Chapter 1

Question 1

Pulse

Answer 1

Speed of heartbeat in expansion and contraction of a artery as blood is forced out of heart muscle

Question 2

Vital signs

Answer 2

Pulse respiration blood pressure temperature

Question 3

Normal pulse rate

Answer 3

Healthy adult 60 to 80 BPM
Exercise 40 to 60 BPM

Question 4

Tachycardia

Answer 4

Is the rapid pulse rate of 100 BPM, bodies attempt to increase O2 to body cells by increasing amount of blood through blood vessels often occurs due to fever, exercise, nervous excitement, medication, or stimulant, stimulant type drugs, disease, states hemorrhage and chock .

Question 5

Bradycardia

Answer 5

Less than 60 BPM may cause lightheadedness, dizziness, chest pain, seem, cold, circulatory, collapse, treated with atropine to increase heart rate.

Question 6

Pulse strength

Answer 6

Reflects volume of blood, pushing against blood vessels walls with each contraction, a.k.a. stroke, volume.

Question 7

Bounding pulse

Answer 7

Can be dangerous in hypertensive patients increase the risk of CVA, weak pulse, decrease, stroke, volume difficult to the tactile pulse.

Question 8

Respiration

Answer 8

It’s a process by which O2 and CO2 exchange ex external respiration O2, taken in CO2. Eliminate it via lungs.

Question 9

Respiration rate

Answer 9

Number of breath, rice and fall of chess adult normal rate 12 to 20 infants and children normal rate quicker newborns normal rate 40 to 50

Question 10

Tachypnea

Answer 10

abnormally fast rate 20 often seen in hyperventilation

Question 11

Bradypnea

Answer 11

Slow rate of 12 . Often seen in syncope

Question 12

Apnea

Answer 12

Absence of breeding, if continuous results and respiratory arrest, cannot sustain life as brain requires O2 deprivation of 10 minutes or longer leads to coma or death.

Question 13

Rhythm and depth assessment

Answer 13

Should be regular expiration twice as long inspiration and normal patterns

Question 14

Biot’s

Answer 14

Periods of shallow breathing, alternating with apnea.

Question 15

Cheyne stokes

Answer 15

Increase rate and depth alternating with apnea often seen in CHF and drug overdose.

Question 16

Rhythm and depth assessment

Answer 16

Abnormal patterns, Kussmaul increase death and rate greater than 20 often seen in hyperventilation DKA or Renel failure