blood pressure
<120/80
normal blood pressure
pulse
the throbbing of artery caused by the flow of blood when the heart beats
respiration
the exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide between a living organism or tissues and their surroundings
temperature
balance of heat produced in the body and heat lost from the body
vital signs are also known as
cardinal signs
systolic pressure
top number and represents when the ventricles are contracting
tachycardia
heart beat rate over 100 BPM
external respiration
the exchange of 02 and C02 in the lungs
average temperature
98.6 (97.6-99.6)
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diastolic pressure
bottomnumber and represents when the ventricles are relaxing
pulse rate
the number of times the heart beats in one minute
12-20
normal range of respirations per minute
febrile
elevated body temperature above normal range
anthroprometric
measuring the height & weight
cuff size
too small higher pressure
too big lower pressure
bradycardia
heartbeat less than 60 BPM
depth of a respiration
the amount of air being inhaled and exhaled
afebrile
body temperature within normal limit
instrument used to amplify sounds
stethoscope
correct spelling of a blood pressure device
sphygmomanometer
give 3 pulse point sites
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bradypnea
breaths less than 10 per minute
give 3 methods of taking a temperature
oral rectal axillary temporal artery tympanic infrared
hypertension
elevated blood pressure above 140/90