Body Temperature
The average body temperature range.
What is 97°F – 99°F?
The average blood pressure range.
What is 90/60 – 120/80?
The average respiratory rate per minute for a healthy adult.
What is 12–20 per minute?
The average resting pulse rate range.
What is 60–100 beats per minute?
Key measurements that indicate the status of a person's health and body.
What are vital signs?
The most accurate temperature location.
What is rectal?
The pressure inside the artery when the heart contracts and blood pumps through the body.
What is systolic?
A respiratory rate above 25 per minute.
What is tachypnea?
The pulse site located on the thumb side of the wrist.
What is the radial?
The four primary vital signs.
What are body temperature, blood pressure, respiratory rate, and pulse rate?
Body temperature above 104°F.
What is hyperthermia?
The pressure inside the artery when the heart is at rest and filling with blood.
What is diastolic?
A respiratory rate below 10 per minute.
What is bradypnea?
The pulse site located below the jaw line.
What is the carotid?
Blood pressure below 90/60, which causes dizziness, fainting, fatigue, and shock.
What is hypotension?
Body temperature below 95°F
What is hypothermia?
According to the AHA, a systolic reading in this range is considered "elevated" but not yet hypertension.
What is 120–129?
The term for the absence of respirations.
What is apnea?
The body part you should never use when measuring pulse rate because it has its own pulse.
What is your thumb?
The pulse site taken at the apex of the heart using a stethoscope.
What is the apical pulse?
A fever, defined as a body temperature over this specific threshold.
What is 100.4°F (Pyrexia)?
Blood pressure above 130/80, which causes the heart to pump harder to circulate blood.
What is hypertension?
The reason why you should not let a patient know you are measuring their respiratory rate.
What is because people often try to control or slow their breathing, leading to an inaccurate measurement?
A resting pulse rate above 100 beats per minute.
What is tachycardia?
The name of the profession being taught in this shop.
What is Medical Assisting?