YOU SHOULD KNOW THIS
RAPID, SHALLOW RESPIRATORY RATE ABOVE 25
TACHYPNEA
DESCRIBES PULSE OR RESPIRATIONS AS REGULAR OR IRREGULAR
RHYTHM
NORMAL PULSE RATE FOR AN ADULT
60-100
HYPOTHERMIA
TEMP OF 95 DEGREES OR LESS
TRUE OR FALSE --> THE GRAPHIC CHART PRESENTS A VISUAL DIAGRAM OF VARIATIONS IN A PATIENT'S VITAL SIGNS
TRUE
MEASUREMENT OF BALANCE BETWEEN HEAT LOST AND HEAT PRODUCED
TEMPERATURE
YOU SHOULD WAIT ___ MINUTES AFTER A PATIENT HAS SMOKED, DRANK, OR EATEN BEFORE TAKING THEIR TEMP
15 MINUTES
WORDS LIKE DEEP, SHALLOW, SONOROUS, OR MOIST DESCRIBE THE _________ OF RESPIRATIONS
CHARACTER
HYPERTHERMIA
TEMP OF 104 DEGREES OR MORE
PREHYPERTENSION RANGES
120-139 OVER 80-89
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN APICAL PULSE AND RADIAL PULSE
PULSE DEFICIT
SILENT KILLER
BLOOD PRESSURE
USUALLY THE FIRST INDICATOR OF DISEASE
ABNORMAL BLOOD PRESSURE
AN APICAL PULSE IS USUALLY TAKEN ON INFANTS AND CHILDREN BECAUSE THEY
HAVE A VERY RAPID PULSE
BUBBLING, CRACKLING, OR NOISY SOUNDS CAUSED BY MUCOUS OR FLUID IN AIRWAY PASSAGES
RALES
AN ELECTRONIC THERMOMETER IS LEFT IN PLACE FOR ____-____ MINUTES
1-3
STARVATION OR FASTING, SLEEP, DECREASED MUSCLE ACTIVITY, MOUTH BREATHING, COLD TEMPS, AND SOME DISEASES CAUSE THE TEMPERATURE TO
DECREASE
PULSE RATE ON TOP OF FOOT
DORSALIS PEDIS
TEMP OVER 106 CAN CAUSE
ORTHOSTATIC OR POSTURAL HYPOTENSION
THREE THINGS THAT SHOULD BE NOTED ABOUT EVERY PULSE
RATE
RHYTHM
VOLUME
FEVER IS PRESENT
FEBRILE
PULSE BEHIND THE KNEE
POPLITEAL
DEATH USUALLY OCCURS IF BODY TEMP DROPS BELOW
93 DEGREES
MERCURY POISONING CAN ATTACK A PERSON'S
CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM