Under Pressure
The highest point of pressure on arterial walls when the ventricles contract
What is systolic pressure?
The "normal" temperature
What is 98.6 F/37 C?
If you're taking temperature orally, where are you taking it?
What is the mouth?
A measurement of the heart rate, amplitude and rhythm
What is a pulse?
The term for your "breathing tube"
What is trachea?
This type of BP cuff causes a reading that is too low
What is one that is too loose/large?
Amount of time you need to wait to take an oral temperature after food or drink
What is 15 to 30 minutes?
The pulse on the side of your thumb
What is Radial Pulse?
The term called when you are feeling how fast (or slow) the pulse is going?
What is Rate?
The term for taking note of one single breathing cycle
What is Respiration?
3 things that could make a BP reading falsely high
What is a full bladder, a cuff that is too small, talking during measurement, using the cuff over clothing, an unsupported arm, crossed legs, and unsupported back & feet?
Term for a fever at or above 100.4 F/38 C
What is Hyperthermia?
(Pyrexia also acceptable)
If you're taking temperature temporally, where are you taking it?
What is forehead?
Tachycardia
What is A fast pulse?
Normal Respiration rate for an Adult
What is 12 - 20 breaths per minute?
Five physiologic factors that contribute to blood pressure
What are cardiac output, peripheral vascular resistance, circulating blood volume, blood viscosity, and elasticity of vessel walls?
The temperature at which an adult needs immediate assessment and rapid cooling
What is 103 F/39.5 C?
Location of taking a temperature tympanically
What is Ear?
The normal range for a pulse in an adult
What is 60-100bpm?
4 things that affect the respiratory rate
What are temperature, body position, Age, Gender, Pain/injury, Anxiety, stimulation, smoking, medications, illnesses, exercise?
How normal blood pressure is defined
What is a systolic pressure of 120 mm Hg and a diastolic pressure of 80 mm Hg?
The part of the brain that regulates body temperature
What is a Hypothalamus?
The pulse site behind the knee
What is Popliteal pulse?
The term for checking if pulse sites on both sides of the body are equal
What is equality?
The 3 things you are observing for expansion while taking note of respirations
What are the rib cage, nostrils, and chest?