Vital Signs (Body Temperature)

Question 1

What range is a normal body temperature?

Answer 1

98.6 - 100.4 degrees Fahrenheit

Question 2

A body temp that is too high is called what?

Answer 2

A febrile temperature (due to sickness) or hyperthermia (due to prolonged exposure to heat)

Question 3

A body temp that is too low is called what?

Answer 3

Hypothermia

Question 4

You’re caring for a sick patient who has a temp of 102 degrees Fahrenheit, is this normal? If not, is this hypothermia or a febrile temperature?

Answer 4

This is a febrile temperature.

Question 5

What sites can you utilize to check the body temperature?

Answer 5

Oral, the tympanic membrane, the temporal artery, axillary, rectally

Question 6

Where do you check someone’s temp if you’re using an axillary site?

Answer 6

Under their arm pits

Question 7

Where do you check someone’s temp if you’re using a temporal membrane site?

Answer 7

Their ears with a tympanic thermometer.

Question 8

Where do you check someone’s temp if you’re using a rectal site?

Answer 8

The anis

Question 9

Where do you check someone’s temp if you’re using a temporal artery site?

Answer 9

You scan the forehead head with a temporal thermometer.

Question 10

What is the most reliable way to get someone’s core temperature?

Answer 10

Rectally

Question 11

Aside from rectally, how can you get someone’s core temperature?

Answer 11

By using a tympanic thermometer to check someone’s ear.