Vital Signs 1
This pulse is palpated near the thumb side of the patient's wrist.
What is radial pulse?
Pulse site behind the knee
popliteal
Daily Double
A blood pressure of 140/90 in an adult is considered this.
What is hypertension(HTN)? or high blood pressure
Temperature, pulse, respirations, and blood pressure
What are the measurements of vital signs?
Pulse taken for 1 minute at the apex of the heart, mid-clavicular by the 5th intercostal space.
Apical
Process of taking in oxygen and expelling carbon dioxide
Respiration
Temperature is measured via the ear canal is also known as what site
What is the aural or tympanic
This pulse is palpated on the dorsal side of the patient's foot.
What is the PEDALIS pulse?
The term used for difficult or painful breathing.
What is dyspnea?
Daily Double
What is known as the 5th vital sign?
PAIN
– pulse on medial side of upper arm
Brachial
Normal range of breaths for adults
12-20 breaths per min
This method mesures body temperature via the mouth
What is oral?
A pulse rate of 102 is considered this.
What is tachycardia
Normal range Body temperature
97º - 99º F
The bottom number in a blood pressure reading that correlates with the relaxation phase of the heart.
What is diastolic pressure?
True/false
Prolonged hyperthermia may cause brain injury
True
3 things you note with respirations
Rate, Rhythm, Character.
DAILY DOUBLE
The patient is considered this when their temperature is elevated.
What is febrile?
Temperature below 95º F
What is Hypothermia
100-120 is what range
normal range for systolic pressure
Breathing that is slow and shallow at first, gradually growing faster and deeper, then tapering off until they cease completely (Usually preceding death). it's a combination of dyspnea and apnea
What are Cheyne-Stokes respirations?
The difference between the systolic and diastolic readings is known as this.
What is pulse pressure?
If a patient's temperature is measured by this route, the result is about one degree less than if measured orally and taken underneath the arm
What is axillary temperature?
Strength of the pulse is known as
Volume
walls of left ventricles are resting
Diastolic
Provide information about body function
What are Vital Signs
pressure when ventricles are contracting
Systolic pressure
Temperature Below 95º F
Hypothermia
pulse site on side of the forehead
Temporal
Daily Double
Term for whether a pulse is regular or irregular
Rhythm
Seven Pulse sites
Posterior Tibial – Carotid – Brachial – Radial – Femoral – Popliteal – Pedalis –
Ways that heat is lost:
Perspiration (sweating), Respiration (mouth breathing) and excretion (urination/defecation)