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Measuring Vital Signs

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1. Bend of knee






2. What affects does aging do to the heart rate?

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3. Heat is lost from the body by evaporation. resulting in a daily loss of 800mL of water from skin and lungs.






4. Blood pressure for any adult should be no higher than






5. Barely palpable






6. Head injury or any increased intracranial pressure will depress the respiratory center and result in?






7. Hearing






8. What happens to the blood if overhydration occurs?






9. Side of forehead






10. When the vascular walls lose elasticity - as with arteriosclerosis and aging what happens to BP?






11. How cardiac contractions are normally initiated by the electrical impules emerging from what?






12. Subnormal body temperature the regulating center in the hypothalamus is greatly impaired when the temperature of the body falls below 94 degrees - at that point? sleepiness and coma are apt to develop.






13. Both strong and weak beats occur within 1 minute






14. How should baby's temperature be taken?






15. The temperature is continuously elevated with less than 1 degree of variation within a 24-hour period.






16. Axillary temperature are






17. How does size affect pulse?






18. Risk for prolonged hypertension






19. Carbon dioxide is carried as bicarbonate ion in the blood until it reaches where?






20. The pulse rate multiplied by the stroke volume. This is the amount of blood pumped by the left ventricle in 1 minute. Averaging at about 5mL per minute.






21. Crowing sound on inspiration caused by obstruction of the upper air passages - as occurs in croup or laryngitis






22. Increased or rapid breathing results from te presence of fever and a number or diseases. breathing rate increased about 4 breaths for each degree increase in temperature.






23. How does external respiration occur?






24. Murmur or swishing sounds that increase as the cuff is deflated






25. Top of left foot






26. A sudden change or muffling of the sound. (indicates diastolic pressure in children and some adults)






27. Healthly adult






28. How does the time of day (circadian rhythm) affect the body's temperature?

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29. The maximum pressure exerted on the artery during left ventricular contraction.






30. Bend of elbow






31. What affects does aging do to the blood pressure?






32. Stage 1 hypertension






33. Abnormal - nonmusical sound heard on ausculation of the lungs during inspiration; also called rales. Sound like hair rubbed between the fingers next to the ears.






34. Elderly respiration






35. Whisting sound of air forced past a partial obstruction - as found in asthma or emphysema.






36. Adolescent






37. What characteristics should be noted when checking the pulse?






38. A normal - relaxed breathing pattern






39. How does emotional stress raise the body's temperature?






40. How should respirations be counted?






41. respirations become faster and deeper - then slower and shallower wit a period of apnea - called the death rattle.






42. Fever above 100.2 F






43. A high temperature falls - usually in the morning - and again rises later in the day. The temperature never fails to normal in this type of fever until recovery occurs.






44. Low oxygen






45. The exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide in the lungs and tissues and is initiated by the act of breathing.






46. Continuous dry - rattling sounds heard on ausculation of the lungs caused by partial obstruction.






47. How is shock caused?






48. How does menstrual cycle and pregnancy raise the body's temperature?






49. What should you do if you cannot determine BP by ausculation?






50. Diurnal variation BP?