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Measuring Vital Signs

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






2. How should respirations be counted?






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






4. Bend of elbow






5. How do emotions increase the pulse rate?






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






7. Average blood pressure should be






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






9. 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.






10. How does external respiration occur?






11. State of insufficient oxygen






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






13. How does size affect pulse?






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






15. How should baby's temperature be taken?






16. Groin area






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

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18. Are infants blood pressure low or high?






19. Head injury BP?






20. 2nd stage of fever is?






21. 1st stage of fever is?






22. High oxygen






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






24. Pulse lower than 60 beats per minute






25. How does increased body temperature increase the pulse?






26. Heart






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






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






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






30. Snoring sound produced when patients are unable to cough up secretions from the trachea or bronchi






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

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






33. Top of left foot






34. What happens to the blood if overhydration occurs?






35. Axillary temperature are






36. This affects the character of the pulse.






37. What will happen in febrile stage if temperature is very high or temperature stays for a long amount of time?






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






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






40. High BP






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






42. Taking a rectal temperature






43. 3 yr old






44. An example of nursing planning






45. Louder knocking sound that occurs wit each heartbeat






46. When should rectal temperatures be used?






47. Those at risk for hypothermia include






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






49. How is shock caused?






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.







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