Study Guide for Vital Signs and Infection Control

Question 0

Normal body temp for 70 year old?

Answer 0

37 degrees c

98.6 degrees f

Question 1

What are vital signs?

Answer 1

Body temp, pulse, respiratory rate, blood pressure, smoking status

Question 2

Which form of children temp reading is least accurate?

Answer 2

Armpit (axilla)

Question 3

What is considered a medical emergency temperature?

Answer 3

Over 41 C or 105.8 F

Question 4

What is within normal BPM for teenager?

Answer 4

60-100 BPM

Question 5

Correct width of BP cuff?

Answer 5

20% greater than the diameter of arm where applied

Question 6

Normal RPM for 2 year old?

Answer 6

25 per min

Question 7

Rang for pre hypertension for stage 1?

Answer 7

140-159/90-99

ASA II

Question 8

Range for pre hypertension for stage 2?

Answer 8

> 160/>100

ASA III

Question 10

Sounds heard during determination of blood pressure

Answer 10

korotkoff sounds

Question 11

Abmormal elevation of body temp

Answer 11

pyrexia

Question 12

Phase of cardiac cycle where heart relaxes between contractions and the two vehicles are dilated by blood flowing to them

Answer 12

diastole

Question 13

Contraction of heart, during which blood flow is forced into aorta

Answer 13

systole

Question 14

Unusually slow heart beat

Answer 14

bradycardia

Question 15

Diff between systolic and diostoilc blood pressure

Answer 15

pulse pressure

Question 16

What are some disadvantages of a questionaire

Answer 16

1. impersonal: no oppurtunity to develop rapport

2. inflexible: no provision for additional questioning

Question 17

T or F the oral thermometer can be used on an unconscious person

Answer 17

F

Question 18

the artery located on the wrist is called

Answer 18

radial

Question 19

chain of events is required for the spread of an infectious agent. list them

Answer 19

1. infectious agent
2. reservoir
3. port of exit
4. transmission
5. port of entry
6. susceptible host

Question 20

Hepatitis A is transmitted through

Answer 20

oral-fecal route

Question 21

the stage before jaundice appears is called the

Answer 21

preicteric phase

Question 22

hepatitis b is transmitted through

Answer 22

blood, saliva, body fluids, sexual intercourse

Question 23

hepatitis D superimposes on the chronic

Answer 23

HBsAg carrier

Question 24

T or F the risk of endocariditis is the same in mouths with ongoing periodontal infections as when the periodontal tissues are healthy

Answer 24

False

Question 25

hep E is transmitted by

Answer 25

contaminated water; oral-fecal route

Question 26

the same virus causes chicken pox and shingles

Answer 26

VCV varilcella zoster

Question 27

name the herpes simplex infection that affects the fingers

Answer 27

herpetic whitlow or HHV1

Question 28

herpes labialis occurs most frequently on the

Answer 28

lips

Question 29

normal respiration range

Answer 29

14-20 breaths per min

Question 30

name the drug that is used to treat herpes simplex

Answer 30

acyclovir

Question 31

name the conditions that recommended for premedication

Answer 31

1. prosthetic cardiac valve
2. previous endocarditis
3. congenital heart disease
4. cardiac transplantation with cardiac valvular disase
5. joint replacement less than 2 years prior

Question 32

which classification is a patient who has a mild systemic disease

Answer 32

ASA II

Question 33

which classification is a patient who is moribund and not expected to live

Answer 33

ASA V

Question 34

which vital signs are raised or increases during infection

Answer 34

temperature, pulse,

Question 35

elevated medical and dental procedures should not be performed when the patients blood pressure is which of the following

Answer 35

180/110

Question 36

T or F the body temp is higher during sleep and early mornings than it is in late afternoon and early evenings

Answer 36

False