Piece of my Heart
Normal heart rate range
60-100 BPM
difficult or painful breathing
dyspnea
Temperature measured via the ear canal
Tympanic
resting phase of the cardiac cycle
diastole
When a patient describes their pain to you, what kind of data are they giving?
subjective
True or false - a 2-year-old with a heart rate of 116 BPM is experiencing tachycardia
false - normal HR for a 2-year-old is 70-150
normal pulse ox value
95-100
temperature < 95 degrees F
hypothermia
the number on the blood pressure that correlates to the contraction of the heart
systolic
Asking a patient what their pain is on a scale of 0-10 is using which pain scale?
numeric
strength of a pulse is known as
amplitude
normal respiratory rate
12-20
True or false - rectal temperatures are the most accurate
true
During blood pressure measurement, a patient's arm should be placed at what level?
level of the heart
Name one other method, other than palpation, you can use to assess a pulse
auscultation, handhelp doppler, continuous cardiac monitoring
pulse on the medial side of the upper arm
brachial
name one factor that can affect accurate pulse ox measurement
correct placement of probe, circulation, movement, dark nail polish
True or false - what defines a normal temperature is determined by what measurement method you are using
True
<120/80
Pulse oximetry measures hemoglobin in the blood traveling through which blood vessels
arterial blood vessels
If you palpate your patient's pulse and you think it's irregular, you should....
Count for a full minute; Check an apical pulse (auscultate) for a full minute
terms that describe abnormally fast breathing and abnormally slow breathing (normal depth)
tachypnea
bradypnea
Name one factor that could affect someone's temperature
Hot/cold drink, smoking, time of day, menstrual cycle, age, fever/infection
This phase of the Korotkoff sounds marks the presence of diastole
Phase 5
Give an example of both an open-ended and closed-ended question you could use to assess your patient's pain.
Tell me about your pain/Can you describe your pain
Do have any pain? Does your arm hurt?