5 Written questions
5 Matching questions
- When removing the thermometer from the patients mouth or site what must you do
- Parts of a Blood Pressure Machine
- What is the pressure of the blood felt against the wall of an artery
- Before taking a temperature you must do what first
- To take a pulse use what part of your hand
- a Cuff, gauge, bulb, control valve, internal bladder
- b Tips of your first 2 or 3 fingers, locate the pulse on the thumb side of the patients wrist
- c Remove the clean thermometer by the upper end. Use a clean tissue or dry cotton ball to wipe the thermometer from the stem to the bulb
- d put on gloves, and ask patient if they have had anything to eat, drink or smoke in the last 15 minutes
- e pulse
5 Multiple choice questions
- Is a condition that occurs with some heart conditions. In some cases, the heart is weak & does not pump enough blood to produce a pulse. In other cases the heart beats too fast, & there is not enough time for the heart to fill with blood; therefore the heart does not produce a pulse during each beat.
- the forehead must be free of perspiration. Wipe the perspiration away if present.
- Hold thermometer with one hand to take the temperature, with the other hand pull the ear pinna up and back on any child over 1 year of age and on adults. Pull the ear pinna straight back for infants under 1 year old.
5 True/False questions
Ways to measure temperature → rate
Oral Normal Range of Temperature is → refers to the depth and quality of the respiration. Words used to describe are: Deep, Shallow, Labored, Difficult, Stertorous (abnormal sounds like snoring), Moist. Also regular or Irregular
Temperature loss can be caused by → Urination, Perspiration, Feces, Respiration
Temperature of 38.3 degrees Celsius equals what in Fahrenheit → 101 degrees Farhenheit
Tympanic Thermometers get reading from what → In the ear or called Aural.