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Parent Vital Signs Assessment

This quiz is designed to test your knowledge of Skin signs, Temperature, and Pulse oximetry. Read each question fully and make sure you understand what the question is asking before you answer. Some questions are select all that apply, these will be marked by square check boxes. After answering all questions to the best of your ability, click the “Submit” button at the bottom of the page. Your score will be shown at the bottom of the page after submission. You may reset this quiz as many times as you would like.

1 Your patient may be at risk for sepsis if they have a suspected infection and a temperature greater than

98.6° F
99.0° F
100.0° F
100.4° F

The following scenario will be used for Questions 2-5: You are called code 3 for a 24 year old male who presented to urgent care after submersion for 1 minute in a frozen lake. The patient was still in their wet clothes when they arrived at urgent care and has since been stripped, dried, and surrounded by warmed blankets and placed on an automated monitor with the pulse oximetry on their left ring finger and blood pressure cuff on the right arm. The patient's core temperature is 96.9° F as of 2 minutes ago per staff. Other vital signs are respiratory rate of 10 deep and unlabored, SPO2 not reading on room air, blood pressure 142/66, pulse 58 bpm strong and regular, pupils 4 mm PERRL, blood glucose unable to be obtained, skin signs are cool and dry. The patient is conscious, alert and oriented x4, complaining of right knee pain from when they fell through the ice.

2 Is this patient's temperature outside of the normal boundaries for adult?

Yes
No

3 Does this patient require oxygen therapy?

Yes, their SPO2 is too low to be read.
Yes, hypothermia requires oxygen therapy.
No, because they are breathing at a normal rate.
There is not enough evidence in the question to determine whether oxygen therapy is warranted or not.

4 Given this patient's presentation, what would you expect their capillary refill to be?

0.5-1 second
1-1.5 seconds
1.5-2 seconds
> 2 seconds

5 This patient's core temperature is likely higher than the temperature at the extremities.

True
False

6 You respond for an interfacility transport of a patient who reported experiencing shortness of breath following exercise. Their SPO2 is 94% on room air. Is this within normal bounds?

Yes
No

7 A patient exhibits peri-oral cyanosis and tachypnea. They are most likely

Hypoxic
Hypothermic
Hypovolemic
Hypotensive

8 Which of the following would potentially inhibit correct assessment via pulse oximeter?

Nail Polish
Cold Fingers
Poor Circulation
Carbon Monoxide poisoning
Darkly pigmented skin
None of the above

9 Excessive sweating is known as

Polyuria
Polydipsia
Diuresis
Diaphoresis

10 Cyanosis is

A bluish hue to the skin that indicates hypovolemia
A bluish hue to the skin that indicates hypoxia
A greenish hue to the skin that indicates hypovolemia
A greenish hue to the skin that indicates hypoxia

11 Capillary refill should not be checked on the toes.

True
False


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Created September 8, 2021 by Josh Hantke
Modified March 1, 2023 by Felipe Schenone
Cite as Josh Hantke (2021–2023). "Skin, Temperature, and Pulse Oximetry Quiz". Appropedia. Retrieved April 20, 2024.
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