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Chapter 11: Vocabulary Flashcards

1
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Pulse Rate

A

Number of pulses felt in 1 minute

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2
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Pulse rhythm

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Patten band equality of intervals between beats

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3
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Pulse quality

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Strength, which can be weak, thready, strong, or bounding

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4
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Bradycardia

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Pulse rate lower than 60

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5
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Tachycardia

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Pulse rate higher than 100

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6
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Tacypnea

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Rapid breathing

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7
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Bardypnea

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Slow breathing

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8
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Tidal Volume

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Amount of air one breath move in and out of lungs

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9
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Blood Pressure

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Force of blood against arteries walls as the heart contracts and relaxes

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10
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Korotkoff’s Sounds

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Sounds of blood hitting arteries walls

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11
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Perfusion

A

Passage of blood through an organ or tissue

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12
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Eupnea

A

Normal breathing rate and pattern

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13
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Hyperpnea

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Normal rate, but deep respirations

Indicative of: Emotional stress or diabetic ketoacidosis

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14
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Cheyne-stokes

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Gradual increases and decreases in respirations with periods of apnea
Indicative of: Increasing intracranial pressure, brain stem injury

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15
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Biot’s

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Rapid, deep respirations (gasps) with short pauses between sets
Indicative of: Spinal meningitis, many CNS causes, head injury

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16
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Kussmaul

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Tachypnea and hyperpnea

Indicative of: Renal failure, metabolic acidosis, diabetic ketoacidosis

17
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Apneusic

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Prolonged inspiratory phase with shortened expiratory phase

Indicative of: Lesion in brainstem

18
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Opthalmoscope

A

Handheld device used to examine the interior of the eye

19
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Otoscope

A

Handheld device used to examine the interior of the ear and nose

20
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Vital Statistics

A

Height and weight

21
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Broselow Tape

A

A measuring tape for infants that provides important information regarding airway equipment and mediation doses based on your patient’s length.

22
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Capnography

A

Real-time measurement of exhaled carbon dioxide concentrations

23
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End-tidal carbon dioxide detector

A

A devise used in capnography to measure exhaled carbon dioxide concentrations

24
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Anemia

A

An abnormally low concentration of red blood cells or of hemoglobin in the blood

25
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Turgor

A

Normal tension in the skin

26
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Lesion

A

Any disruption in normal tissue

27
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Rhonchi

A

Continuous sounds with a lower pitch and a snoring quality

28
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Bronchophony

A

Abnormal clarity of patients’s transmitted voice sounds

29
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Whispered pectoriloquy

A

Abnormal clarity of patient’s transmitted whispers

30
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Egophony

A

Abnormal change in tone of patients transmitted voice sounds

31
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Trill

A

Vibration of humming felt when palpating the pulse

32
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Bruit

A

Sound of turbulent blood flow around a partial obstruction

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