Vital Signs

What are the 4 main vital signs?

• temperature, respirations, pulse, SpO2

• blood pressure, pulse, SpO2, glucose

• glucose, pulse, blood pressure, temperature

• temperature, pulse, respirations, blood pressure

What is the normal range for an adult oral temperature?

• 96.7-98.6

• 97.6-99.6

• 97.8-99.2

• 96.8-99.8

What is the normal range for an adult pulse?

• 55-95

• 70-100

• 60-100

• 100-160

The pulse felt on the wrist is called...

• radial pulse

• carotid pulse

• femoral pulse

• brachial pulse

What should be noted about a pulse?

• rate, volume, and sound

• rate, volume, and character

• rate, rhythm, and volume

• rate, rhythm, and character

Why would an apical pulse be taken?

• irregular heartbeat

• tachycardia

• infant/child

• all of the above

What is the pulse deficit if an apical pulse is 112 and reradial pulse is 88?

• 312

• 24

• -24

• 28

Fast heart rate...

• tachypnea

• bradycardia

• arrhythmia

• tachycardia

Slow breathing...

• bradypnea

• dyspnea

• tachypnea

• bradycardia

Abnormal breathing characterized by periods of dyspnea followed by periods of apnea is called...

• rales

• wheezing

• Cheyne-Stokes

• orthopnea