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HS2 Vital Signs
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Vital Signs | The four main vital signs which are temperature, pulse, respiration, and blood pressure. |
| Temperature | the measurement of the balance between heat loss and heat produced by the body |
| Pulse | the pressure of the blood felt against the wall of an artery as the heart contracts and relaxes, or beats. The rate, rhythm, and volume are recorded. |
| Rhythm | regularity |
| Volume | Strength |
| Respiration | reflect the breathing rate of patient |
| Blood Pressure | the force exerted by the blood against the arterial walls when the heart contracts or relaxes |
| Apical Pulse | a pulse is taken with a stethoscope at the apex of the heart |
| Homeostasis | a constant state of fluid balance |
| Oral Temperature | are taken in the mouth, clinical thermometer, place for 3 minutes to 5 minutes. The most common, convenient, and comfortable |
| Rectal Temperature | taken in the rectum and placed for 3 to 5 minutes, most accurate. |
| Axillary Temperature | taken in the armpit and inserted in the folds of the skin for 5 minutes. |
| Aural Temperature | temperature is taken with a special thermometer that is placed in the ear or auditory canal. Contacts radiating energy from the blood vessels |
| Hypothermia | a very low temperature, below 95 Fahrenheit caused by exposure to the cold. Death occurs below 93 Fahrenheit. |
| fever | an elevated body temperature, usually above 101 Fahrenheit. |
| Pyrexia | another term for fever |
| Hyperthermia | occurs when the body temperature exceeds 104 Fahrenheit measured rectally. Can be caused by brain damage or serious infection |
| Clinical thermometer | used to record temperature. Consists of mercury or alcohol with red dye, which expands to heat. Three types Oral, Security and rectal. |
| Tympanic Thermometer | are specialized electronic thermeters that record the aural temperature |
| Character Rhythm | the depth and quality of respirations |
| bradycardia | a pulse rate under 60 beats per minute |
| tachycardia | a pulse rate over 100 beats per minute |
| arrhythmia | an irregular abnormal rhythm usually caused by a defect in the electrical conduction pattern |
| dsynea | difficulty breathing |
| apnea | absences of respirations usually temporary |
| tachypnea | respiratory rate above 25 respirations per minute |
| bradypnea | slow respiratory rate, usually below 10 per minute |
| orthopnea | severe dyspnea in which breathing is very difficult in any position other than sitting erect or standing |
| Cheyenne-stakes | respirations periods of dyspnea followed by periods of apnea; frequently of a dying patient |
| rales | bubbling or noisy sounds caused by fluids or mucus in the air passage |
| wheezing | difficult breathing with a high pitched whistling or sighing sounds during expiration caused by a narrowing of the bronchioles of obstruction or mucus accumulation in the bronchi |
| cyanosis | a dusky blueish discoloration of the skin and lips, nose because decreased oxygen and increased carbon dioxide |
| stethoscope | an instrument used to listen to internal body parts |
| pulse deficit | a condition that occurs with some heart conditions heart is weak and doesn't pump or pump too much |
| sphygmomonameter | the intrument that measures your blood pressure in the mm of mercury |
| systolic | pressure occurs in the walls of the arteries when the left ventricle of the heart is contracting and pushing blood into the arteries |
| diastolic | pressure is the constant pressure in the walls of the arteries when the left ventricle of the heart is at rest |
| pulse pressure | the difference systolic and diastolic pressure |
| hypertension | high blood pressure is indicated when pressure are greater than 140 mm Hg systolic and 99 mm Hg diastolic |
| Hypotension | low blood pressure, less then 100 systolic and 60 diastolic |
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