PBS Vital Signs

All of the following are vital signs except...

• Temperature

• Blood Pressure

• Headache

• Pulse

What are vital signs?

• measurements of the body basic functions.

• Number of heartbeats per minute.

• Breaths per minute.

Average temperature is ...

• 100.4

• 96.8

• 98.6

• 97.0

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-3

The most accurate mode of taking temperature is...

• oral

• axillary

• rectal

• tympanic

The first "thump" you hear when taking a blood pressure is....

• the systolic blood pressure

• the diastolic blood pressure

• the lowest number

High blood pressure is also called

• tachycardia

• hypotension

• bradycardia

• hypertension

Select all that are true.

Systolic means...

• The first sound we hear when taking a blood pressure

• The sound that the heart makes when it contracts

• The first number or top number we document when writing the BP

Select all that are true.

Diastolic means...

• the last or changing sound when taking a BP

• the sound the heart makes when it relaxes

• the bottom, or second number we write down when recording a BP

Which of these is a "normal" blood pressure reading?

• 120/80 mmHg

• <120/<80 mmHg

• 100/80 mmHg

• 140/80 mmHg

The highest pressure against blood vessels and is the first heard is the __.

• diastolic pressure.

• systolic pressure.