{"id":66,"date":"2015-04-20T21:51:10","date_gmt":"2015-04-20T21:51:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/vitalsigns\/?page_id=66"},"modified":"2023-08-15T20:57:41","modified_gmt":"2023-08-15T20:57:41","slug":"lesson-1-self-test","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/vitalsigns\/?page_id=66","title":{"rendered":"Lesson 1: Self-Test"},"content":{"rendered":"

INSTRUCTIONS.<\/strong> The following exercises are to be answered by marking the lettered response that best answers the question or best completes the incomplete statement or by writing the answer in the space provided.<\/p>\n

The correct answers are provided at the bottom of the page.<\/p>\n

1. Vital signs include the patient’s ___________________- , _____________ ,<\/p>\n

________________________ , and _______________________________ .<\/p>\n

2. You are obtaining a patient’s SAMPLE history. What do the letters in SAMPLE\u00a0mean?<\/p>\n

S _________________________________________<\/p>\n

A _________________________________________<\/p>\n

M _________________________________________<\/p>\n

P _________________________________________<\/p>\n

L _________________________________________<\/p>\n

E _________________________________________<\/p>\n

3. In the AVPU method of evaluating the patient’s level of consciousness, what does\u00a0each letter stand for?<\/p>\n

A _________________________________________<\/p>\n

V _________________________________________<\/p>\n

P _________________________________________<\/p>\n

U _________________________________________<\/p>\n

4. Your patient does not respond when you question him about his name, where he\u00a0is, what day it is, or what has happened. However, he shows a pain response to a\u00a0wound on his leg and will follow the simple command, “Raise your right arm,”\u00a0when you yell at him. How would you classify this person on the AVPU scale?<\/p>\n

____________________________<\/p>\n

5. Score the following patient using the Glasgow Coma Scale.<\/p>\n

______ The patient opens his eyes when spoken to or when directed to do so.<\/p>\n

_______ The patient answers questions with responses inappropriate to the\u00a0questions.<\/p>\n

_______ The patient can localize the pain that he is feeling.<\/p>\n

_______ Total Glasgow score.<\/p>\n

\n

Solutions<\/strong><\/p>\n

1.<\/p>\n

Temperature, pulse, breathing, and blood pressure (any order) (para 1-1)<\/p>\n

2.<\/p>\n

Signs and symptoms<\/p>\n

Allergies<\/p>\n

Medication<\/p>\n

Pertinent past history<\/p>\n

Last oral intake<\/p>\n

Events leading to injury or illness (para 1-6)<\/p>\n

3.<\/p>\n

A–Alert and oriented<\/p>\n

V– Responds to verbal stimulus<\/p>\n

P– Responds to pain.<\/p>\n

U– Unresponsive.<\/p>\n

4.<\/p>\n

\u00a0V– Responds to verbal stimulus<\/p>\n

5.<\/p>\n

E3<\/p>\n

V3<\/p>\n

M5<\/p>\n

11<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

INSTRUCTIONS. The following exercises are to be answered by marking the lettered response that best answers the question or best completes the incomplete statement or by writing the answer in the space provided. The correct answers are provided at the bottom of the page. 1. Vital signs include the patient’s ___________________- , _____________ , ________________________ … Continue reading Lesson 1: Self-Test<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":35,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-66","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/vitalsigns\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/66","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/vitalsigns\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/vitalsigns\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/vitalsigns\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/vitalsigns\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=66"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/vitalsigns\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/66\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":689,"href":"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/vitalsigns\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/66\/revisions\/689"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/vitalsigns\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/35"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/vitalsigns\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=66"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}