Temperature
The average normal body temperature in Fahrenheit
What is 98.6°F?
The most common site to take a pulse
What is the radial pulse?
One inhalation plus one exhalation equals this
What is one respiration?
Blood pressure is recorded as this type of number
What is a fraction (systolic/diastolic)?
The instrument used to measure blood pressure
What is a sphygmomanometer?
The term for having no fever
What is afebrile?
One contraction and one relaxation equals this
What is one heartbeat?
The part of the brain that controls breathing
What is the medulla oblongata?
The top number of a blood pressure reading
What is systolic pressure?
The device used to measure oxygen saturation
What is a pulse oximeter?
Two factors that can increase body temperature
What are infection and physical activity? (also accept stress, food intake, pregnancy)
The pulse site located in the neck that should never be palpated bilaterally
What is the carotid pulse?
The correct way to measure respirations without the patient knowing
What is counting while pretending to take the pulse?
The sounds heard when measuring blood pressure
What are Korotkoff sounds?
The thermometer route used under the arm
What is axillary?
The four ways heat is lost from the body
What are convection, conduction, radiation, and evaporation?
A pulse rate greater than 100 bpm
What is tachycardia?
Abnormally fast breathing
What is tachypnea?
Blood pressure consistently below 90/60
What is hypotension?
Why mercury thermometers are being phased out
What is mercury toxicity/environmental risk?
The temperature-taking method that uses infrared heat from a forehead artery
What is temporal temperature?
The four things evaluated when measuring a pulse
What are rate, rhythm, volume, and condition of the arterial wall?
Two components used to evaluate respirations
What are rate and depth?
The difference between systolic and diastolic pressure
What is pulse pressure?
Two things that must always be documented when recording blood pressure
What are location and patient position?