2. Child: 80-100 beats/minute
3. Rapid and weak pulse indicates: Shock, bleeding, diabetic coma, and/or heat
exhaustion
4. Rapid but stein pulse indicates: Heat stroke and/or severe fright
5. Strong bit slow pulse indicates: Skull fracture and/or stroke
6. No pulse indicates: Cardiac arrest and/or death
7. 2 most convenient sites for taking the pulse: Neck (carotid artery)
And the wrist (radial artery) is
8. Adult respiration: 12-20 breaths/ minute
9. Child respirations: 20-25 breaths/minute
10. Shallow breathing indicates: Shock
11. Measurement for respirations is taken by: Watching, feeling and counting the
rise and fall of chest
12. Oral temp: 98.6 degrees F
13. Rectal temp: 99.6 degrees F
14. Ancillary temp: 97.6 degrees F
15. Hot, dry skin indicates: Disease, infection, and/or over exposure to environ-
mental heat
16. Cool, clammy skin is and and indicator: Trauma, shock, and/or heat exhaus-
tion
17. Cool and dry skin is displayed because of...: Overexposure to cold
18. Irregular or gasping breath: Cardiac related
19. Red skin color: Heat stroke,diabetic coma, and/or high blood pressure
20. White skin color: Insufficient circulation, shock, fright, hemorrhage, heat ex-
haustion and/or insulin shock
21. Blue skin: Circulated blood is poorly oxygenated
22. Constricted pupils: Injury to the central nervous system and/or intake of a
depressant drug
23. Dilated pupils: Head injury, shock, heat stroke, hemorrhage, and/or intake of a
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, stimulant drug
24. Failing pupils to light: Brain injury, intake of alcohol, or drug poisoning
25. PEARL: Pupils Equal And Reactive to Light
26. Evaluation of LOC: Athlete's mental awareness
Memory and ability to recall
Response to commands (direction, events, etc.)
2 n/
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