Vital Signs (Heart Rate) Flashcards
1
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What does it mean whenever you have an abnormally low heart rate?
A
Bradycardia
2
Q
What does it mean whenever you have an abnormally high heart rate?
A
Tachycardia
3
Q
Heart rate and respiratory rate both go by BPM. What does BPM stand for with the heart rate and what does BPM stand for with the respiratory rate?
A
Heart rate = Beats Per Minute
Respiratory = Breaths Per Minute
4
Q
What range should a normal adult pulse look like?
A
60-100 BPM
5
Q
What is the minimum normal adult heart rate?
A
60 BPM
6
Q
What is the maximum normal adult heart rate?
A
100 BPM
7
Q
Your adult patient has a heart rate below 60 BPM. What is this a sign of?
A
Bradycardia
8
Q
Your adult patient has a heart rate above 100 BPM. What is this a sign of?
A
Tachycardia
9
Q
You count someone as an adult if they are how old?
A
Over 20 years old
10
Q
Your adult patient has a heart rate of 122 BPM. Is this normal, abnormally high, or abnormally low?
A
Abnormally high
11
Q
Your adult patient has a heart rate of 39 BPM. Is this normal, abnormally high, or abnormally low?
A
Abnormally low
12
Q
Your adult patient has a heart rate of 93 BPM. Is this normal, abnormally high, or abnormally low?
A
Normal
13
Q
Your adult patient has a heart rate of 99 BPM. Is this normal, abnormally high, or abnormally low?
A
Normal
14
Q
Your adult patient has a heart rate of 59 BPM. Is this normal, abnormally high, or abnormally low?
A
Abnormally low
15
Q
Your adult patient has a heart rate of 100 BPM. Is this normal, abnormally high, or abnormally low?
A
Normal
16
Q
Your adult patient has a heart rate of 112 BPM. Is this normal, abnormally high, or abnormally low?
A
Abnormally high
17
Q
Your adult patient has a heart rate of 126 BPM. Is this normal, abnormally high, or abnormally low?
A
Abnormally high
18
Q
Your adult patient has a heart rate of 71 BPM. Is this normal, abnormally high, or abnormally low?
A
Normal
19
Q
Your adult patient has a heart rate of 137 BPM. Is this normal, abnormally high, or abnormally low?
A
Abnormally high
20
Q
Your adult patient has a heart rate of 83 BPM. Is this normal, abnormally high, or abnormally low?
A
Normal
21
Q
Your adult patient has a heart rate of 40 BPM. Is this normal, abnormally high, or abnormally low?
A
Abnormally low
22
Q
You count someone as an adolescent if they are what age?
A
12-20 Years Old
23
Q
What range should a normal adolescent pulse look like?
A
50 - 100 BPM
24
Q
What is the minimum normal adolescent heart rate?
A
50 BPM
25
What is the maximum normal adolescent heart rate?
100 BPM
26
Your adolescent patient has a heart rate of 43 BPM. Is this normal, abnormally high, or abnormally low?
Abnormally low
27
Your adolescent patient has a heart rate of 67 BPM. Is this normal, abnormally high, or abnormally low?
Normal
28
Your adolescent patient has a heart rate of 55 BPM. Is this normal, abnormally high, or abnormally low?
Normal
29
Your adolescent patient has a heart rate of 87 BPM. Is this normal, abnormally high, or abnormally low?
Normal
30
Your adolescent patient has a heart rate of 94 BPM. Is this normal, abnormally high, or abnormally low?
Normal
31
Your adolescent patient has a heart rate of 113 BPM. Is this normal, abnormally high, or abnormally low?
Abnormally high
32
Your adolescent patient has a heart rate of 126 BPM. Is this normal, abnormally high, or abnormally low?
Abnormally high
33
Your adolescent patient has a heart rate of 61 BPM. Is this normal, abnormally high, or abnormally low?
Normal
34
Your adolescent patient has a heart rate of 49 BPM. Is this normal, abnormally high, or abnormally low?
Abnormally low
35
Your adolescent patient has a heart rate of 50 BPM. Is this normal, abnormally high, or abnormally low?
Normal
36
Your adolescent patient has a heart rate of 101 BPM. Is this normal, abnormally high, or abnormally low?
Abnormally high
37
Your adolescent patient has a heart rate of 100 BPM. Is this normal, abnormally high, or abnormally low?
Normal
38
You count someone as school-age if they are how old?
6-12 Years Old
39
What range should a normal school-age pulse look like?
60-110 BPM
40
What is the minimum normal school-age pulse?
60 BPM
41
What is the maximum normal school-age pulse?
110 BPM
42
Your school-age patient has a heart rate of 67 BPM. Is this normal, abnormally high, or abnormally low?
Normal
43
Your school-age patient has a heart rate of 53 BPM. Is this normal, abnormally high, or abnormally low?
Abnormally low
44
Your school-age patient has a heart rate of 102 BPM. Is this normal, abnormally high, or abnormally low?
Normal
45
Your school-age patient has a heart rate of 138 BPM. Is this normal, abnormally high, or abnormally low?
Abnormally high
46
Your school-age patient has a heart rate of 133 BPM. Is this normal, abnormally high, or abnormally low?
Abnormally high
47
Your school-age patient has a heart rate of 127 BPM. Is this normal, abnormally high, or abnormally low?
Abnormally high
48
Your school-age patient has a heart rate of 125 BPM. Is this normal, abnormally high, or abnormally low?
Abnormally high
49
Your school-age patient has a heart rate of 107 BPM. Is this normal, abnormally high, or abnormally low?
Normal
50
Your school-age patient has a heart rate of 157 BPM. Is this normal, abnormally high, or abnormally low?
Abnormally high
51
Your school-age patient has a heart rate of 59 BPM. Is this normal, abnormally high, or abnormally low?
Abnormally low
52
Your school-age patient has a heart rate of 60 BPM. Is this normal, abnormally high, or abnormally low?
Normal
53
Your school-age patient has a heart rate of 111 BPM. Is this normal, abnormally high, or abnormally low?
Abnormally high
54
Your school-age patient has a heart rate of 110 BPM. Is this normal, abnormally high, or abnormally low?
Normal
55
You count someone as preschooler age if they are how old?
3-6 Years Old
56
What range should a normal preschooler pulse look like?
70-120 BPM
57
What is the minimum normal preschooler pulse?
70 BPM
58
What is the maximum normal preschooler pulse?
120 BPM
59
Your preschooler patient has a heart rate of 110 BPM. Is this normal, abnormally high, or abnormally low?
Normal
60
Your preschooler patient has a heart rate of 133 BPM. Is this normal, abnormally high, or abnormally low?
Abnormally high
61
Your preschooler patient has a heart rate of 148 BPM. Is this normal, abnormally high, or abnormally low?
Abnormally high
62
Your preschooler patient has a heart rate of 117 BPM. Is this normal, abnormally high, or abnormally low?
Normal
63
Your preschooler patient has a heart rate of 111 BPM. Is this normal, abnormally high, or abnormally low?
Normal
64
Your preschooler patient has a heart rate of 67 BPM. Is this normal, abnormally high, or abnormally low?
Abnormally low
65
Your preschooler patient has a heart rate of 72 BPM. Is this normal, abnormally high, or abnormally low?
Normal
66
Your preschooler patient has a heart rate of 84 BPM. Is this normal, abnormally high, or abnormally low?
Normal
67
Your preschooler patient has a heart rate of 69 BPM. Is this normal, abnormally high, or abnormally low?
Abnormally low
68
Your preschooler patient has a heart rate of 70 BPM. Is this normal, abnormally high, or abnormally low?
Normal
69
Your preschooler patient has a heart rate of 121 BPM. Is this normal, abnormally high, or abnormally low?
Abnormally high
70
Your preschooler patient has a heart rate of 120 BPM. Is this normal, abnormally high, or abnormally low?
Normal
71
You count someone as toddler age if they are how old?
1-3 Years Old
72
What range should a normal toddler pulse look like?
80-140 BPM
73
What is the maximum normal toddler pulse?
140 BPM
74
What is the minimum normal toddler pulse?
80 BPM
75
Your toddler patient has a heart rate of 120 BPM. Is this normal, abnormally high, or abnormally low?
Normal
76
Your toddler patient has a heart rate of 167 BPM. Is this normal, abnormally high, or abnormally low?
Abnormally high
77
Your toddler patient has a heart rate of 114 BPM. Is this normal, abnormally high, or abnormally low?
Normal
78
Your toddler patient has a heart rate of 130 BPM. Is this normal, abnormally high, or abnormally low?
Normal
79
Your toddler patient has a heart rate of 152 BPM. Is this normal, abnormally high, or abnormally low?
Abnormally high
80
Your toddler patient has a heart rate of 133 BPM. Is this normal, abnormally high, or abnormally low?
Normal
81
Your toddler patient has a heart rate of 68 BPM. Is this normal, abnormally high, or abnormally low?
Abnormally low
82
Your toddler patient has a heart rate of 84 BPM. Is this normal, abnormally high, or abnormally low?
Normal
83
Your toddler patient has a heart rate of 141 BPM. Is this normal, abnormally high, or abnormally low?
Abnormally high
84
Your toddler patient has a heart rate of 140 BPM. Is this normal, abnormally high, or abnormally low?
Normal
85
Your toddler patient has a heart rate of 79 BPM. Is this normal, abnormally high, or abnormally low?
Abnormally low
86
Your toddler patient has a heart rate of 80 BPM. Is this normal, abnormally high, or abnormally low?
Normal
87
You count someone as an infant if they are how old?
1 Month - 1 Year
88
What range should a normal infant pulse look like?
90-160 BPM
89
What is the minimum normal infant pulse?
90 BPM
90
What is the maximum normal infant pulse?
160 BPM
91
Your infant patient has a heart rate of 87 BPM. Is this normal, abnormally high, or abnormally low?
Abnormally low
92
Your infant patient has a heart rate of 96 BPM. Is this normal, abnormally high, or abnormally low?
Normal
93
Your infant patient has a heart rate of 152 BPM. Is this normal, abnormally high, or abnormally low?
Normal
94
Your infant patient has a heart rate of 174 BPM. Is this normal, abnormally high, or abnormally low?
Abnormally high
95
Your infant patient has a heart rate of 187 BPM. Is this normal, abnormally high, or abnormally low?
Abnormally high
96
Your infant patient has a heart rate of 116 BPM. Is this normal, abnormally high, or abnormally low?
Normal
97
Your infant patient has a heart rate of 123 BPM. Is this normal, abnormally high, or abnormally low?
Normal
98
Your infant patient has a heart rate of 147 BPM. Is this normal, abnormally high, or abnormally low?
Normal
99
Your infant patient has a heart rate of 89 BPM. Is this normal, abnormally high, or abnormally low?
Abnormally low
100
Your infant patient has a heart rate of 90 BPM. Is this normal, abnormally high, or abnormally low?
Normal
101
Your infant patient has a heart rate of 160 BPM. Is this normal, abnormally high, or abnormally low?
Normal
102
Your infant patient has a heart rate of 161 BPM. Is this normal, abnormally high, or abnormally low?
Abnormally high
103
You count someone as a newborn if they are how old?
Birth-28 Days old
104
What range should a normal newborn pulse look like?
120-160 BPM
105
What is the minimum normal newborn pulse?
120 BPM
106
What is the maximum normal newborn pulse?
160 BPM
107
Your newborn patient has a heart rate of 156 BPM. Is this normal, abnormally high, or abnormally low?
Normal
108
Your newborn patient has a heart rate of 120 BPM. Is this normal, abnormally high, or abnormally low?
Normal
109
Your newborn patient has a heart rate of 100 BPM. Is this normal, abnormally high, or abnormally low?
Abnormally low
110
Your newborn patient has a heart rate of 116 BPM. Is this normal, abnormally high, or abnormally low?
Abnormally low
111
Your newborn patient has a heart rate of 162 BPM. Is this normal, abnormally high, or abnormally low?
Abnormally high
112
Your newborn patient has a heart rate of 184 BPM. Is this normal, abnormally high, or abnormally low?
Abnormally high
113
Your newborn patient has a heart rate of 175 BPM. Is this normal, abnormally high, or abnormally low?
Abnormally high
114
Your newborn patient has a heart rate of 166 BPM. Is this normal, abnormally high, or abnormally low?
Abnormally high
115
Your newborn patient has a heart rate of 109 BPM. Is this normal, abnormally high, or abnormally low?
Abnormally low
116
Your newborn patient has a heart rate of 110 BPM. Is this normal, abnormally high, or abnormally low?
Abnormally low
117
Your newborn patient has a heart rate of 161 BPM. Is this normal, abnormally high, or abnormally low?
Abnormally high
118
Your newborn patient has a heart rate of 160 BPM. Is this normal, abnormally high, or abnormally low?
Normal
119
No matter your age, your heart rate shouldn't normally ever be over how many beats per minute?
160 BPM
120
No matter your age, your heart rate shouldn't normally ever be under how many beats per minute?
50 BPM
