
What is, Clinical thermometer Electronic thermometer Tympanic thermometer or Temporal scanning thermometer
What are the 3 characteristics of pulse that we have to look for?
What is, Rate Rhythm and Volume
What is Orthopnea?
What is, severe dyspnea in which breathing is very difficult in any position other than sitting erect or standing
What is MONA used for?
What is, Chest pain
Why does OSHA discourage the use of a sphygmomanometer?
What is, Because the possibility of a mercury spill and contamination
What is pyrexia?
What is, another term for fever
At what rate of bpm under would one have to be, in order to be considered Bradycardial?
What is, 60bpm
What are the different sounds and stuff you might hear when recording abnormal respiration?
What is, Cheyne-Strokes Rales and Wheezing
!!!BONUS QUESTION!!!
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What is, MARCS BIRTHDAYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!