Vital Signs
The normal heart rate for an adult.
What is 60 - 100 beats per minute
"HR"
What is Heart Rate?
Hypertension
What is High Blood Pressure?
This organ contains 4 chambers & pumps body throughout the entire body.
What is the Heart?
This machine automatically inflates a sleeve around the arm to check a patients blood pressure.
What is a Blood Pressure Cuff?
The instrument used to listen to internal body sounds.
What is a stethoscope
"BP"
What is blood pressure?
Edema
What is Swelling of Tissues?
You have two of these bean-shaped organs that filter blood & make urine.
What is the Kidneys?
This machine breathes for a patient who can't breathe on their own.
What is a ventilator?
A normal blood pressure reading
What is 120/80
"CPR"
What is Cardiopulmonary resuscitation?
HIV
What is Human immunodeficiency Virus?
This is the largest organ of the body.
What is Skin?
This electronic device sends small electrical signals to keep a regular heart rate and rhythm.
What is a Pacemaker?
The normal range for adult respirations
What is 12-20 breaths per minute
"NPO"
What is "nothing by mouth"
Myocardial Infarction
What is a Heart attack?
This butterfly shaped gland in the neck regulates your body's metabolism.
What is the Thyroid gland?
This flexible tube is inserted into the bladder to continuously drain and measure a patients urine output.
What is a Foley Catheter?
The term meaning fast heart rate.
What is tachycardia
"COPD"
What is Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease?
Cerebrovascular Accident (CVA)
What is a Stroke?
These tiny grape-like sacs in the lungs is were gas exchange takes place.
What is the Alveoli?
This device can deliver an electric shock to restore a normal normal heart rhythm.
What is a Defibrillator?