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Vital Signs

Vital Signs. Jeopardy. The art of using a stethoscope is known as this skill. What is Auscultation?. The skill of using one’s hands to examine a patient is called this. What is palpation?. The type of breathing associated with a dying patient. What is Cheyne-Stokes respiration?.

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Vital Signs

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  1. Vital Signs Jeopardy

  2. The art of using a stethoscope is known as this skill

  3. What is Auscultation?

  4. The skill of using one’s hands to examine a patient is called this

  5. What is palpation?

  6. The type of breathing associated with a dying patient

  7. What is Cheyne-Stokes respiration?

  8. Able to breathe only when sitting up straight but not lying down

  9. Orthopnea

  10. Four signs of shock

  11. Cold, clammy skin, dizziness, loss of consciousness, low BP, thready pulse, nausea, pallor

  12. They have bounding pulses, but poor circulation!

  13. Diabetics (only capillaries clogged up)

  14. Famous for his race car movies as a street racer, he ironically died in a high speed Porsche accident

  15. Paul Walker

  16. This fictional character is the star of an updated American version of this detective in Elementary

  17. Sherlock Holmes

  18. Four methods of taking a temperature

  19. Orally, aurally, rectally, axial, digitally on forehead/skin

  20. This country manufactures this building block for kids

  21. Legos, made in Denmark

  22. The proper way to remove a tick

  23. With a forceps (tweezer)

  24. 135 bpm would be a normal pulse for them

  25. babies

  26. Trendelenberg position refers to this method of treating shock

  27. Feet elevated means “Trendelenberg” position

  28. Five methods of elevating one’s pulse rate

  29. Physical activity, stress, nicotine, cocaine, caffeine, ecstasy, crystal meth

  30. The ideal range for human cholesterol in the blood

  31. 150-200 mg.%

  32. Omega three fats are found in this food source

  33. Cold water fish (cod, tuna, salmon, sardines, herring)

  34. The artery used for pulse taking generally

  35. Radial, base of the patient’s thumb

  36. An expensive Atlanta suburb said this star was not welcome to purchase a house in their neighborhood

  37. Justin Bieber

  38. She is the new announcer on DWTS replacing Brooke Burke

  39. Erin Andrews

  40. His 92 birthday was celebrated last week and his name has largely been replaced by the expression “abdominal thrusts” but used to be named for him

  41. Dr. Robert Heimlich

  42. What a “spoonful of sugar” can do, according to Mary Poppins

  43. Makes the medicine go down

  44. Three side effects of using cortisone

  45. Raises blood sugar (avoid use with diabetics) • Raises BP )avoid pts. with HBP • Promotes infections by lowering pts. ability to fight infections (avoid use with TB pts.) • Delays healing of wounds (don’t give to alcoholics with bleeding ulcers) • Retain water

  46. Their hearts are too small for their bodies

  47. Victims of CHF or congestive heart failure

  48. Six ways of administering a medication

  49. Orally, IM, IV, transdermal patch, inhalant, sub dermally, rectally by suppository, eyedrops, ear drops

  50. Drug commonly used to treat CHF

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