NHA Exam| 107 QUESTIONS| WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS

Heart rates correct answer: Normal: 60-100 beats/min Athletes (normal): ~40 beats/min Tachycardia: > 100 beats/min Bradycardia: < 60 beats/min *dizziness and shortness of breath may indicate tachy and bradycardia *measure for 1min. Temperature correct answer: Normal: 97.6-99.6 F (36.4-37.6 C) Fever (oral): >100 F (37.8 C) Fever (rectal/ear): >101 F Fever (pediatric rectal): > 100.4 F (38 C) *most common method to measure: orally *most accurate method to measure: rectally Supine Position correct answer: Pt lies flat facing upward Blood Pressure correct answer: Normal: <120 / <80 Prehypertension: 120-139 / 80-89 Hypertension Stage I: 140-159 / 90-99 Hypertension Stsge II: >160 / >100 Hypertensive Crisis: >180 / >110 Hypotensive: <90 / <60 Respiration correct answer: Normal: 12-20 breaths/min *deviation may be due to injury or illness *observe for pale, ashen, cyanoic, or cold skin for pts with reading out of the 12-20 breaths/min range Systolic correct answer: Pressure in blood vessels when your heart beats (ventricles contract) Diastolic correct answer: Pressure in blood vessels when your heart rests between beats (ventricles relax) Sphygmomanometer correct answer: Blood pressure cuff *palpate brachial atery in antecubical region of arm *center bladder of cuff over brachial artery with the tube away from pt body and bulb close to pt body *position cuff 1in. above bend in elbow with guage at eye level to read *release dial slowly at 2mm/sec *1st beat = systolic reading *when the best stops = diastolic reading