Adult Vital Signs

Question 1

Adult normal blood pressure

Answer 1

< 120 systolic and < 80 diastolic

https://www.heart.org/en/health-topics/high-blood-pressure/understanding-blood-pressure-readings

Question 2

Adult elevated blood pressure

Answer 2

120 – 129 systolic and < 80 diastolic

https://www.heart.org/en/health-topics/high-blood-pressure/understanding-blood-pressure-readings

Question 3

Adult hypertension stage 1

Answer 3

130 – 139 systolic or 80 – 89 diastolic

https://www.heart.org/en/health-topics/high-blood-pressure/understanding-blood-pressure-readings

Question 4

Adult hypertension stage 2

Answer 4

140 OR HIGHER systolic or 90 OR HIGHER diastolic

https://www.heart.org/en/health-topics/high-blood-pressure/understanding-blood-pressure-readings

Question 5

Adult hypertensive crisis

Answer 5

HIGHER THAN 180 systolic and/or HIGHER THAN 120 diastolic

https://www.heart.org/en/health-topics/high-blood-pressure/understanding-blood-pressure-readings

Question 6

Adult normal body temperature

Answer 6

97.8 F ( 36.5 C ) to 99 F ( 37.2 C )

Average 98.6 F ( 37 C )

https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/conditions-and-diseases/vital-signs-body-temperature-pulse-rate-respiration-rate-blood-pressure

Question 7

Adult normal respiration rate

Answer 7

12 to 16 breaths per minute

https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/conditions-and-diseases/vital-signs-body-temperature-pulse-rate-respiration-rate-blood-pressure

Question 8

Adult normal pulse rate

Answer 8

60 to 100 beats per minute

https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/conditions-and-diseases/vital-signs-body-temperature-pulse-rate-respiration-rate-blood-pressure

Question 9

Adult normal EtCO2

Answer 9

35–45 mmHg

https://www.smchealth.org/sites/main/files/file-attachments/fp13_-_end_tital_co2_etco2_monitoring.pdf

Question 10

Adult normal fasting blood glucose

Answer 10

70 to 99 mg/dL

https://www.mountsinai.org/health-library/tests/blood-sugar-test-blood

Question 11

Adult normal random blood glucose

Answer 11

125 mg/dL or less

https://www.mountsinai.org/health-library/tests/blood-sugar-test-blood

Question 12

Adult fasting BG result of 100 to 125 mg/dL

Fasting is considered to be not having eaten anything for at least 8 hours

Answer 12

Means you have impaired fasting glucose, a type of prediabetes

https://www.mountsinai.org/health-library/tests/blood-sugar-test-blood

Question 13

Adult fasting BG result of 126 mg/dL of higher

Fasting is considered to be not having eaten anything for at least 8 hours

Answer 13

Usually means you have diabetes

https://www.mountsinai.org/health-library/tests/blood-sugar-test-blood

Question 14

Adult random BG result of 200 mg/dL

Answer 14

Often means you have diabetes

https://www.mountsinai.org/health-library/tests/blood-sugar-test-blood

Question 15

Adult normal O2 saturation at sea level

Answer 15

95% to 100%

https://www.yalemedicine.org/conditions/pulse-oximetry

Question 16

Adult normal COWS score

Answer 16

< 4

https://nida.nih.gov/sites/default/files/ClinicalOpiateWithdrawalScale.pdf

Question 17

Adult mild opiate withdrawal COWS score

Answer 17

5 to 12

https://nida.nih.gov/sites/default/files/ClinicalOpiateWithdrawalScale.pdf

Question 18

Adult moderate opiate withdrawal COWS score

Answer 18

13 to 24

https://nida.nih.gov/sites/default/files/ClinicalOpiateWithdrawalScale.pdf

Question 19

Adult moderately severe opiate withdrawal COWS score

Answer 19

25 to 36

https://nida.nih.gov/sites/default/files/ClinicalOpiateWithdrawalScale.pdf

Question 20

Adult severe opiate withdrawal COWS score

Answer 20

> 36

https://nida.nih.gov/sites/default/files/ClinicalOpiateWithdrawalScale.pdf

Question 21

Mean Arterial Pressure ( MAP ) formula

Answer 21

Diastolic + ( Systolic - Diastolic ) / 3

or

( 2 ( Diastolic ) + Systolic ) / 3

Question 22

Adult normal MAP

Answer 22

70 to 100 mm Hg

Question 23

Adult MAP indicating possible poor perfusion

Answer 23

< 60 mm Hg