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Measuring Vital Signs

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






2. 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






3. Healthly adult






4. Absence of breathing






5. Stage 2 hypertension






6. How do drugs affect pulse?






7. High BP






8. Signs and symptoms of shock






9. How should respirations be counted?






10. Adolescent






11. Average pulse rate for an adult






12. Substances tat cause fever






13. Excessive sweat production






14. How does size affect pulse?






15. Groin area






16. If the cardiac output falls what will happen to the BP?






17. Shallow for two or three breaths with a period of variable apnea. occur in patients with increased intracranial pressure.

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






19. What are the 5 vital signs?






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






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






22. What happens to the blood if overhydration occurs?






23. State of insufficient oxygen






24. What happens when vasodilation occurs?






25. Lobes in the lungs?






26. Bend of knee






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






28. 3 yr old






29. Air movemtn causes heat to be transferred from the skin to the air molecules.






30. Low oxygen






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






32. No pulse palpable or heard on ausculation






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






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






35. When is apicial pulse used?






36. How should baby's temperature be taken?






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






38. Pulse above 100 beats per minute






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






40. When should rectal temperatures NOT be used?






41. 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?






42. Macine that measures oxygen in the blood by determining the percentage of hemoglobin that is bound with oxygen.






43. The average temperature in the older adult






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






45. Axillary temperature are






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






47. When warm skin touches a cool object - heat is lost to the object.






48. Weak and may be irregular






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






50. Side of neck