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    Unit 3 test

    Name: Tanatswa Nyamande __________________________________________


    Date: 28 January 2024___________

    1 Choose the correct words in italics.


    1 breath per minute A stethoscope is used to check temperature / breaths per minute.
    2 blood pressure monitor The nurse records the patient’s pulse rate using a blood pressure monitor / his
    or her fingers.
    3 sphygnmonometre Nurses measure blood pressure with a sphygmomanometer / oxygen
    saturation.
    4 thermometers We can monitor temperature using different types of thermometer / stethoscope.

    2 Look at this chart and write the readings in words.


    Patient name: Ralph Simmons
    BP P RR T Wt 0² Sats Signature
    130/85 79 20 36.8 77.5 kg 94% Rosie Steiner

    5 Mr Simmons’ blood pressure is now at 130/85_______________________________ .


    6 He weighs 77.5 kg_______________________________ .
    7 His respiration rate is at 20_______________________________ .
    8 Your pulse is fairly stable at 79_______________________________, Mr Simmons.
    9 Sandra, are your patient’s Sats still around 94%_______________________________?
    10 Sorry, did you say 36.8_______________________________ for his temperature?

    3 Complete these questions with the words in the box.


    empty hold put relax roll up stand

    11 Can you just relax____________ and breathe normally, please?


    12 Could you roll up____________ your sleeve for me?
    13 Please can you stand____________ on the scales?
    14 Could you just put____________ your head on one side?
    15 Can you hold____________ your right arm out straight?
    16 Could you empty ____________ your bladder first, please?

    4 Complete these sentences with will or won’t and the verbs in brackets.
    17 The nurse will____________ (weigh) and measure you first.
    18 We____________will (monitor) the patient and take his vital signs every two hours.
    19 Dalya’s temperature will____________ (go down) once the antibiotics take effect.
    20 It will____________ (be) over very quickly.
    21 It won’t ____________ (not take) long.
    22 I will____________ (wrap) this cuff round your arm first.
    23 He won’t ____________ (not feel) a thing.
    24 You will____________ (feel) much better in an hour or two.
    25 I will____________ (take) your pulse with this little machine.

    PHOTOCOPIABLE © 2013 Pearson ELT 1


    5 Match 26–30 to a–e to make sentences.
    26–a Her pulse increased from seventy-fuve to eighty she is very anxious today
    27– Mr Smith’s temperature has been the same for the last four hours –its stable at 36.7
    28 My child’s temperature was 36.7, then 38, then 37.2 –it goes up and down
    29 The patient’s blood pressure decreased after a few minutes,from 160/100 to 120/80
    30 Carl’s resps vary between twenty -five breathes per minute his asthma’s still a problem

    a it goes up and down.


    b between twenty and twenty-five breaths per minute; his asthma’s still a problem.
    c from 160/100 to 120/80.
    d from seventy-five to eighty; she’s very anxious today.
    e it’s stable at 36.7.

    PHOTOCOPIABLE © 2013 Pearson ELT 2

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