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Measuring Vital Signs

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1. What happens whens vasoconstriction causes peripheral vascular resistance to rise?






2. Signs and symptoms of shock






3. Pulse lower than 60 beats per minute






4. The pressure wave causing te arterial walls in the vascular system each time the heart contracts to force blood into an already full aorta.






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






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






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






8. Weak and regular (even beats wit poor force)






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






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






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






12. Sex BP?






13. 1st stage of fever is?






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






15. What happens to the blood if overhydration occurs?






16. How does physical exercise raise the body's temperature?






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






18. Both strong and weak beats occur within 1 minute






19. Rectal temperature are






20. Fast - deep respirations with abrupt pauses

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21. How does increased body temperature increase the pulse?






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






23. 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?






24. Whats the best position to take a rectal temperature?






25. How should baby's temperature be taken?






26. When the heart contracts How many mLs of blood is propelled into the aorta?






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






28. Louder knocking sound that occurs wit each heartbeat






29. No pulse palpable or heard on ausculation






30. Why would patients experience orthostatic hypotenstion?






31. How do emotions increase the pulse rate?






32. The temperature falls to normal and then rises again in a repeating pattern.






33. What affects does aging do to the respiratory rate?






34. Normal body temperature ranges?






35. Alternating rise and fall of the temperature.






36. Korotkoff sounds Ausculatatory gap:






37. Axillary temperature are






38. Enviromental temperature BP?






39. 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.






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






41. Bend of elbow






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






43. Disappearance of sound. (marks diastolic pressure in adults)






44. How does age affect pulse?






45. How is pulse best found?






46. How do drugs affect pulse?






47. Abrupt decline in fever






48. Side of wrist






49. 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






50. What are the 5 vital signs?