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Measuring Vital Signs

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1. Taking axillary temperature






2. Hearing






3. If blood becomes thicker - like when excessive blood cells are manufactured what happens to BP?






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






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






6. Louder knocking sound that occurs wit each heartbeat






7. Are infants blood pressure low or high?






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






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






10. How do you measure the apical pulse?






11. How should respirations be counted?






12. How do emotions increase the pulse rate?






13. Side of wrist






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






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






16. Pulse lower than 60 beats per minute






17. 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?






18. Fever above 100.2 F






19. How does external respiration occur?






20. How does size affect pulse?






21. Gas exchange in the blood occurs where?






22. What pulse is checked to determine whether there is any blockage of circulation in the artery up to that point - especially in patients who have had cardiac catherization using the femoral artery for the insertion of the catheter or those who had sur






23. The temperature of the deep tissues of the body






24. How is shock caused?






25. The rate at which heat is produced when the body is at rest.






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






27. Side of forehead






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

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29. Low oxygen






30. Average blood pressure should be






31. Slow and shallow breathing - leads to hypoxemia.






32. Absence of breathing






33. Top of left foot






34. 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.






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






36. High oxygen






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

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38. Average pulse rate for an adult






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






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






41. Lobes in the lungs?






42. 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.






43. Excessive sweat production






44. Normal body temperature ranges?






45. Axillary temperature are






46. When should rectal temperatures NOT be used?






47. 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.






48. Newborn






49. The pulse rate multiplied by the stroke volume. This is the amount of blood pumped by the left ventricle in 1 minute. Averaging at about 5mL per minute.






50. 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.