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Measuring Vital Signs

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






2. Side of forehead






3. How is shock caused?






4. Fast - deep respirations with abrupt pauses

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5. Bend of elbow






6. Healthly adult






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






8. 1st stage of fever is?






9. When should rectal temperatures NOT be used?






10. Groin area






11. Drop in blood pressure when arising to a standing position.






12. Alternating rise and fall of the temperature.






13. Gradual return to a normal temperature






14. Korotkoff sounds Phase I: Tapping






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






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






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






18. No pulse palpable or heard on ausculation






19. Feel






20. Shock - hemorrhage - low cardiac output - inadequate volume of blood?






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






22. If blood becomes thicker - like when excessive blood cells are manufactured what happens to BP?






23. The difference between the systolic pressure and the diastolic pressure






24. Rectal temperature are






25. By measuring the blood pressure you obtain vital info about what?






26. 3 yr old






27. Diurnal variation BP?






28. Slow and shallow breathing - leads to hypoxemia.






29. What pulse is checked to determine whether there is any blockage of circulation in the artery up to that point - especially in patients who have had cardiac catherization using the femoral artery for the insertion of the catheter or those who had sur






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






31. Stress & emotions. BP?






32. Average blood pressure should be






33. People most at risk for hypertension






34. Absence of breathing






35. How is pulse best found?






36. Measurement of oxygen






37. High BP






38. Full and bounding (even beats wit strong force)






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






40. Side of wrist






41. Encourage a large fluid intake - lower room temperature - increase air circulation - remove items of clothes - control or reduce the amount of body activity - carry out physicians orders






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






43. Difference between the apical and radial pulse - this requires two people to count the radial and apicial pulses at the same time to determine whether there is a what?






44. The rate at which heat is produced when the body is at rest.






45. Abrupt decline in fever






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






47. Obtaining the correct size for a cuff for BP?






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






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






50. The lower pressure exerted on the artery when the heart is at rest inbetween contractions.