Temperature
Pulse
Blood Pressure
Respirations
Safety Precautions/MISC
100

the balance between heat lost and heat produced

What is tempurature?

100
the pressure of blood pushing against the wall of an artery
What is pulse?
100

the force that blood exerts on the walls of arteries during heart activity

What is blood pressure?

100
process of taking in oxygen and expelling carbon dioxide
What are respirations?
100

living organisms transmit infectious agents to humans and animals

vector borne transmission

200
it is taken in the mouth
where is an oral tempurature taken?
200

3 things to note with pulse

rate, rhythm, volume

200
diastolic and systolic
What are the two types of blood pressure?
200

Three things noted with respirations.

rate, character, and rhythm

200
pulse taken with a stethoscope at the apex of the heart
What is an apical pulse?
300
a low body tempurature
What is hypothermia?
300

pulse site at upper forearm

Where is the brachial artery

300
high blood pressure
What is hypertension?
300
difficult or labored breathing
What is dyspnea?
300

What is PPE

Personal Protective Equipment

400

another word for fever

What is pyrexia or febrile

400

the difference between the rate of an apical pulse and the rate of a radial pulse

pulse deficit

400
anxiety, excitement, and stimulant drugs
What factors can increase blood pressure?
400
severe dyspnea where breathing is difficult in any position
What is orthopnea?
400

Isolation precaution where you must cover eyes, nose and mouth

Droplet Precaution

500

oral, tympanic, rectal, axillary

Temperature Routes

500
bradycardia- pulse under 60 bpm tachycardia- pulse over 100 bpm
What is the difference between bradycardia and tachycardia?
500
used to measure blood pressure
What is a sphygmomanometer?
500
abnormal breathing pattern characterized by periods of dyspnea then apnea
What is cheyne-stokes?
500
no fever is present and the tempurature is within the normal range
What is afebrile?
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