Height & Weight
What is used to weigh a patient
scale
The average body temperature
98.6
The apical pulse is counted at the
apex
On inhalation and One Exhalation is called
respiratory cycle
High blood pressure is known as
Hypertention
Patients prefer _______ when having their body measurements taken.
privacy
When is the body temperature the lowest
In the morning before waking.
A pulse rate above 100 bpm is called
tachycardi
The number of respirations per minute is called
respiration rate
The highest blood pressure when the heart is contracting is called
Systolic Blood Pressure
Scales are calibrated by either
pounds or kilograms
When the bodies temperature is below 97.0 it is called
hyperthermia
Exercise, age, gender, size, physical condition, disease condition, depression, fear, anxiety, and anger are all what to pulse rate
Factors that influence pulse rate
A respiration rate below 12 is called
bradypnea
The five phases of the blood pressure are called
Korotkoff Sounds
Patients who cannot stand my be weighed by
chair or bed scale
Another name for tympanic is
aural
The pulse located behind the knee is called
the popiteal
Deep rapid respiration is called
hyperventilation
Instruments used to measure the blood pressure
Sphygmomanometer, cuff, stethoscope
Procedure 35-1: When weighing a patient do we FIRST set the scale to zero, or do we have them remove all heavy objects?
have them removed heavy objects.
The term for fever is....
febrile
What are the nine pulse sites
radial, brachial, carotid, temporal, femoral, popliteal, posterior tibial, dorsalis pedis and apical
When a person is unable to take in enough oxygen during inhalation, the skin and nail beds may appear bluish color that is called
cyanosis
Benign, essential, hypertension, hypotension, malignant, orthostatic, postural, renal, secondary are all what type of blood pressure terms.
Abnormal