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Clinical Technique--Temperatures
Question | Answer |
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What are the four vital signs? | temperature, pulse, respiration & blood pressure (called TPR & blood pressure) |
What are the general guidelines that the MA should follow when taking vitals? | 1.be familiar with the normal ranges for all vital signs; 2.make sure that all equipement for measuring vitals is properly working; 3.eliminate or minimize factors that affect the vital signs; 4.use an organized approach when measuring the vital signs |
Body temperature is maintained within a fairly constant range by the__________ which is located in the____________. | hypothalamus; brain |
How is body temperature maintained? | through a balance of the heat produced in the body and the heat lost from the body |
Most of the heat produced in the body is through__________and ____________ muscle contraction | voluntary and involuntary |
Body heat is also produced by what? | cell metabolism, fever, and strong emotional states |
Name four ways heat is lost from the body: | urine, feces, water vapor from lungs, and persperation |
What three ways cause loss of heat from the body? | radiation, conduction, and convection |
What is radiation? | the transfer of heat in the form of waves |
What is conduction? | the transfer of heat from one object to another (ex: heat from body to something cooler it touches) |
What is convection? | the transfer of heat through air currents |
Normal body temp is between what ranges? | 97-99 degrees Fahrenheit |
Average temp is what? | 98.6 |
If a temperature goes above 105.8, it is known as what? | hyperpyrexia |
What are different variations in body temperature: | age, diurnal variations, exercise, emotional states, enviornment, patient's normal body temp, pregnancy |
What are the three stages of a fever? | the onset, the course of a fever, the subsiding stage |
Describe the onset of a fever: | when the temp begins to rise, may slow or sudden |
Describe the course of a fever: | the temp rises and falls in on of the three fever patterns |
What are the three fever patterns? | continuous, intermittent, remittent |
Describe the subsiding stage of a fever: | temperature returns to normal gradually or suddenly |
What are the four sites for measuring body temperature? | maouth, axilla, rectum, ear |
The site chosen for measuring a patient's temperature depends on what? | age, condition, state of consciousness, type of thermometer, and office policy |
__________is the most convenient and most common means for measuring body temp. | oral temperature |
The temperature obtained through the _______ method measures approximately 1 degree F lower than that taken orally | axillary |
This is a very accurate measurement of body temperature and measures approximately 1 degree F higher than that taken orally | rectal |
__________provides instantaneous results | aural temp |
Name the three types of thermometers: | electronic, tympanic membrane, and chemical |