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Measuring Vital Signs

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1. Top of left foot






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






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






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






5. Are infants blood pressure low or high?






6. 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.






7. Korotkoff sounds Ausculatatory gap:






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

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9. When should rectal temperatures be used?






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






11. How do drugs affect pulse?






12. When is apicial pulse used?






13. Absence of breathing






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






15. Elderly respiration






16. An example of a nursing diagnoses






17. The temperature of the deep tissues of the body






18. How is pulse best found?






19. Substances tat cause fever






20. How does increased body temperature increase the pulse?






21. Enviromental temperature BP?






22. The volume of blood pushed into the aorta per heartbeat.






23. Irregular pulse - a period of normal rhythm broken by periods of irregularity or skipped beats.






24. 2nd stage of fever is?






25. Why would patients experience orthostatic hypotenstion?






26. 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.






27. How should respirations be counted?






28. Feel






29. Adolescent






30. What are the 5 vital signs?






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






32. A pattern of breathing in which there is an increase in the rate and the depth of breaths and carbon dioxide is expelled - causing te blood level of carbon dioxide to fall. this condition is seen after sever exertion - during high levels of anxiety o






33. Breathing is an involuntary automatic function controlled by the respiratory center located where?






34. Korotkoff sounds Phase I: Tapping






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






36. Excessive sweat production






37. Decreased levels of oxygen in the blood - often seen in patients wo are under medical sedation - who are recovering from anesthesia or abdominal surgery - or who are in a weak or debiliated condition.






38. When should rectal temperatures NOT be used?






39. Symptoms of hypoxia






40. High oxygen






41. Newborn






42. How is shock caused?






43. right arm vs. left arm/ arm vs. leg BP?






44. What happens when vasodilation occurs?






45. How do emotions increase the pulse rate?






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






47. Heart






48. Abrupt decline in fever






49. Groin area






50. Bend of elbow