Temperature
What is Rectal?
Normal Heart Rate Range for an Adult
What is 60-100 bpm?
Breathing In
What is Inspiration?
What is hypotension?
To touch or feel
What is palpation?
Low Body Temperature
What is Hypothermia?
Heart rate for someone experiencing Tachycardia
What is >100 bpm?
Normal Respiratory Rate Range for Adults
What is 12-20 bpm?
Constant pressure on the walls of arteries when the heart is at rest between contractions
What is diastolic blood pressure?
Constant state of fluid balance
What is homeostasis
High Body Temperature
What is Hyperthermia?
Most common pulse site
What is radial?
Slow Respirations
What is Bradypnea?
Blood pressure reading of 180/110 mmHg
What is hypertension?
Difference between heat lost and heat produced
What is temperature?
Fever
What is a Febrile temperature?
Irregular Heartbeat
What is an arrythmia?
Blue discolouration due to lack of oxygen
What is cyanosis?
Blood pressure cuff
What is a sphygmomanometer?
Oxygen Saturation <90%
What is hypoxemia?
Normal Range for Body Temperature
What is 36.5-37.5 degrees?
Pulse site used when checking blood pressure
What is brachial?
Bubbling or noisy sounds created by fluids or mucus in the air passages
What are crackles?
Sudden drop in blood pressure when going from a laying or sitting position to standing
What is orthostatic hypotension?
Difficult breathing with a high-pitched whistling sound
What is wheezing/stridor?