Vital
The four main examples of this are: temperature, pulse, respirations and blood pressure.
What are vital signs?
Normal oral body temperature of an adult
What is 98.6?
Listening through a stethoscope
What is auscultation?
The term for the process of taking in oxygen (O2) and expelling carbon dioxide (CO2) from the lungs and respiratory tract.
What is respiration?
The average normal blood pressure for an adult
What is 120/80 mmHg?
A measurement of the balance between heat lost and heat produced by the body.
What is temperature?
The term for an elevated body temperature, usually above 100.5oF orally
What is fever?
What is an abnormally low pulse rate, usually below 60 beats per minute, called?
What is bradycardia?
The medical term for difficult or labored breathing.
What is dyspnea?
The medical term for low blood pressure
What is hypotension?
This is to be done if you note any abnormality or change in any vital sign
What is report it immediately to the nurse or supervisor?
Electronic thermometers that record the temperature in the ear and displays on a screen in 2 seconds.
What are tympanic thermometers?
This should be used to palpate pulses.
What is index and middle finger?
Temporary absence of respirations is called?
Apnea
The relaxation of the left ventricle
What is diastole?
The number of heart beats per minute is known as the pulse ________.
What is rate?
This is where an oral thermometer should be placed
What is under the tongue and toward the side of the mouth?
Normal pulse for an adult
What is 60-100?
Normal respiratory rate for an adult per minute
What is 12-20 respirations per minute?
The contraction of the left ventricle
What is systole?
The pressure of the blood felt against the wall of an artery as the heart contracts and relaxes.
What is pulse?
The medical term when no fever is present or the body temperature is within the normal range.
What is afebrile?
This pulse is found on the side of the neck
What is carotid?
A sign of this is when the skin and lips turn bluish in color
What is Cyanosis?
The medical term for a blood pressure cuff. (spelling counts)
What is a Sphygmomanometer?