Vital Signs study material
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| show | BP (blood pressure); T (temperature); P (pulse); R (respiration)
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| show | The measurement of arterial pressure during cardiac cycle
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| show | The first or top reading of a blood pressure measurement representing the maximal arterial pressure during ventricular contraction
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| Diastolic | show 🗑
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| Korotkoff Sounds | show 🗑
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| Korotkoff Phase 1 | show 🗑
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| Korotkoff Phase II | show 🗑
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| show | A distinct sharp tapping sound as blood moves through the artery.
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| show | A soft tapping sound which becomes muffles and begins to grow fainter.
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| show | The disapperance of sound - generally recorded as the diastolic reading
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| show | The disappearance of the sounds of blood pressure in Phase II of Korotkoff sounds. Occurs in hypertension and certain types of heart disease.
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| show | Korotkoff Phase IV
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| Palpatory method of taking blood pressure | show 🗑
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| Anthropometric measurements | show 🗑
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| 60 inches = ______________ feet | show 🗑
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| show | 5'4"
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| show | 6 ft
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| To convert from pound to kilograms | show 🗑
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| show | Multiply by 2.2
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| show | 68.18 kg
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| 52 kg = ________________lb | show 🗑
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| A blood pressure cuff that is too large for your patient will give you a falsely______________reading | show 🗑
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| show | Elevated
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| As a general rule of thumb you should pump up the blood pressure cuff to ______mm/Hg unless you do a palpatory tecnique first to determine approximate systolic reading. | show 🗑
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| You should hear no sound for _________30 mm/Hg prior to the start of the systolic reading to be sure you have not started within an ascultatory gap | show 🗑
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| show | Mastectomy - can cause lymphedema
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| If using a thigh cuff to obtain BP from lower extremity the pulse point used to auscultate the sounds is the _________ | show 🗑
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| Best position to obtain Blood Pressure | show 🗑
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| The correct way to locate placement of the stethoscope over the brachial artery for blood pressure | show 🗑
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| show | Sphygmomanometer and stethoscope
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| What part of the stethoscope should be cleaned between patients and medical assistant use. | show 🗑
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| The air should be deflated from the BP cuff.______________________ | show 🗑
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| A wait time of ____________should be given if a BP needs to be repeated | show 🗑
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| show | True - that is why it is important to get readings from both arms initially.
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| Restrictive tight clothing may affect the BP reading - true or false? | show 🗑
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| show | Allow patient to rest lying down for 5 minutes. Take BP with patient in recumbent position; have patient sit up and immediately repeat BP; have patient stand up and immediately repeat BP (some physicians may want only supine and standing).
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| Orthostatic BP readings help define what problem? | show 🗑
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| Primary Hypertension | show 🗑
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| Secondary Hypertension | show 🗑
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| Blood Pressure values: Normal High Low | show 🗑
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| show | Temporal artery; carotid artery; brachial artery; radial artery; femoral artery; popliteal artery; dorsalis pedis artery (Radial is most common for routine pulse evaluation)
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| The THREE areas the are evaluated each time the pulse is taken: | show 🗑
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| Pulse is alway documented in a _____time frame? | show 🗑
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| The location where a pulse can be evaluated by auscultation? | show 🗑
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| Normal resting pulse rate for an adult | show 🗑
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| show | > 100 pbm
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| Bradycardia | show 🗑
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| show | Newborn 12-160
1-2 years 80-140
3-6 years 75-120
7-11 years 75-110
Adolescence to adulthood 60-100
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| Respiration is recorded over what period of time | show 🗑
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| Normal Respiratory Rates | show 🗑
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| Things to evaluate with respiration..... | show 🗑
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| show | Temporal artery; oral; tympanic; axillary; rectal
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| Normal temperature | show 🗑
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| Converting Fahrenheit to Celsius | show 🗑
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| Converting Celsius to Fahrenheit | show 🗑
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| Pyrexia means | show 🗑
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| show | Patients over age 3 pull up and back.
Patients under age 3 pull down and back.
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| For oral temperatures, you should ask the patient _______________ | show 🗑
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| show | The difference between the systolic and diastolic blood pressure reading. eg. BP 120/80 (120-80=40 so Pulse pressure = 40) 30-50 mm is considered normal (Various cardiovascular problems and age causing less elasticity of the vessels can alter this)
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| Pulse pressure determination as quality control measure. | show 🗑
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