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Measuring Vital Signs

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1. Average blood pressure should be






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






3. Are infants blood pressure low or high?






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






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






6. Head injury BP?






7. Drop in blood pressure when arising to a standing position.






8. Groin area






9. Side of neck






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






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






12. Why would patients experience orthostatic hypotenstion?






13. Shock - hemorrhage - low cardiac output - inadequate volume of blood?






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






15. What happens when vasodilation occurs?






16. Macine that measures oxygen in the blood by determining the percentage of hemoglobin that is bound with oxygen.






17. Prehypertension






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






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






20. Inside ankle






21. Pulse lower than 60 beats per minute






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






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






24. Alternating rise and fall of the temperature.






25. Enviromental temperature BP?






26. Barely palpable






27. Louder knocking sound that occurs wit each heartbeat






28. Adolescent






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






30. When should rectal temperatures NOT be used?






31. The lower pressure exerted on the artery when the heart is at rest inbetween contractions.






32. Diurnal variation BP?






33. Taking axillary temperature






34. Measurement of oxygen






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






36. What happens to the blood if overhydration occurs?






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






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






39. 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.






40. When is apicial pulse used?






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






42. This affects the character of the pulse.






43. Bend of knee






44. The temperature of the deep tissues of the body






45. Elderly respiration






46. How does increased body temperature increase the pulse?






47. Signs and symptoms of shock






48. 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






49. Snoring sound produced when patients are unable to cough up secretions from the trachea or bronchi






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