Terminlogy
Arteries
Vital Signs
Misc.
Signs/Symptoms
100
Loss of Consciousness
syncope
100
Which artery is the most common location to take a pulse when performing cardiopulmonary resuscitation 
Carotid
100
The degree of hot and cold found in the body
Temperature
100
Emergency Telephone numbers should 
include EMS personnel, local police, and firefighters
100
unexplained chest pain
angina
200
Pressure that is exerted by the blood
Blood Pressure
200
The most common site for taking a patients pulse in the dental office
radial
200
Used for measuring a patient's blood pressure in the arteries
sphymomanometer
200
When a patient starts breathing abnormally deep and fast 
hyperventilation
200
abnormally low blood pressure
hypotension
300
Quantity or amount, as in force of a heartbeat is called?
Volume
300
Rhythmic expansion of an artery each time the heart beats 
pulse
300
instrument used for listening to sounds by the body
stethosscope
300
The cells of the brain are irreversibly damaged after __ without oxygen
4-6 min.
300
When an adult patient is not responding to any type of sensory stimulation 
unconscious
400
skin redness often caused by inflammation or infection
erythema
400
When taking a patient's pulse, place your ___ on the patient's wrist between the radius and the tendon 
index and middle finger
400
The respiration characteristics that are noted in the patients record include the rate and___?
rhythm and depth
400
How many phases of Korotkoff sounds are heard when taking the blood pressure?
5
400
abnormally high blood pressure
hypertension
500
Substance that lead to shock and life-threatening respiratory collapse 
Anaphylaxis
500
Related to the radius or forearm 
Radial
500
Temperature readings that normally read 98.6F
oral and tympanic
500
A patient is brought to an upright position rapidly and loses consciousness, or a level of consciousness 
postural hypotension
500
an irregularity in the rhythm of a heartbeat 
arrhythmia
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