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Taking Temperature

100

This is how many sites you'd typically have to pick from when taking temperature

5

200

Axillary temperature means you are taking the temp from this site....

Armpit

300

This thermometer type is mostly obsolete, but still can be used in a pinch 

Glass

400

Due to its non invasive nature, this is the most common thermometer used..

Temporal

500

This is the healthy range of body temperatures for adults

96.8-100.4

Pulse

100

A healthy pulse rating should read as the number.....

2

200

Other than counting for 60 seconds, name one of three ways you could count for less time..

15x4

20x3

30x2

300

Bilateral Presence is the process of.....

Checking the pulse on similar limbs on both sides of the body

400

This is the expected range of pulse rates for a newborn...

120-160 BPM

500

This term describes the patient having an irregular heartbeat 

Dysrhythmia 

Respiration

100

You experience a full respiration when...

You complete a full breath, inhaling and exhaling

200

A normal adult respiration rate per 60 seconds ranges between.....

12-20 

300

This is how the process of hyperventilation would be described..

Increase in respiration rate above normal level

400

This is described as breathing rates below a normal level....

Hypoventilation 

500

These are the main three things we look for in healthy respiration ...

Quality, Rate, Rhythm 

Blood Pressure

100

This condition does not always have symptoms, but is important to monitor....

High blood pressure

200

Would a a BP rate of 154/96 be healthy or unhealthy...

Unhealthy

300

How many common sites are there for BP assesment

4

400

This type of BP assessment could be used if someone's brachial size is too large for the cuff to fit

Radial

500

Blood pressure is written as a fraction. What are the names of both BP's taken and recorded and where do they go in the fraction

Systolic (Top)

Diastolic (Bottom)

Potpourri

100

This is the fifth vital sign

Pain

200

According to our video on the pain scale, a 9 of 10 should be equivalent to being mauled by a....

Bear

300

Name one of the two reasons why one would NOT use an oral (glass) thermometer 

Patient cannot hold in place long enough

Patient with seizure history might bite through it 

400

This is the site where apical pulse taken

Below the breast, at the bottom of the heart

500

There are three reasons we would not use the Tympanic site for temperature taking, what are they...

Obstruction

Ear canals too small

Ear infection