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NREMT EMR First Responder

Category - Patient Assessment

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A patient’s vital signs provide valuable information about their status, as well as changes in their status. All of the statements below apply to the vital signs of patients except one. Which statement about patient vital signs is not true?
  1. Normal adult pulse rates range between 60 and 100.
  2. Three factors about pulse that should be assessed are rate, strength, and rhythm.
  3. Radial pulse should be used in unresponsive patients to avoid moving the patient’s head or neck.
  4. Normal adult breathing rates range between 8 and 28 breaths per minute.
  5. Four factors of breathing that should be assessed are rate, depths, sound, and ease of breathing.
Explanation
Answer: C - All of the statements above are true of vital signs except the carotid pulse should be used to assess unresponsive patients, rather than radial pulse. Although a responder must touch the patient’s neck to take a carotid pulse, very little pressure is required. This should not cause the patient’s head or neck to move if it is injured. Radial pulse is appropriate as an initial method of assessing pulse in responsive adults. Brachial pulse (upper arm) is appropriate for taking the pulse of children.
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