VITAL SIGNS
DIFFICULT OR LABORRED RESPIRATIONS
DYSPNEA
THIS TYPE OF BREATHING HAS PERIODS OF DYSPNE AND APNEA
CHYEYNE-STOKES
MR JOHNSON HAS A SYSTOLIC BP OF 60 AND A DIASTOLIC BP OF 40. MR JOHNSON HAS
HYPOTENSION
ANOTHER TERM FOR FEVER IS
PYREXIA
HEART SOUNDS ARE CAUSED BY
CLOSING OF THE VALVES OF THE HEART
THE PULSE THAT IS FELT BEHIND THE KNEE IS
POPLITEAL
THE MOST ACCURATE WAY FOR TAKING TEMPERATURE IS
RECTAL
A PULSE RATE OVER 100 BEATS PER MINUTES
TACHYCARDIA
A TYMPANIC TEMPERATURE IS MEASURED
OVER THE TEMPERAL ARTERY
A PULSE RATE UNDER 60 IS KNOWN AS
BRADYCARDIA
WHAT IS THE ABSENCE OF BREATHING
APNEA
THE INSTRUMENTS USED TO MEASURE BLOOD PRESSURE IS CALLED
SPHYGMOMANOMETER
WHAT IS THE PREFERRED PULSE SITE TO USE WHEN MEASURING PULSE IN AN ADULT
RADIAL
WHAT IS THE ARTERY USED WHEN TAKING BLOOD PRESSURE
BRACHIAL
Ms Fulton has a pulse rate of 156. This is known as
Tachycardia