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Measuring Vital Signs

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1. Taking axillary temperature






2. State of insufficient oxygen






3. 3rd stage of fever?






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






5. Slow and shallow breathing - leads to hypoxemia.






6. Heart






7. Gradual return to a normal temperature






8. Low oxygen






9. Healthly adult






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






11. How does age affect pulse?






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






13. Air movemtn causes heat to be transferred from the skin to the air molecules.






14. 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.






15. What affects does aging do to the respiratory rate?






16. 2nd stage of fever is?






17. Elevated temperature






18. Excessive sweat production






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

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20. Side of neck






21. Bend of knee






22. Substances tat cause fever






23. Fast - deep respirations with abrupt pauses

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






25. When is apicial pulse used?






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






27. Symptoms of hypoxia






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






29. This affects the character of the pulse.






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






31. Those at risk for hypothermia include






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






33. Side of wrist






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






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






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






37. Pulse above 100 beats per minute






38. What are the 5 vital signs?






39. How does increased body temperature increase the pulse?






40. How do emotions increase the pulse rate?






41. What happens to the blood if overhydration occurs?






42. Louder knocking sound that occurs wit each heartbeat






43. Stage 2 hypertension






44. No pulse palpable or heard on ausculation






45. Top of left foot






46. What patients should not use a glass thermometer orally?






47. What affects does aging do to the blood pressure?






48. Why would patients experience orthostatic hypotenstion?






49. 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.






50. What should you do if you cannot determine BP by ausculation?