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Measuring Vital Signs

Subjects : health-sciences, emergency-medicine

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1. The volume of blood pushed into the aorta per heartbeat.
remittent
lysis
Systolic pressure
Stroke volume

2. How does disease increase the body's temperature?
palpate
Because fever is a protective defense mechanisms that the body uses to fight pathogens and their toxins the inflammatory response produces fevers.
from drug therapy - a neurologic problem or dehydration.
BMR

3. Barely palpable
Feeble
from drug therapy - a neurologic problem or dehydration.
The pulse rate increases at the rate of 7-10 beats for each degree of temperature
Core Temperature

4. Alternating rise and fall of the temperature.
intermittent
lysis
Korotkoff sounds
96.5 to 97.5

5. Blood pressure for any adult should be no higher than
lysis
Cheyenne-Stokes
72 bpm
120/80

6. Groin area
Femoral
Dorsalis pedis
uncooperative patient - children - combative patients - dementia
hypoxia

7. Signs and symptoms of shock
decrease BP - increase pulse rate - cold and clammy skin - dizziness - blurred vision - and apprehension.
the BP goes up because more pressure is needed to push the thicker fluid through the vascular system.
Acute anxiety stimulate the nervous system - raising the pulse.
BMR

8. Measurement of oxygen
Systolic pressure
Hypothermia
Hyperthermia related to infection or excessive heat exposure
oximetry

9. Hearing
dehydration - delirium - and convulsons may occur. Dehydration will occur because of lost with perspiration and more rapid breathing. Delirium and convulsions may occur because neurologic function is affected when the temperature in the brain rises.
Acute anxiety stimulate the nervous system - raising the pulse.
ausculatation
+1

10. Substances tat cause fever
Body temperature drops before ovulation and rises 1 degree above normal during ovulation. During pregnancy the body temperature is slightly higher.
pyrogens
dehydration - delirium - and convulsons may occur. Dehydration will occur because of lost with perspiration and more rapid breathing. Delirium and convulsions may occur because neurologic function is affected when the temperature in the brain rises.
the lungs

11. High oxygen
Conduction
hemorrhage - vomiting - diarrhea - burns - and myocardial infarctions.
hyperoxia
wheeze

12. Inside ankle
Posterior tibial
cardiac patients or patients who have had rectal surgery.
Conduction
Apical

13. Adolescent
apnea
Brachial
16-20
Core Temperature

14. Healthly adult
97.5 to 99.5
12-20
carotid
Increases as body tries to remove excess heat

15. Diurnal variation BP?
Korotkoff sounds Phase V: Silence
Evaporation
blood pressure is lowest in the morning. and higher in the afternoone
12-20

16. Taking a rectal temperature
Dorsalis pedis
raises BP.
carotid
Wash hands - don gloves - lubricate probe - Insert .5 to 1.5 inches. Hold in place for 3 to 5 minutes.

17. Decreased levels of oxygen in the blood - often seen in patients wo are under medical sedation - who are recovering from anesthesia or abdominal surgery - or who are in a weak or debiliated condition.
Axillary.
hypoxemia
intermittent
decrease BP - increase pulse rate - cold and clammy skin - dizziness - blurred vision - and apprehension.

18. How does emotional stress raise the body's temperature?
60 to 70 mL
about 1 degree lower than oral temperatures
The emotions increase hormone secretion - and the body activities required for this increase heat production.
palpate

19. Side of forehead
oximetry
^160/^100
Temporal
Temperature will remain below 102 degrees with use of hypothermia blanket

20. Difficult and labored breathing - can often be accompanied by flared nostrils - anxious appearance - and statements such as I cant get enough air.
Defervescence - lowering of the body temperature to normal. The person feels warm and the skin may be moist.
dyspnea
Korotkoff sounds Phase II Swishing
popliteal

21. What patients should not use a glass thermometer orally?
Defervescence - lowering of the body temperature to normal. The person feels warm and the skin may be moist.
uncooperative patient - children - combative patients - dementia
Wash hands - don gloves - lubricate probe - Insert .5 to 1.5 inches. Hold in place for 3 to 5 minutes.
hypertension

22. What happens whens vasoconstriction causes peripheral vascular resistance to rise?
Defervescence - lowering of the body temperature to normal. The person feels warm and the skin may be moist.
higher
the blood pressure will rise in order to push the blood along.
12-20

23. Feel
120/70
Conduction
palpate
Axillary.

24. Weak and regular (even beats wit poor force)
The emotions increase hormone secretion - and the body activities required for this increase heat production.
in the alveoli - tiny thin-walled sacs
+1
It may rise slightly as decreases in vital capacity and respiratory reserve occur.

25. 3 yr old
systolic pressure indicated by faint - clear sound that gradually grow louder.
Defervescence - lowering of the body temperature to normal. The person feels warm and the skin may be moist.
palpate
20-30

26. 3rd stage of fever?
the blood pressure will rise in order to push the blood along.
cardiac patients or patients who have had rectal surgery.
the lungs
Defervescence - lowering of the body temperature to normal. The person feels warm and the skin may be moist.

27. Pulse above 100 beats per minute
popliteal
tachycardia
pulse deficit - the radial pulse subtracted from the apical pulse equals the pulse deficit.
in the alveoli - tiny thin-walled sacs

28. High BP
hypertension
Brachial
Diaphoresis
when it is difficult to find or to count the radial pulse - or for patients with heart conditions for one full minute by placing stethoscope on the heart to count for a full minute.

29. Fever above 100.2 F
permanent damage to the heart - the brain - the kidneys - and the retina of the eye - may cause strokes
pyrexia
Respiration
silence as cuff deflates for 30 to 40 mm Hg; common with hypertension and elderly patients

30. People most at risk for hypertension
men - African Americans - under a lot of stress - obese
Brachial
oximeter
Pulse pressure

31. By measuring the blood pressure you obtain vital info about what?
Biot's respirations
Biot's
Increases as body tries to remove excess heat
the effectiveness of the heart contractions - the amount of blood in the system - and the presence of any obstruction or interference of blood to the blood vessels

32. A sudden change or muffling of the sound. (indicates diastolic pressure in children and some adults)
tachycardia
It may rise slightly as decreases in vital capacity and respiratory reserve occur.
Dorsalis pedis
Korotkoff sounds Phase IV: Muffling

33. Does the respiration rate increase or decrease during fever?
raises BP.
temperature - pulse - respiration - blood pressure - and pain level.
It uses large muscles in the body - which create body heat by burning up the glucose and fat in the tissues - muscle action generates heat and core temperature rises.
Increases as body tries to remove excess heat

34. Continuous dry - rattling sounds heard on ausculation of the lungs caused by partial obstruction.
Stroke Volume
Rhonchi
hyperoxia
Eupnea

35. Abrupt decline in fever
120/80
When an accurate temperature cant be obtained orally and a tympanic or temporal artery thermometer are not available. It may be used when there is nasal congestion or there has been nasal or oral surgery - the patient is unable to keep their mouth cl
Acute anxiety stimulate the nervous system - raising the pulse.
Crisis

36. How is shock caused?
hemorrhage - vomiting - diarrhea - burns - and myocardial infarctions.
low
16-20
Pons and Medulla of the brainstem

37. What affects does aging do to the respiratory rate?
It may rise slightly as decreases in vital capacity and respiratory reserve occur.
Pons and Medulla of the brainstem
uncooperative patient - children - combative patients - dementia
Cardiac Output

38. Fast - deep respirations with abrupt pauses

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39. Increased or rapid breathing results from te presence of fever and a number or diseases. breathing rate increased about 4 breaths for each degree increase in temperature.
hypertension
Tachypnea
Systolic pressure
crackles

40. Head injury or any increased intracranial pressure will depress the respiratory center and result in?
Hypothermia
shallow or slow breathing
+1
bradypnea

41. Macine that measures oxygen in the blood by determining the percentage of hemoglobin that is bound with oxygen.
oximeter
from drug therapy - a neurologic problem or dehydration.
popliteal
Hyperthermia related to infection or excessive heat exposure

42. This affects the character of the pulse.
Stroke Volume
16-20
pyrexia
Pulse pressure

43. 2nd stage of fever is?
higher
Febrile stage - the body temperature rises to a new set point established by the hypothalamus and remains there until there is a resolution to the cause of fever.
hypertension
the proper cuff is 21% bigger than the diameter of the arm. the inflatable bladder should go around 3/4 of the arm.

44. 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.
males have higher bp - until menopause then they are the same
apnea
Cardiac Output
stridor

45. The temperature is continuously elevated with less than 1 degree of variation within a 24-hour period.
It may rise slightly as decreases in vital capacity and respiratory reserve occur.
Eupnea
the BP goes up because more pressure is needed to push the thicker fluid through the vascular system.
constant

46. Enviromental temperature BP?
the rate - the rhythm - and volume
the palpation method is used. put cuff over arm - feel the radial point to get the systolic pressure you cant get the diastolic this way.
if its hot bp can lower because of vasodilation. if its cold it can rise because of vasoconstriction.
Defervescence - lowering of the body temperature to normal. The person feels warm and the skin may be moist.

47. 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.
the rate - the rhythm - and volume
Hypothermia
remittent
absent

48. Irregular pulse - a period of normal rhythm broken by periods of irregularity or skipped beats.
the rate - the rhythm - and volume
from drug therapy - a neurologic problem or dehydration.
The systolic blood pressure rises slightly because the arota and major arteries tend to harden with age. The diastolic pressure rises also.
arrhythmia

49. Symptoms of hypoxia
restlessness & apprehension - confusion - dizziness - and change in level of consciousness - cyanosis or skin color changes - particularly around the mouth and in the nail beds
apnea
It doesn't change in a healthy elderly patient but the pattern rhythm may be slightly irregular.
Korotkoff sounds Phase V: Silence

50. 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
Pedal pulse
Diastolic pressure
stridor
Korotkoff sounds Phase III: Knocking