Practice exercise (made-up values, not clinical guidance). A patient’s blood pressure is 106/58 mmHg. Find the mean arterial pressure MAP = (SBP + 2·DBP)/3, to the nearest whole mmHg.
Clinical assessment scores worksheet with answers
Practice exercise (made-up values, not clinical guidance). A practice patient after a head injury opens the eyes when spoken to, says inappropriate, random words and shows as the best motor response: abnormal flexion of the arms (decorticate posture). Find the Glasgow Coma Scale total GCS = E + V + M.
Practice exercise (made-up values, not clinical guidance). A practice patient after a head injury opens the eyes only to pressure (a painful stimulus), makes no sounds and shows as the best motor response: abnormal flexion of the arms (decorticate posture). Work out the GCS and classify the head injury by it. Click your answer.
- 1mild
- 2moderate
- 3severe
Practice exercise (made-up values, not clinical guidance). A practice patient is assessed with the Braden scale: sensory perception: very limited; moisture: constantly moist; activity: bedfast; mobility: slightly limited; nutrition: adequate; friction and shear: problem. Find the Braden total B.
Practice exercise (made-up values, not clinical guidance). Use the NEWS2 chart (SpO₂ scale 1) for these observations: respiration rate 24/min, SpO₂ 89% on room air, blood pressure 136/82 mmHg, pulse 114/min, alert, temperature 36.8 °C. Which clinical risk group does the patient fall into? Click it.
- 1low
- 2low–medium
- 3medium
- 4high
Practice exercise (made-up values, not clinical guidance). The team aims for a mean arterial pressure of at least 65 mmHg. A patient’s systolic pressure is 113 mmHg. Using MAP = (SBP + 2·DBP)/3, what is the lowest diastolic pressure DBP that still gives a MAP of 65 mmHg?
Answer key
- 1. MAP = 74 mmHg
- 2. GCS = 9
- 3. severe
- 4. B = 11
- 5. high
- 6. DBP = 41 mmHg
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