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Measuring Vital Signs

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






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

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3. How do drugs affect pulse?






4. Healthly adult






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






6. Axillary temperature are






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






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






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






10. Elevated temperature






11. Hearing






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






13. Heart






14. Slow and shallow breathing - leads to hypoxemia.






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






16. When should rectal temperatures be used?






17. Strong and regular ( even beats wit moderate force)






18. People most at risk for hypertension






19. 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.






20. Measurement of oxygen






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






22. How is pulse best found?






23. 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






24. What happens when vasodilation occurs?






25. Korotkoff sounds Phase I: Tapping






26. Taking a rectal temperature






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






28. BP at or lower 90/60.






29. Increased rate and depth with panting and long grunting exhalation. Often seen with patients with acidosis and renal failure.

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






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






32. Sex BP?






33. No pulse palpable or heard on ausculation






34. Barely palpable






35. Fast - deep respirations with abrupt pauses

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






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






38. What patients should not use a glass thermometer orally?






39. Pulse lower than 60 beats per minute






40. How do you measure the apical pulse?






41. When is apicial pulse used?






42. While measuring the BP certain sounds may be heard that relate to the effect of the blood pressure cuff on the arterial wall.






43. Stress & emotions. BP?






44. State of insufficient oxygen






45. How do emotions increase the pulse rate?






46. How does increased body temperature increase the pulse?






47. Substances tat cause fever






48. Head injury BP?






49. How does size affect pulse?






50. 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.