Patient assessment 1 workshop

Hypothermia is .......

• increased body temperature

• decreased body temperature

• Normothermic

• Pyrexia

Select the 3 Vital sign checks

• Mucous membrane colour

• pulse

• respiration

• temperature

Which is the correct formula for converting Celsius into Fahrenheit?

• Multiply by 9

  subtract 32

  divide by 5

• subtract 32

  multiply by 5

  Divide by 9

Which of these patients are at an increased risk of Hyperthermia?

• Thin coated breeds

• Neonates

• Anaesthetised patients

• Thick coated breeds

Why is taking a pulse important?

What does it evaluate?

Which is the odd one out?

• coccygeal artery

• Femoral artery

• Lingual artery

• Carpal artery

Bradycardia means....

What is the stretch receptor called that prevents the lungs from over-inflating?

• Hering-breuer reflex

• Breuer - hering reflex

• Chemoreceptors

Tachypnoea means...