Vital Signs 1
Measures balance between heat body loses and heat body produces.
What is temperature?
Respiration and pulse are assessed by
What is rate, rhythm, and character?
The most common place to check a persons pulse and your first go to
What is radial pulse?
Normal blood pressure is
What is 120/80?
Military time runs on a ___________format.
What is 24 hour?
Normal respiration a minute for an adult are
What is 12-20?
Fever is considered anything over
What is 101 degrees Fahrenheit?
Method for taking a pulse most common in pediatric patients
What is Apical?
Convert to military time:
5:25 am
What is 0525?
The 4 locations for temperature taking are
What is Oral, Tympanic, Rectal, Axillary?
The four terms used to describe pulse volume are
What is bounding, thready, strong, absent?
What is blood pressure measured in?
Convert to military time:
9:12 pm
What is 2112?
Respiration is observed when
What is right after the pulse, the patient should not even know your doing it?
The difference between palpitation and auscultation is
What is feeling vs. hearing?
Difficult or labored breathing
What is dyspnea?
When measuring height the rules for the feet are
What is they must be all the way back and heels together?
noon.
What is 1200
Normal pulse rate for average adult
What is 60-100
There are 7 pules sites on your body, the most common two are
What is radial and brachial?
Skin, nail beds, and lips turn blue
What is cyanosis?
Instrument used to collect blood pressures
What is a sphygomamometer?
1 pound (lb) equals this in killograms (kg)
What is 2.2kg
Convert to military time:
11:29 pm
What is 2329?