A patient has a blood pressure of 170/100. You wait a few minutes and retake their blood pressure and it is now 160/90. They are fine because their blood pressure is coming down with rest. It's okay because they are on medication for blood pressure. This is considered hypertensive. The patient needs close follow up and probable medication. They are hypotensive and need to stand up. QUESTION 2 All of the following are pulse locations EXCEPT radial fibial brachial carotid femoral QUESTION 3 sounds are noisy breathing sounds such as those heard in snoring. rhonchi Cheyne-Stokes stridor stertorous QUESTION 4 The is the instrument used for measuring the pressure the blood exerts against the walls of the artery. ophthalmoscope otoscope sphygmomanometer stethoscope QUESTION 6 When taking blood pressure in adults, the artery most commonly used is the radial. antecubital. brachial. apical QUESTION 7 When a pulse is obtained by listening through a stethoscope, this is called palpation percussion. auscultation O O O O O auditation. pulsation. QUESTION 8 The three characteristics of pulse include: route, rhythm, volume rate, rhythm, strength velocity, rate, depth elasticity, length, velocity QUESTION 9 The apical pulse is measured using the sphygmomanometer. thumb. stethoscope. index and middle fingers. ear. QUESTION 10 An adult heart rate above 1 0 0 BPM is known as: O O O tachycardia tachypnea bradycardia bradypnea QUESTION 11 Cyanosis means you have difficulty breathing when lying down you have an abnormally slow heart rate your 02 sat is at 100% you are not getting enough oxygen and your nails/lip may be blue QUESTION 12 Diastole refers to the. highest pressure level of the heart relaxation phase of the heart. contraction phase of the heart. a sexy swivel hip move when dancing. two beats of the heart. QUESTION 13 000 0 A patient with a temperature of 102F is afebrile. febrile. hypothermic anemic QUESTION 14 A patient's blood pressure drops suddenly when going from a lying or sitting to standing; this is referred to as orthopedist vertigo. orthopnea. orthostatic hypotension. QUESTION 15 All of the following affect blood pressure EXCEPT age. blood type. stress. medications. emotions. QUESTION 16 Pulse rate is a measurement of the number of times the heart beats in a: hour second minute day QUESTION 17 The average body temperature of a healthy person is 96.8 68.9 98.6 89.6 _F (37C), and may vary by 1F (0.6C) either up or down during the day. QUESTION 18 A faster than normal respiration rate is called O O O O O apnea. dyspnea. tachypnea. orthopnea. bradypnea. QUESTION 19 When a pulse is obtained by feeling with the fingers, this is called auscultation. O O O O O percussion. palpation. observation. pulsation. 4 points 4 points 20 Which of the following is the least accurate means of taking temperature? rectal aural or tympanic axillary oral QUESTION 21 A patient measures 68" tall without shoes. This is equal to 6 ft 8 in 5 ft 6 ft 5 ft 8 in QUESTION 22 The average adult respiratory rate is O O O O 4 11 breaths/min - 1220 breaths/min. 35-40 breaths/min. 60-80 breaths/min. 85 100 breaths/min. QUESTION 23 A slower than normal respiration rate is called apnea. dyspnea. slowypnea. orthopnea. bradypnea. QUESTION 24 Normal values for O2 saturation are 95-100 % while a level below 90 O O O O 70 95 85 QUESTION 25 Match the following terms with the correct definition. Pain wheezing Apnea Korotkoff Sounds % is life threatening. A. Cessation of breathing. B. Subjective measurement C. High pitched sound heard with asthma D. Sound heard while auscultating blood pressure. 4 points 4 points Save Answer Save Answer