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Measuring Vital Signs

Subjects : health-sciences, emergency-medicine

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1. Korotkoff sounds Phase I: Tapping
Acute anxiety stimulate the nervous system - raising the pulse.
systolic pressure indicated by faint - clear sound that gradually grow louder.
The systolic blood pressure rises slightly because the arota and major arteries tend to harden with age. The diastolic pressure rises also.
1) ventilation - Which is the movement of air in and out of the lung. 2) dispersion of air throughout the bronchial tree of the lungs; 3) diffusion of oxygen and carbon dioxide molecules across the alveolar membranes; 4) perfusion - the movement of b

2. Pulse above 100 beats per minute
3 in the right lung and 2 lobes in the left
about 1 degree lower than oral temperatures
tachycardia
Korotkoff sounds Phase III: Knocking

3. How does physical exercise raise the body's temperature?
Hyperventilation
Systolic pressure
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.
the rate - the rhythm - and volume

4. How does menstrual cycle and pregnancy raise the body's temperature?
Body temperature drops before ovulation and rises 1 degree above normal during ovulation. During pregnancy the body temperature is slightly higher.
30 seconds and multiplied by 2. unless the person is very sick or has resp. problems you should count for one full minute.
72 bpm
oximeter

5. How cardiac contractions are normally initiated by the electrical impules emerging from what?
Body temperature drops before ovulation and rises 1 degree above normal during ovulation. During pregnancy the body temperature is slightly higher.
about 1 degree higher than oral temperatures
Sinoatrial node (SA NODE)
hypotension

6. This affects the character of the pulse.
silence as cuff deflates for 30 to 40 mm Hg; common with hypertension and elderly patients
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
constant
Stroke Volume

7. High oxygen
Dorsalis pedis
thready
Stroke Volume
hyperoxia

8. Weak and regular (even beats wit poor force)
hypoxia
Stroke Volume
+1
Posterior tibial

9. If the cardiac output falls what will happen to the BP?
It will also fall
Defervescence - lowering of the body temperature to normal. The person feels warm and the skin may be moist.
decrease BP - increase pulse rate - cold and clammy skin - dizziness - blurred vision - and apprehension.
It may rise slightly as decreases in vital capacity and respiratory reserve occur.

10. 3 yr old
from drug therapy - a neurologic problem or dehydration.
restlessness & apprehension - confusion - dizziness - and change in level of consciousness - cyanosis or skin color changes - particularly around the mouth and in the nail beds
20-30
Onset - which may occur gradually or suddenly. the body responds to a pyrogen by trying to conserve and manufacture heat to raise the set point for core temperature. The person will feel cold - and will add clothes or covers - curl up in a ball - and

11. How does emotional stress raise the body's temperature?
hypotension
hemorrhage - vomiting - diarrhea - burns - and myocardial infarctions.
The emotions increase hormone secretion - and the body activities required for this increase heat production.
Stroke Volume

12. Newborn
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 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
30-80
orthostatic hypertension

13. Breathing is an involuntary automatic function controlled by the respiratory center located where?
dyspnea
silence as cuff deflates for 30 to 40 mm Hg; common with hypertension and elderly patients
about 1 degree higher than oral temperatures
Pons and Medulla of the brainstem

14. Head injury BP?
Cardiac Output
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.
raises BP.
+3

15. What affects does aging do to the blood pressure?
remittent
The systolic blood pressure rises slightly because the arota and major arteries tend to harden with age. The diastolic pressure rises also.
by placing the flat part of the first fingers against the tendon - or cord - on the thumb inside of the inner wrist and ten rolling the fingers slightly outward into the little trough on the thumb inside the wrist.
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

16. respirations become faster and deeper - then slower and shallower wit a period of apnea - called the death rattle.
crackles
Respiration
+3
Cheyenne-Stokes

17. Alternating rise and fall of the temperature.
intermittent
^160/^100
Defervescence - lowering of the body temperature to normal. The person feels warm and the skin may be moist.
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.

18. When warm skin touches a cool object - heat is lost to the object.
by placing the flat part of the first fingers against the tendon - or cord - on the thumb inside of the inner wrist and ten rolling the fingers slightly outward into the little trough on the thumb inside the wrist.
pulse deficit - the radial pulse subtracted from the apical pulse equals the pulse deficit.
wheeze
Conduction

19. What affects does aging do to the respiratory rate?
+2
It may rise slightly as decreases in vital capacity and respiratory reserve occur.
Korotkoff sounds Phase III: Knocking
16-20

20. Heart
by placing the flat part of the first fingers against the tendon - or cord - on the thumb inside of the inner wrist and ten rolling the fingers slightly outward into the little trough on the thumb inside the wrist.
remittent
Apical
from drug therapy - a neurologic problem or dehydration.

21. 1st stage of fever is?
Onset - which may occur gradually or suddenly. the body responds to a pyrogen by trying to conserve and manufacture heat to raise the set point for core temperature. The person will feel cold - and will add clothes or covers - curl up in a ball - and
arrhythmia
Korotkoff sounds
Diaphoresis

22. When should rectal temperatures NOT be used?
carotid
Pulse
The pulse rate gradually diminishes from birth to adulthood
cardiac patients or patients who have had rectal surgery.

23. A normal - relaxed breathing pattern
blood pressure is lowest in the morning. and higher in the afternoone
The body's temperature in the morning is usually low from inactivity of the muscles. The afternooon body temperature may be high-normal because of the body's metabolic processes - the patient's activity - and the temperature of the environment.
Eupnea
Pons and Medulla of the brainstem

24. What happens whens vasoconstriction causes peripheral vascular resistance to rise?
arrhythmia
permanent damage to the heart - the brain - the kidneys - and the retina of the eye - may cause strokes
the blood pressure will rise in order to push the blood along.
Cheyenne-Stokes

25. High BP
Eupnea
bradycardia
the proper cuff is 21% bigger than the diameter of the arm. the inflatable bladder should go around 3/4 of the arm.
hypertension

26. Those at risk for hypothermia include
postoperative patients wo have been cooled during surgery - newborn infants whose skin is exposed to cool room temperatures - elderly or debiliated patients - and those exposed to cold temperatures for prolonged periods.
remittent
silence as cuff deflates for 30 to 40 mm Hg; common with hypertension and elderly patients
16-20

27. Weak and may be irregular
It will also fall
Wash hands - don gloves - lubricate probe - Insert .5 to 1.5 inches. Hold in place for 3 to 5 minutes.
Eupnea
thready

28. What are the 5 vital signs?
fever
temperature - pulse - respiration - blood pressure - and pain level.
Relapsing
The pulse rate increases at the rate of 7-10 beats for each degree of temperature

29. BP at or lower 90/60.
Increases as body tries to remove excess heat
pyrexia
the proper cuff is 21% bigger than the diameter of the arm. the inflatable bladder should go around 3/4 of the arm.
hypotension

30. What will happen in febrile stage if temperature is very high or temperature stays for a long amount of time?
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.
Axillary.
Korotkoff sounds Phase II Swishing
Because fever is a protective defense mechanisms that the body uses to fight pathogens and their toxins the inflammatory response produces fevers.

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

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32. Lobes in the lungs?
hyperoxia
Hyperventilation
3 in the right lung and 2 lobes in the left
Stertor

33. The volume of blood pushed into the aorta per heartbeat.
Stroke volume
+1
Biot's
96.5 to 97.5

34. Rectal temperature are
about 1 degree higher than oral temperatures
cardiac patients or patients who have had rectal surgery.
the proper cuff is 21% bigger than the diameter of the arm. the inflatable bladder should go around 3/4 of the arm.
The pulse rate gradually diminishes from birth to adulthood

35. Bend of knee
popliteal
Femoral
Blood pressure increases because there is more volume of blood in the vascular system.
hypotension

36. 3rd stage of fever?
cardiac patients or patients who have had rectal surgery.
60 to 70 mL
It doesn't change in a healthy elderly patient but the pattern rhythm may be slightly irregular.
Defervescence - lowering of the body temperature to normal. The person feels warm and the skin may be moist.

37. Barely palpable
Irregular
The systolic blood pressure rises slightly because the arota and major arteries tend to harden with age. The diastolic pressure rises also.
Feeble
cardiac patients or patients who have had rectal surgery.

38. Side of neck
carotid
Biot's respirations
It doesn't change in a healthy elderly patient but the pattern rhythm may be slightly irregular.
Rhonchi

39. Average pulse rate for an adult
apnea
The systolic blood pressure rises slightly because the arota and major arteries tend to harden with age. The diastolic pressure rises also.
72 bpm
60 to 70 mL

40. Axillary temperature are
the blood pressure will rise in order to push the blood along.
+3
Hypothermia
about 1 degree lower than oral temperatures

41. Why would patients experience orthostatic hypotenstion?
The emotions increase hormone secretion - and the body activities required for this increase heat production.
from drug therapy - a neurologic problem or dehydration.
Diastolic pressure
120/70

42. Low oxygen
wheeze
temperature - pulse - respiration - blood pressure - and pain level.
raises BP.
hypoxia

43. How does increased body temperature increase the pulse?
The systolic blood pressure rises slightly because the arota and major arteries tend to harden with age. The diastolic pressure rises also.
The pulse rate increases at the rate of 7-10 beats for each degree of temperature
Pulse
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.

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

45. Stage 1 hypertension
bradypnea
140-159/90-99
Crisis
Conduction

46. Louder knocking sound that occurs wit each heartbeat
Korotkoff sounds Phase II Swishing
+3
Korotkoff sounds Phase III: Knocking
the lungs

47. Elderly respiration
if its hot bp can lower because of vasodilation. if its cold it can rise because of vasoconstriction.
16-20
Evaporation
in the alveoli - tiny thin-walled sacs

48. Substances tat cause fever
oximetry
Diaphoresis
pyrogens
Temperature will remain below 102 degrees with use of hypothermia blanket

49. Fast - deep respirations with abrupt pauses

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50. right arm vs. left arm/ arm vs. leg BP?
low
variation of about 5-10 between arms. and a 10-40 difference in systolic pressure with leg & arm.
intermittent
Biot's