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Measuring Vital Signs

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1. Enviromental temperature BP?






2. Both strong and weak beats occur within 1 minute






3. What happens to the blood if overhydration occurs?






4. Gradual return to a normal temperature






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






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






7. How should respirations be counted?






8. Heart






9. By measuring the blood pressure you obtain vital info about what?






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






11. Bend of knee






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

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13. The average temperature in the older adult






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






15. Lobes in the lungs?






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






17. Symptoms of hypoxia






18. Gas exchange in the blood occurs where?






19. 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.






20. How do emotions increase the pulse rate?






21. Prehypertension






22. Side of forehead






23. The pressure wave causing te arterial walls in the vascular system each time the heart contracts to force blood into an already full aorta.






24. Korotkoff sounds Ausculatatory gap:






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






26. Weak and may be irregular






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






28. Risk for prolonged hypertension






29. The temperature is continuously elevated with less than 1 degree of variation within a 24-hour period.






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






31. Elevated temperature






32. When should rectal temperatures be used?






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






34. BP at or lower 90/60.






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






36. How does size affect pulse?






37. Adolescent






38. How do you measure the apical pulse?






39. Taking axillary temperature






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






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






42. The volume of blood pushed into the aorta per heartbeat.






43. 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.






44. Side of neck






45. 3 yr old






46. Breathing is an involuntary automatic function controlled by the respiratory center located where?






47. Axillary temperature are






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

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49. What happens when vasodilation occurs?






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