Chapter 14 Flashcards
When to not take oral temperature
unconscious, recent facial or oral surgery, younger then 5 years old, confused or disoriented, heavily sedated, likely to have a seizure, coughing, using oxygen
radial pulse
radial artery runs just beneath the skin
brachial pulse
pulse inside the elbow about one to one and a half inches above the elbow
apical pulse
listening directly over the heart with a stethoschope
apnea
absence of breathing
dyspnea
difficulty breathing
eupnea
normal breathing
orthopnea
shortness of breath when lying down that is relieved by sitting up
tachypnea
rapid breathing
bradypnea
slow breathing
cheyne-stokes
alternating periods of slow, irregular breathing and rapid, shallow breathing, along with short periods of apnea.
systolic phase
top number of the blood pressure reading and shows the pressure on the walls of the arteries as blood is pumped throughout the bdoy
diastolic phase
bottom number of the reading and is when the heart relaxes and should always be lower then the systolic measurement.
hypertension
constant high blood pressure
hypotension
blood pressure that is too low
