🟦 Category 1: Normal Ranges
This is the normal adult heart rate range.
👉 What is 60–100 bpm?
Heart rate above 100 bpm.
👉 What is tachycardia?
You should never use this finger when checking a pulse.
👉 What is your thumb?
A patient has a pulse of 48 bpm. This is called what?
👉 What is bradycardia?
Pulse is measured in this unit.
👉 What is beats per minute (bpm)?
This is the normal adult respiratory rate.
👉 What is 12–20 breaths per minute?
Respiratory rate below 12 breaths per minute.
👉 What is bradypnea?
You should count respirations without telling the patient because of this reason.
👉 What is they may change their breathing?
SpO₂ is 88% on room air. This is considered what?
👉 What is low/abnormal and concerning?
Blood pressure is recorded as this over this.
👉 What is systolic over diastolic?
A normal oxygen saturation reading for most adults is this range.
👉 What is 95–100%?
Low oxygen saturation.
👉 What is hypoxia?
The artery used when taking manual blood pressure.
👉 What is the brachial artery?
RR is 28 and patient is short of breath. What is this called?
👉 What is tachypnea?
Oxygen saturation measures this.
👉 What is percentage of oxygen in the blood?
A fever is defined as this temperature or higher.
👉 What is 100.4°F (38°C)?
Blood pressure that is too high.
👉 What is hypertension?
The correct deflation rate when taking manual BP.
👉 What is 2–3 mmHg per second?
Patient has BP 86/54 and feels dizzy. This is likely what condition?
👉 What is hypotension?
Before taking BP, the patient’s arm should be positioned where?
👉 What is at heart level?
This blood pressure is considered normal for a healthy adult.
👉 What is approximately 120/80 mmHg?
Irregular heart rhythm.
👉 What is arrhythmia?
The most common site to check a pulse in adults.
👉 What is the radial artery?
Which abnormal vital sign is MOST urgent:
HR 102, Temp 100.6°F, SpO₂ 85%, RR 18?
👉 What is SpO₂ 85%?
When checking pulse strength, you describe it as this or this.
👉 What is strong/weak (or bounding/thready)?