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Measuring Vital Signs

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






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






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

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4. When should rectal temperatures be used?






5. How do drugs affect pulse?






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






7. Why would patients experience orthostatic hypotenstion?






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






9. When should rectal temperatures NOT be used?






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






11. 3 yr old






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

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13. Healthly adult






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






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






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






17. Those at risk for hypothermia include






18. Bend of knee






19. High oxygen






20. Taking a rectal temperature






21. Louder knocking sound that occurs wit each heartbeat






22. Alternating rise and fall of the temperature.






23. 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.






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






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






26. Heart






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






28. How is shock caused?






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






30. Weak and may be irregular






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






32. A normal - relaxed breathing pattern






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






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






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






36. Groin area






37. Gradual return to a normal temperature






38. What happens to the blood if overhydration occurs?






39. Absence of breathing






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






41. How should respirations be counted?






42. People most at risk for hypertension






43. Korotkoff sounds Ausculatatory gap:






44. While measuring the BP certain sounds may be heard that relate to the effect of the blood pressure cuff on the arterial wall.






45. How should baby's temperature be taken?






46. 2nd stage of fever is?






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






48. Slow and shallow breathing - leads to hypoxemia.






49. High BP






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