Temperature
True or false. Infants and children tent to have more breaths per minute than adults.
True
What is the normal range for diastolic blood pressure?
60 - 90 mmHg
True or false. Pulse rates in children are lower than in adults
What is false?
What is the medical term for "with fever"?
febrile
Name the pulse site behind the knee.
Popliteal
Systolic Pressure occurs during which part of activity of the heart?
When the left heart contracts and pushes blood into the arteries.
Blood pressure cuff
What is sphygmomanometer?
This is the other name for the Tympanic temperature site
What is Aural (the ear)?
A respiratory rate greater than 20 breaths per minute
What is Tachypnea?
The first sound heard while listening to blood pressure sounds
What is systolic?
Name the 5 vital signs discussed in class
oxygen saturations, pulse or heart rate, blood pressure, temperature, respiration,
Acondition where the body's core temperature drops below 95°F (35°C).
Defined as slow breathing. Less than 12 breaths per minute.
What is the Bradypnea?
What is the systolic range for normal blood pressure?
100-140 mmHg
This is the pulse site where blood pressure is taken
What is Brachial?
What term is used to refer to a person who does not have a fever?
Afebrile
The pulse site located in the inner thigh (Invasive and rarely used)
Femoral
True of false. One Breath = one inspiration + one expiration.
What is true?
The last sound heard when listening to blood pressure sounds
What is diastole?
This is the ideal pulse oximeter reading in a healthy person.
What is close to 100. Accept over 95
A temperature greater than 37.5 -38.3 C (99.5 - 100.9F)
What is hyperthermia?
A condition where the heart beats abnormally fast. It is defined as a resting heart rate of over 100 beats per minute (bpm) in adults.
What is Tachycardia?
Describe the correct method for taking respiration
After taking pulse, maintain you fingers in the radial pulse and count the number of respirations in 30 seconds then multiply times 3.
Which reading of blood pressure is correct:
(SYSTOLIC)/(DIASTOLIC)
or
(DIASTOLIC)/(SYSTOLIC)
What is Systole/Diastole?
(SYSTOLIC)/(DIASTOLIC)
Name 3 factors that decrease blood pressure?
Rest/sleep depressant drugs, shock, dehydration excessive blood loss, fasting
This kind of thermometer does not need to be in contact with a patient to give an accurate reading
What is an infrared or non-contact thermometer?
This pulse site is located at the tip of the heart.
What is Apical?
True of false. Level of activity affects respiratory respiratory rate.
What is true?
Device used to listen to blood pressure sounds and breath sounds.
What is a stethoscope?
Name 3 factors that may increase blood pressure
Unhealthy diet, diet high in sodium, diet low in potassium, lack of physical activity, obesity, excessive alcohol consumption, smoking, stress, and certain medical conditions or medications.
This is the name of the pulse site located at the neck.
What is Carotid?
High pitched whistling during expiration due to constricted airways.
What is wheezing?
Blood pressure is the pressure measure in what kind of blood vessel? Arteries, Veins or Arterioles?
What are arteries?
Type of thermometer which is no longer used due to causing mad hatters disease
What is mercury thermometer?