BREATHING BASICS
Does your Respiration Rate get measured by an instrument?
What is No.
Where do you normally measure your pulse ox?
What is your finger
Where can you find someone's pulse on the body?
What are the neck, wrist, upper arm, groin, ankle, and even your thumb
What is the “normal” body temperature for humans?
What is 98.6 degrees (F)m
Blood pressure is measured in these units?
What is millimeters of mercury (mm/Hg)
Why is it important to get a resting respiratory rate as a vital sign rather than a rate while a person is active?
What is it is important so the rate can be more accurate
What instrument is used to measure pulse ox?
What is a pulse oximeter?
What does pulse mesure?
What is Your Heart rate.
What temperature would indicate that you have a fever?
What is above 100.4 (degrees F)
What is the NEW normal blood pressure for an adult?
What is below 120/80 mm/HG
What is the time you count to measure the Respiration rate?
What is minute.
What 2 vital signs are measured with a pulse oximeter?
What are (1) your pulse (heart rate) and (2) oxygen saturation in your blood
The normal pulse for an adult?
What is 60-100 beats per minute
What is the hypothermic body temperature for humans?
What is below 95 F.
What is Blood Pressure?
What is the force of blood pushing against the walls of the blood vessels (arteries)
What organ involves respiration rate?
What are the lungs
Why is Pulse Ox important?
What is a high Heart Rate in bpm?
What is more than 100 bpm (101 + bpm)
Why is a fever of around 101.5 degrees F actually a good thing for a healthy adult?
What is it helps prevent the bacteria or virus from growing/spreading in your body.
What is High Blood pressure called?
What is Hypertension.
What is the average respiration rate for an adult?
What is between 12 to 16 breaths per minute (also between 12-18 breaths/min)
What organs does a person's pulse oximetry involve?
What are the Heart (i.e., pulse) and the Lungs (i.e., the oxygen saturation from breathing)
What units are used to measure your pulse?
What is beats per minute (bpm)
What does a fever actually mean to a medical detective? (i.e., what is the purpose of the body spiking a fever?)
What is it means that you have an infection in the body.
What major health emergency can long-term high blood pressure cause?
What are strokes or heart attacks