PULSE
What is the normal pulse range
60-100
What is considered the normal temperature
98.6
What is considered the normal respiration rate
12-20
What is considered the normal blood pressure
120/80
How many feet and inches is 5 feet tall?
60 inches
What is it called when the pulse is above 100
Tachycardia
What temp is taken under the armpit and considered unreliable
Axillary
What is it called when someone's respiration rate is above 20
Tachypnea
What is another name for high blood pressure
Hypertension
How many feet is someone who is 64 inches tall
5 feet 4 inches
Name 3 things that can cause Tachycardia
Fever, exercise, heart disease
What does afebrile mean?
No fever
What is it called when someone's respiration is below 12
Bradypnea
Name 3 causes of hypertension
smoking, obesity, genetic, heart disease
When taking a person's weight, what question should you ask them first?
Have you voided your bladder
What is it called when a pulse rate is below 60
Bradycardia
What temperature is taken in the ear?
Tympanic
What is an abnormal breathing pattern characterized by cycles of gradually deepening and then shallowing breaths, often followed by a period of no breathing (apnea or hypopnea)
Cheyne-Stokes Respirations
What is another name for low blood pressure
Hypotension
What is a cause of rapid weight gain
Fluid retention
What is an apical pulse and how long due you take this pulse?
Listen to the heart for a full minute with a stethoscope
What is considered the most reliable temperature
Rectal
Name 2 causes of bradypnea
Drug overdose, shock, dying
What is it called when you take vital signs with someone lying down, then sitting up, then standing?
Orthostatic vital signs
76 inches