8.1.1 Vital Signs: Temperature

___ are measurements of the body's most basic functions.

• Temperature

• Pulse rate

• Vital signs

• Respiration rate

The four main vital signs are:

• temperature, blood pressure, pulse, respiration

• blood pressure, pulse, respiration, life

• temperature, heat beat, pulse, respiration

• activity, rest, sleep, nutrition

Values of your vital signs act as clues that can be used to diagnose an illness or disease.

• True

• False

Normal body temperature for a healthy adult can range from:

• 87.8 - 89.0 degrees Fahrenheit

• 90.0 -99.0 degrees Fahrenheit

• 97.8 - 99.0 degrees Fahrenheit

• 99.0 - 103.8 degrees Fahrenheit

Normal body temperature for a healthy adult can range from:

• 36.5 - 37.2 degrees Celsius

• 35.6 - 36.5 degrees Celsius

• 32.0 - 35.0 degrees Celsius

• 30.5 - 32.2 degrees Celsius

Temperature that is below normal is called:

• heat exhaustion

• the flu

• hyperthermia

• hypothermia

Temperature above normal is called:

• hypothermia

• hyperthermia

• the flu

• frozen

Hypothermia is a temperature below:

• 90 degrees F

• 95 degrees F

• 100 degrees F

• 105 degrees F

Hyperthermia is a temperature above:

• 90.8 degrees F

• 95.5 degrees F

• 98.6 degrees F

• 99.5 degrees F

Another word for hyperthermia is:

• the flu

• polio

• hypothermia

• fever