VITAL SIGNS
What are necessary assessments you can make when preparing the patient to see the practitioner?
What are the vital signs
What is the balance between heat produced by metabolic processes and heat lost by the body?
What is temperature
Which two vitals are related because the circulatory and respiratory systems work together?
What is pulse and respiration.
What is the force at which blood is pumped against the walls of the arteries?
What is blood pressure.
Which vitals provide baseline values for a patient's current condition?
What is heigh and weight (body measurements)
When will you as the medical assistant take vital signs?
What is before the doctor examines the patient.
What is a temperature above a patient's normal range?
What is febrile.
Which vital gives information about the patient's cardiovascular system?
What is pulse
What does the term hypertension mean.
What is high blood pressure
What is the added measurement for infants?
What is head circumference
What is considered by some providers to be the 5th vital sign?
What is pain assessment
What is a fever above 106 degrees called?
What is hyperpyrexia
Where do you measure the pulse of adults?
What is at the radial artery.
What does hypertension increase the risk for?
What is heart attack and stroke.
What is a reliable indicator of healthy weight?
What is body mass index
When are vital signs typically measured?
What is at every office visit.
What is a fever over 100 degrees called?
What is pyrexia
What is a non-invasive test that measures the pulse electronically and the saturation of oxygen in a patient's arterial blood?
What is pulse oximetry
What instrument is used to measure blood pressure?
What is a sphygmomanometer
What are the two systems of measurement for height?
What are pounds and kilograms
What is considered a normal blood pressure for adults?
What is 120/80
What are the five methods of taking temperatures?
What are oral, rectal, axillary, tympanic and temporal
Which vital indicates how well a patient's body is providing oxygen to tissues?
What is respiration
What can cause an inaccurate blood pressure reading?
What is an inaccurate sized cuff
What are the two systems of measurement for height?
What are inches and centimeters