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Measuring Vital Signs

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1. What affects does aging do to the heart rate?

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






3. High oxygen






4. High BP






5. How do emotions increase the pulse rate?






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






7. Axillary temperature are






8. Why would patients experience orthostatic hypotenstion?






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

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






11. Does the respiration rate increase or decrease during fever?






12. 2nd stage of fever is?






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






14. Side of forehead






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






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






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. Bend of knee






19. 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






20. 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?






21. Signs and symptoms of shock






22. Average blood pressure should be






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

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24. A normal - relaxed breathing pattern






25. What are the 5 vital signs?






26. Inside ankle






27. How should respirations be counted?






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






29. How does disease increase the body's temperature?






30. Risk for prolonged hypertension






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






32. Louder knocking sound that occurs wit each heartbeat






33. Korotkoff sounds Phase I: Tapping






34. Fast - deep respirations with abrupt pauses

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






36. 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






37. Murmur or swishing sounds that increase as the cuff is deflated






38. Difficult and labored breathing - can often be accompanied by flared nostrils - anxious appearance - and statements such as I cant get enough air.






39. How should baby's temperature be taken?






40. Blood pressure for any adult should be no higher than






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






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






43. 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.






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






45. Are infants blood pressure low or high?






46. Taking axillary temperature






47. Whisting sound of air forced past a partial obstruction - as found in asthma or emphysema.






48. How do you measure the apical pulse?






49. 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.






50. 1st stage of fever is?