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The measurement is the balance of heat lost and heat produced by the body.
What is temperature?
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This pulse is palpated near the thumb side of the patient's wrist.
What is radial pulse?
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Measurable values that indicate a person's overall state of health
What are Vital Signs?
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Daily Double
What is another name for fever?
What is pyrexia?
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Temperature, pulse, respirations, and blood pressure
What are the measurements of vital signs?
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Pulse taken for 1 minute at the apex of the heart, mid-clavicular by the 5th intercostal space.
Apical
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Process of taking in oxygen and expelling carbon dioxide
Respiration
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side of the forehead
Temporal
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This method measures body temperature via the armpit.
What is axillary?
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The term used for difficult or painful breathing.
What is dyspnea?
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The top number in a blood pressure reading which correlates with the contraction of the heart.
What is systolic pressure?
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A pulse rate of 102 is considered this.
What is tachycardia
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Pulse located in the antecubital space of the arm
What is the Brachial pulse?
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Normal range of breaths for adults
12-20 breaths per min
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Temperature below 95º F
What is Hypothermia
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The relaxation phase of the heart.
What is diastolic pressure?
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A RR of less than 10 is considered to be __.
bradypnea
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the normal adult oral body temperature.
What is 98.6º F?
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This pulse is palpated on the superior aspect of the patient's foot.
What is the dorsalis pedis?
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3 things you note with respirations
Rate, Rhythm, Character.
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What is the average range of pulse for adults?
60-100bpm
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Pulse point behind the knee.
What is popliteal?
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The medical term for low blood pressure is
What is hypotension?
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Difficulty breathing with a high pitched whistling or sighing sound during expiration is called
What is wheezing?
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The difference between the systolic and diastolic blood is called what
What is the pulse pressure?
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The parts of a stethoscope include
What is the bell/diaphragm, tubing and earpieces
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The difference of subtracting the radial pulse from the apical pulse is called what
What is the pulse deficit?
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DAILY DOUBLE
A dusky, bluish discoloration to the skin, lips, and nailbeds caused by a lack of oxygen is called what?
What is cyanosis?
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What is the absence of respirations called?
What is apnea?
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Two ways to say temperature that is measured via the ear canal.
What is the aural and tympanic?
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Respirations above 25 breaths per minute is called
What is tachypnea?
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It is used to take an apical pulse.
What is a stethoscope?
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Daily Double
An instrument used to measure blood pressure in mm of mercury is called what
What is a sphygmomanometer?
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The constant state of fluid balance is called
What is homeostasis?
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Breathing pattern that is a combination of dyspnea and apnea
What are Cheyne-Stokes respirations?