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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. Absence of breathing






3. 3rd stage of fever?






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






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






6. Disappearance of sound. (marks diastolic pressure in adults)






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






8. Heart






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






10. 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.






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

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






13. 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.






14. Healthly adult






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






16. Sex BP?






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






18. 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?






19. People most at risk for hypertension






20. Enviromental temperature BP?






21. 2nd stage of fever is?






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






23. How does size affect pulse?






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






25. How does emotional stress raise the body's temperature?






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






27. Inside ankle






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






29. The maximum pressure exerted on the artery during left ventricular contraction.






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






31. A normal - relaxed breathing pattern






32. Rectal temperature are






33. Gradual return to a normal temperature






34. The temperature falls to normal and then rises again in a repeating pattern.






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






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






37. Measurement of oxygen






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






39. 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






40. How do emotions increase the pulse rate?






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






42. 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.






43. Side of wrist






44. Encourage a large fluid intake - lower room temperature - increase air circulation - remove items of clothes - control or reduce the amount of body activity - carry out physicians orders






45. What are the 5 vital signs?






46. respirations become faster and deeper - then slower and shallower wit a period of apnea - called the death rattle.






47. Hearing






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

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49. Bend of knee






50. Bend of elbow