COPE HEALTH SCHOLARS REVIEW EXAMS ALL SET
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔What is the least accurate method for taking a temperature? - ✔✔axillary (armpit)
✔✔rectal temperature is taken for which patients? - ✔✔small babies
✔✔pulse is the same as.... - ✔✔heart rate
✔✔what are the 7 places to measure pulse? - ✔✔carotid, femoral (in groin), posterior
tibial (behind ankle bone), brachial (above bend in elbow), popliteal (behind the knee),
dorsalis pedis (top of foot), radial
✔✔what is the normal resting heart rate for adults? - ✔✔60-100 bpm
✔✔what is the normal resting heart rate for children? - ✔✔60-140 bpm
✔✔what is the normal resting heart rate for toddlers? - ✔✔100-190 bpm
✔✔what is the normal resting heart rate for infants? - ✔✔100-205 bpm
, ✔✔what are the characteristics of pulse? - ✔✔rate (normal/fast/slow), rhythm
(regular/irregular), quality (strong/weak)
✔✔where would you palpate pulse on a conscious adult? - ✔✔radial artery
✔✔where would you palpate pulse on an unconscious adult? - ✔✔carotid artery
✔✔what is blood pressure a measurement of? - ✔✔force of blood against the walls of
arteries as the heart pumps and then relaxes
✔✔systolic blood pressure - ✔✔the pressure created in the arteries when the ventricles
contract
✔✔diastolic blood pressure - ✔✔the pressure created in the arteries when the ventricles
relax
✔✔normal adult blood pressure - ✔✔120/80 mmHg
✔✔what is inspiration - ✔✔diaphragm contracts, oxygen inhaled
✔✔what is expiration - ✔✔diaphragm relaxes, CO2 exhaled
✔✔what is a respiration? - ✔✔one cycle of inspirating and expirating
✔✔normal range of respirations for adults? - ✔✔12-20 breaths per minute
✔✔normal range of respirations for children? - ✔✔15-30 breaths per minute
✔✔normal range of respirations for infants? - ✔✔25-66 breaths per minute
✔✔what is normal O2 saturation? - ✔✔97-99%
✔✔what is O2 saturation? - ✔✔the percent of hemoglobin sites that are occupied
✔✔what is acute pain? - ✔✔-usually caused by injury, illness, surgery
-responds well to pain management
-disappears when underlying cause has been treated
✔✔what is chronic pain? - ✔✔-lasts longer than the ordinary duration of time that the
body needs to heal
✔✔what is true about pain? - ✔✔it is subjective
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔What is the least accurate method for taking a temperature? - ✔✔axillary (armpit)
✔✔rectal temperature is taken for which patients? - ✔✔small babies
✔✔pulse is the same as.... - ✔✔heart rate
✔✔what are the 7 places to measure pulse? - ✔✔carotid, femoral (in groin), posterior
tibial (behind ankle bone), brachial (above bend in elbow), popliteal (behind the knee),
dorsalis pedis (top of foot), radial
✔✔what is the normal resting heart rate for adults? - ✔✔60-100 bpm
✔✔what is the normal resting heart rate for children? - ✔✔60-140 bpm
✔✔what is the normal resting heart rate for toddlers? - ✔✔100-190 bpm
✔✔what is the normal resting heart rate for infants? - ✔✔100-205 bpm
, ✔✔what are the characteristics of pulse? - ✔✔rate (normal/fast/slow), rhythm
(regular/irregular), quality (strong/weak)
✔✔where would you palpate pulse on a conscious adult? - ✔✔radial artery
✔✔where would you palpate pulse on an unconscious adult? - ✔✔carotid artery
✔✔what is blood pressure a measurement of? - ✔✔force of blood against the walls of
arteries as the heart pumps and then relaxes
✔✔systolic blood pressure - ✔✔the pressure created in the arteries when the ventricles
contract
✔✔diastolic blood pressure - ✔✔the pressure created in the arteries when the ventricles
relax
✔✔normal adult blood pressure - ✔✔120/80 mmHg
✔✔what is inspiration - ✔✔diaphragm contracts, oxygen inhaled
✔✔what is expiration - ✔✔diaphragm relaxes, CO2 exhaled
✔✔what is a respiration? - ✔✔one cycle of inspirating and expirating
✔✔normal range of respirations for adults? - ✔✔12-20 breaths per minute
✔✔normal range of respirations for children? - ✔✔15-30 breaths per minute
✔✔normal range of respirations for infants? - ✔✔25-66 breaths per minute
✔✔what is normal O2 saturation? - ✔✔97-99%
✔✔what is O2 saturation? - ✔✔the percent of hemoglobin sites that are occupied
✔✔what is acute pain? - ✔✔-usually caused by injury, illness, surgery
-responds well to pain management
-disappears when underlying cause has been treated
✔✔what is chronic pain? - ✔✔-lasts longer than the ordinary duration of time that the
body needs to heal
✔✔what is true about pain? - ✔✔it is subjective
