Vital Signs

1. This is the most accurate route to measure body temperature:

• Axial

• Rectal

• Oral

• Tympanic

• Temporal

This is the least accurate route to measure body temperature, and should be used as a last resort:

• Axial

• Rectal

• Oral

• Tympanic

• Temporal

Make sure the patient has not ate or drank anything and if they have wait about _____ minutes to take their temperature

• 10

• 15

• 20

• 25

For children less than 12 months pull the pinna of the ear _______ and _______. This straightens the ear canal. (Route: Tympanic)

• Up ; Back

• Up; Forward

• Down ; Back

• Down ; Forward

Insert the oral the thermometer into the patients mouth, under the _______.

• Lip

• Throat

• Tongue

Which thermometer is used starting at the center of the forehead and swept across the forehead to the hairline?

• Axial

• Rectal

• Oral

• Tympanic

• Temporal

Find the pulse of the patient’s _______ artery by using the index and middle fingers. Never use the _______ to find the patient’s pulse because the ______ has its own pulse.

• Radial; thumb

• Thumb; radial

• Brachial; thumb

• Thumb; brachial

If you were to have measured your patients pulse at 30 seconds for 40 beats, what is their beats per minute (bpm)? ______bpm

If you were to have measured your patients pulse at 30 seconds for 32 beats, what is their beats per minute (bpm)? ______bpm

If you were to have measured your patients pulse at 15 seconds for 20 beats, what is their beats per minute (bpm)? ______bpm