Exam 24: Vital Signs

The temperature of a 3-year-old child with bilateral otitis externa is best taken with which thermometer?

A pulse rate over 100 beats per minute is identified as __________.

Which of the following pulse rates are typically found on well-conditioned athletes?

If a patient is a marathon runner, the resting pulse would be expected to be

How can you help patients feel comfortable about having their weight measured in the office?

Persistent readings of 90/60 mm Hg or lower usually are considered

Stertorous breathing often is described as sounding similar to

Smoking a cigarette a few minutes before having the blood pressure measured affects a person's BP levels.

Mr. Long's BP is 124/84 mm Hg. This puts Mr. Long into which category?

Healthy newborns have the highest age-related temperature norm.

Rales indicate airway obstruction with thick secretions.

A patient with __________ has abnormal rumbling sounds on expiration that indicate airway obstruction with thick secretions or bronchospasms.

Your patient has been diagnosed with uncontrolled hypertension. How would you expect his pulse to feel?

One of the contraindications to the use of the tympanic thermometer is

Which of the following pulses is palpated on either side of the eyes?

A safe and accurate method of recording the temperature of a 6-month-old infant is with which thermometer?

The diastolic BP is heard during which Korotkoff phase?

The rubber bladder in the blood pressure cuff does not have to be completely deflated between readings.

An elderly patient who has a pulse that is scarcely perceptible is said to have a(n) __________ pulse.

Internal respiration is the exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide in the lungs.