VITAL SIGNS & MONITORING DEVICES

Question 1

THEY RHYTHMIC BEATS FELT AS THE HEART PUMPS BLOOD THROUGH THE ARTERIES.

Answer 1

PULSE

Question 2

THE NUMBER OF PULSE BEATS PER MINUTE.

Answer 2

PULSE RATE

Question 3

A RAPID PULSE; ANY PULSE RATE ABOVE 100 BEATS PER MINUTE.

Answer 3

TACHYCARDIA

Question 4

A SLOW PULSE; ANY PULSE RATE BELOW 60 BEATS PER MINUTE.

Answer 4

BRADYCARDIA

Question 5

OUTWARD SIGNS OF WHAT IS GOING ON INSIDE THE BODY; INCLUDING PULSE, RESPIRATIONS, SKIN COLOR, TEMPERATURE AND CONDITION, CAPILLARY REFIL, PUPILS AND BLOOD PRESSURE.

Answer 5

VITAL SIGNS

Question 6

60 TO 100 BEATS PER MINUTE

Answer 6

NORMAL PULSE RATE IN ADULTS

Question 7

THE RHYTHM (REGULAR OR IRREGULAR; STRONG OR WEAK.

Answer 7

PULSE QUALITY

Question 8

THE PULSE FELT AT THE WRIST

Answer 8

RADIAL

Question 9

THE PULSE FELT IN THE UPPER ARM

Answer 9

BRACHIAL

Question 10

THE PULSE FELT ALONG THE LARGE CARTOID ARTERY ON EITHER SIDE OF THE NECK.

Answer 10

CARTOID

Question 11

THE ACT OF BREATHING IN AND OUT.

Answer 11

RESPIRATION

Question 12

THE NUMBER OF BREATHS TAKEIN IN ONE MINUTE.

Answer 12

RESPIRATORY RATE

Question 13

NORMAL OR ABNORMAL; (SHALLOW, LABORED OR NOISY) CHARACTER OF BREATHING.

Answer 13

RESPIRATORY QUALITY

Question 14

THE REGULAR OR IRREGULAR SPACING OF BREATHS.

Answer 14

RESPIRATORY RHYTHM

Question 15

THE BLACK CENTER OF THE EYE

Answer 15

PUPIL

Question 16

GETS LARGER

Answer 16

DILATE

Question 17

GETS SMALLER

Answer 17

CONSTRICT

Question 18

IN THE PUPIL OF THE EYE; REACTING TO LIGHT BY CHANGING SIZE

Answer 18

REACTIVITY

Question 19

THE FORCE OF BLOOD AGAINST THE WALLS OF THE BLOOD VESSELS.

Answer 19

BLOOD PRESSURE

Question 20

THE PRESSURE CREATED WHEN THE HEART CONTRACTS AND FORCES BLOOD OUT INTO THE ARTERIES.

Answer 20

SYSTOIC PRESSURE

Question 21

THE PRESSURE REMAINING IN THE ARTERIES WHEN THE LEFT VENTRICLE OF THE HEART IS RELAXED AND REFILLING.

Answer 21

DIASTOLIC PRESSURE

Question 22

120/80

Answer 22

NORMAL BLOOD PRESSURE RANGE FOR MOST ADULTS

Question 23

THE CUFF AND GAUGE USED TO MEASURE BLOOS PRESSURE.

Answer 23

SPHYGMOMANOMETER

Question 24

THE MAJOR ARTRY OF THE ARM.

Answer 24

BRACHIAL ARTERY

Question 25

LISTENING

Answer 25

AUSCULTATION

Question 26

FEELING & TOUCHING

Answer 26

PALPATION

Question 27

A MACHINE THAT AUTOMATICALLY INFLATES A BLOOD PRESSURE CUFF AND MEASURES BLOOS PRESSURE.

Answer 27

BLOOD PRESSURE MONITOR

Question 28

AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE USED FOR DETERMINING THE AMOUNT OF OXYGEN CARRIED IN THE BLOOD, KNOWN AS OXYGEN SATURATION.

Answer 28

PULSE OXIMETER

Question 29

THE RATION OF THE AMOUNT OF OXYGEN PRESENT IN THE BLOOD TO THE AMOUNT THAT COULD BE CARRIED, EXPRESSED AS A PERCENTAGE.

Answer 29

OXYGEN SATURATION