VS Medical terms
A pulse found by listening over the heart with a stethoscope
What is Apical?
Medical term for difficult, painful, or labored breathing
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What is dyspnea?
Which pulse site is most commonly used for routine vital signs on an adult patient?
What is radial pulse?
What is blood pressure?
What is the measurement reading the force of blood exerting on the walls of the arteries during the various stages of heart activity?
What is the normal temperature for an adult>
What is 98.6 F?
Abnormally fast heart rate (over 100 beats/min in an adult)
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What is tachycardia?
Normal range for adult respirations?
What is 12-20 breaths per minute?
Which pulse site is used for a baby?
What is brachial pulse?
What the apparatus that measures a blood pressure is called
What is sphygmomanometer
What is the most accurate method of taking temperature?
What is rectal?
Low blood pressure (below 90/60 mm Hg)
What is hypotension?
What is the medical term for no breathing?
What is apnea?
What are the three factors noted about pulse?
What is Rate, Rhythm, Volume?
What is the first loud sound heard while listening to blood pressure called?
What is Systolic?
What is the medical term for no fever?
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What is afebrille?
The medical term for slow blood pressure
What is low blood pressure?
What 3 things to observe when measuring respirations
What is rate character and rhythm?
What is the normal range of pulse for adults?
What is 60-90 beats per minute?
Constant pressure that is in the walls of the arteries when the left ventricle of the heart is at rest is called?
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What is diastolic?
Where is tympanic temperature taken?
What is ear temperature?
The medical term for slow heart rate?
What is bradycardia?
What is high- pitched whistling or sighing sound during expiration caused by narrowing of bronchioles?
What is Wheezing?
The normal range of pulse for infants
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What is 100 to 160 beats per minute
What person is considered to have when the blood pressure is Below 100/60
What is hypotension
What is under the arm temperature clalled?
What is axillary temperature?