Pulse Please!
What is the normal adult pulse range taught in class?
What is 60-100 bpm
What is the normal adult respiratory range taught in class?
What is 12-20 breaths per minute
What is the top number of a blood pressure reading called?
What is systolic pressure.
An adult pulse greater than 100 bpm.
What is tachycardia.
A student documents a blood pressure as 80/120.
What is the numbers are reversed. It should be documented as 120/80, with systolic first and diastolic second.
What is the most common pulse site used at the wrist?
What is the radial pulse
One inspiration plus one expiration equals what?
What is one respiration.
What is the bottom number of a blood pressure reading called?
What is diastolic pressure.
An adult pulse below 60 bpm.
What is bradycardia.
A student tells a patient: I am going to count your breathing now, so breathe normally.
The patient may consciously change their breathing. Respirations should generally be observed without drawing attention to the count.
You count 14 beats in 10 seconds. What is the pulse rate?
What is 84 bpm
Why should you usually avoid telling a patient that you are counting their respirations?
What is the patient may consciously change their breathing pattern, making the count less accurate.
Over which artery should the stethoscope be positioned when manually taking blood pressure?
What is the brachial artery.
Abnormally fast respirations.
What is tachypnea.
A student places the stethoscope on the patient's forearm while taking blood pressure.
What is it should be positioned over the brachial artery.
Name three characteristics assessed when checking a pulse.
What is rate, rhythm, and time.
An adult has 8 respirations per minute. What term describes this?
What is bradypnea.
Approximately how quickly should the blood pressure cuff be deflated?
What is about 2 mmHg per second.
High blood pressure
What is hypertension.
A student counts 16 beats in 10 seconds and records the pulse as 16 bpm.
What is the answer should be multiplied by 6, therefore the answer should be 96 bpm.
An adult has a pulse of 88 bpm, but the beats occur at uneven intervals. What term describes this finding?
What is arrhythmia.
Name the three characteristics assessed when observing respirations.
What is rate, rhythm, and quality
A patient's blood pressure is 148/92 mmHg. Using our class categories, how is this blood pressure reading classified?
What is hypertension stage 2.
Difficulty breathing while lying down.
What is orthopnea.
While taking a blood pressure, a student releases the pressure from the cuff extremely quickly because they want to finish faster. What is wrong, and what should they do instead?
What is deflating too quickly can make it difficult to accurately identify systolic and diastolic pressure, the cuff should be deflated at approximately 2 mmHg per second.