Vital Signs and Patient Assessment

Vita or Vitalis, as the root for VITAL means

• Life

• Health

• Evaluation

• Death

Bradycardia (slow) and Tachycardia (fast) are terms related to this vital sign

• HR

• RR

• BP

• SPO2

Considered the upper limit of BP before it begins to get more indicative of health issues

• 120/80

• 80/120

• 100/80

• 100/60

Which abbreviation references the expected range when healthy?

• WNL

• CCMR

• AVPU

• BLS

Which type of emergency is related to diseases and pre-existing conditions moreso than outside forces acting on the body?

• Medical

• Trauma

Which acronym helps assess LOC and responsiveness?

• AVPU

• ABCDE

• OPQRST

• LOC-R

If the patient is not alert or responsive to verbal stimuli, the next step of assessment is

• Physical stimuli

• Chest compressions

• Glucometer reading

• Check BP

AAOx4 includes all of the following except

• Person

• Place

• Time

• Event

• Phone #

Which machine is studying the electrical output and function of the heart?

• ECG/EKG

• Glucometer

• NRB

• BVM

Which is used in a trauma emergency?

• NOI (Nature of illness)

• MOI (Mechanism of Injury)