Key Terms
Pulses
feel the air flow
Temperature
Name it
100
A heart rate less than 60bpm
What is Bradycardia
100
The beat of the heart felt at an artery as a wave of blood passes through the artery
What is a pulse
100
difficult or labored breathing
What is Dyspnea
100
Balance between heat lost and heat prodcued in the body
What is Temperature
100
Four main vital signs
What is T,P,R,& BP
200
The amount of force exerted againt the walls of an artery by the blood is called
What is Blood Pressure
200
The difference between the apical and radial pulses
What is Pulse deficit
200
The act of inhalation and exhalation
What is Respiration
200
Oral, Rectal, axillary, groin, tympanic
What is temperature sites
300
The heart muscle relaxes during this phase
What is Diastole
300
The number of pulses felt in 1 minute
What is Pulse rate
300
Normal range 12-20
What is Respirations
300
used for the rectal temp
What is Red tip thermometer
300
Febrile
What is fever is present
400
The pressure in the arteries when the heart is at rest
What is Diastolic pressure
400
Temporal, Charotid,Brachial,Radial,Femoral,Popteal,Dorsalis Pedis
What is Pulse sites
400
Body temperature exceeds 104F
What is Hyperthermia
500
A persistent systolic pressure above 140mm Hg or a diastolic pressure above 90 mm Hg
What is Hypertension
500
Inner aspect of the antecubital fold
What is Brachial Pulse
500
Periods of dyspnea followed by periods of apnea
What Cheyne-Stokes
500
Low body temperature
What is Hypothermia
500
sudden drop in systolic/diastolic when individual moves from a lying to a sitting or standing position
What is hypotension
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