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Patient Assessment

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4 main vital signs +1; what else would you observe?   show
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Name the various ways to measure a patients temperature and their normal ranges.   show
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Which way to take a person's temperature is most accurate and least accurate.   show
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3 reasons for a variation in a person's normal healthy temperature.   show
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show (a)illness, infection. exercise, excitement, high external temperatures. (b)starvation or fasting, sleep, decreased muscle activity, mouth breathing, external cold temperatures.  
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Define and give temp range hypothermia and hyperthermia.   show
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2 ways to tell a rectal thermometer from an oral thermometer.   show
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show Deep or shallow. Difficult(labored). Stertorous(abnormal sound). Moist.  
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show regular and irregular  
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show adults 12-20 breaths per minute. Children 16-30. Infants 30-50  
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Why is it important to count respirations in a way the patient is unaware?   show
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Adult CPR(2-person)   show
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show 30 chest compressions. 2 rescue breaths(make sure airway is open)  
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How do you convert Fahrenheit to Celcius?   show
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How do you convert Celcius to Fahrenheit?   show
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Pulse under 60 beats per minute.   show
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How do you convert Fahrenheit to Celcius?   show
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show C x 1.8 + 32 = F  
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Pulse under 60 beats per minute.   show
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show Arrythmia  
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What are factors that cause an increase in pulse rate?   show
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What are fatcors that cause a decrease in pulse rate?   show
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Pulse rates for adults.   show
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show Infants 100-160. Children age 1-7 is 80-110. Over age 7 is 70-100.  
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3 factors noted when taking a pulse.   show
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Sites to take pulse   show
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show 97.6F  
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Normal temperature range for oral or aural measured body temperature.   show
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Normal range for rectal measured body temperature.   show
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show tachycardia  
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