Vital Signs

The normal range of pulse in an adult:

• 12-20

• 90-120

• 60-100

• 120-160

Considered the 5th vital sign by many facilities:

• pulse ox

• pulse pressure

• quality of respirations

• pain

If a patient has a fever, we describe them as:

• hot

• sick

• pyrexic

• febrile

Abnormal respiration that is caused by the narrowing of the bronchioles, often heard in patients with asthma.

• rales

• crackles

• stridor

• wheezing

A temperature above this number is considered to by hyperthermia.

• 100

• 95

• 104

• 102

A tympanic thermometer is also called:

• oral

• temporal

• aural

• axillary

Which of the following blood pressures is a hypotensive reading?

• 130/88

• 100/70

• 141/93

• 85/50

The instrument used to obtain a blood pressure reading is a/an:

• electrocardiogram

• spirometer

• symphascope

• sphygmomanometer

The most accurate method to obtain a temperature:

• temporally

• axillary

• rectally

• orally

The systolic (top) number in a blood pressure should be below this number:

• 140

• 90

• 120

• 80