Ranges
The normal oxygen saturation for adults
What is 95-100%?
What is apnea?
An instrument that amplifies body sounds.
What is Stethoscope?
Laying flat on the back
What is Supine?
When the left ventricle contracts, and when it relaxes.
What is systolic and diastolic?
The normal respiration's per minute for adults
What is 12-20 rpm?
One condition is defined as blood pressure consistently below 90/60 mm Hg, whereas its opposite involves readings of 130/80 mm Hg or higher.
What are hypotension and hypertension
The most accurate way to measure body temperature, and the least accurate way to measure body temperature.
What is rectal and axillary points?
Patient posture where the person lies on their back with the head of the bed elevated to various degrees
What is fowler's position?
Acronyms for SOAP notes.
What is Subjective, Objective, Assessment, Plan?
The normal pulse range for adults
What is 60-100 BPM?
The periods of increasing and decreasing depth of respiration between periods of apnea.
What is Cheyne Stokes Respirations?
Instrument used to measure blood pressure
What is a sphygmomanometer?
Patient lies on their left side, positioned halfway between a side-lying lateral position and a prone position
What is Sims position?
What is 120/80 mmHg
The process of listening to body sounds
Instrument that measures body temperature (oral, tympanic, axillary, rectal).
What is Thermometer?
Lying on the abdomen with the hips bent and the head and legs lowered
What is Jack-Knife?
The "Normal" Temperature range for adults.
What is 98.6 ℉?
Subnormal oxygenation of arterial blood
What is Hypoxemia?
Instrument to measure how much oxygen is in your blood and checks your heart rate
Lying flat on the back with the bed tilted so the head is lower than the feet; used for low blood pressure, shock, or lower abdominal/pelvic procedures.
What is Trendelenburg?