Temperature
Temperature
Pulse
Respiration/ Pulse
Terminology
100
What produces heat in the body?
What is: Voluntary muscle contractions
100
What age group is not recommended for a rectal site for taking temps.
What is: Newborn
100
Why should excessive pressure not be applied when taking a radial pulse?
What is: It could close off the radial artery preventing pulse to be felt.
100
When is carbon dioxide removed from the lungs?
What is: During exhalation
100
Condition to which the radial pulse is less than the apical pulse.
What is: Pulse deficit
200
What is classified of a low grade fever?
What is: 100 degree F
200
Why is the temporal artery a good place to measure body temperature?
What is: Easily accessible, constant flow of blood, located close to the surface of the skin.
200
Where should an artery be located to be considered a good site for taking a pulse?
What is: Over a firm tissue like a bone.
200
What makes up one respiration?
What is: One inhalation and one exhalation.
200
Pulse located in the fifth intercostal space at the left midclavicular line.
What is: Apical pulse
300
HA, increased pulse and respiration, increased thirst and loss of appetite are all signs of:
What is: A fever
300
If a axillary temperature is 100 degree F, what would it measure if taken orally?
What is: 101 degree F
300
Where is the Popliteal pulse located?
What is: behind the knee
300
What pulse is located on the thumb side of wrist?
What is: Radial
300
Exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide between the blood and body cells.
What is: Internal respiration
400
What site should be used to take a temperature in a preschooler?
What is: Axilla
400
Normal range of body temperature.
What is: 97-99 degree F
400
Normal resting heart rate for an adult.
What is: 60-100 bpm
400
Normal respiration rate for an adult.
What is: 12-20 RPM
400
When measuring blood pressure, the Korotkoff phase in which the sounds disappear is in what phase?
What is: Phase V
500
Why should the arm be held close to the body when taking a axillary temperature?
What is: to prevent air from affecting the reading.
500
What symptoms occur when body temperature begins to rise?
What is: Coldness and chills
500
What do you document for a pulse that has a normal rhythm and volume?
What is: Regular and strong
500
What information is provided to the physician by doing a pulse oximetry?
What is: Amount of O2 delivered to the tissues.
500
What does the Systolic blood pressure measure?
What is: Pressure in the arteries when the ventricles contract.
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