VEEB Vital Signs

Question 1

Dyspnea

Answer 1

Difficult or painful breathing

Question 2

Diastolic

Answer 2

Last sound heard before a period of continous silence when taking a BP

Question 3

Apical Pulse

Answer 3

More accurate than a radial pulse

Question 4

Bradycardia

Answer 4

Heart rate < 60 BPM

Question 5

Axillary

Answer 5

Temperature taken under the arm

Question 6

Auscultation

Answer 6

Listening to sounds

Question 7

Orthopnea

Answer 7

Ability to breathe in the upright position only

Question 8

Kortkoff’s sounds

Answer 8

Sounds hard when auscultating a blood pressure

Question 9

Oral

Answer 9

By mouth

Question 10

Cheyne-Stokes respirations

Answer 10

Abnormal patern of respiration characterized by alternating periods of apnea and deep, rapid breathing

Question 11

Fever

Answer 11

Elevated Temperature

Question 12

Apnea

Answer 12

Cessation of breathing

Question 13

Cyanosis

Answer 13

Bluish colored skin

Question 14

Vital Signs

Answer 14

Body measurements that are indicators of functions necessare for life.

Question 15

Palpation

Answer 15

Feeling with the fingers

Question 16

Popliteal pulse

Answer 16

Pulse felt at the back of the knee

Question 17

Systolic

Answer 17

First sound auscultated when obtaining a blood pressure

Question 18

Tachycardia

Answer 18

Heart rate > 100

Question 19

Rectal

Answer 19

Temperature takien ractally

Question 20

Tympanic

Answer 20

Tempertature taken in the ear

Question 21

Radial Pulse

Answer 21

Most common site for obtaining a pulse

Question 22

Stethoscope

Answer 22

Instrument used to amplify souds

Question 23

Pulse

Answer 23

Heart rate

Question 24

Sphygmomanometer

Answer 24

Device used to indirectly measure blood pressure

Question 25

Pulse Pressure

Answer 25

Difference between the systolic and diastolic blood pressure

Question 26

Pulse deficit

Answer 26

Difference between the apical and radial pulse

Question 27

Percussion

Answer 27

Tapping on the skin to assess teh underlying tissues

Question 28

Inspection

Answer 28

Purposeful observation or scrutiny of the person as a whole and then of each body system

Question 29

Palpation

Answer 29

Method of physical examination that uses the sense of touch to assess various parts of the body