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Vital Signs Flashcards

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Measurements of the body’s basic functions and checking for medical problems.

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Vital signs

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Temperature of a person (normal average: 98.6) (activity; food/fluid; and time of day.

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Body temperature

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Measures the heart rate.

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Pulse rate (heart rate)

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Measures the number of breathes.

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Respiration rate (breathing)

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Force of blood pushing against the arterial walls when the heart beats.

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Blood pressure.

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Measure the amount of oxygen in the blood (fifth vital sign).

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Pulse Oximerty.

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Force of blood against the arterial walls when the heart contracts.

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Systolic Pressure

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When the body temperature is too high: Heat exhaustion (101-104) and heatstroke (above 104)

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Hyperthermia

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9
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Force against the arterial walls when the heart relaxes.

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Diastolic pressure

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When the body temperature is too low (below 95)

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Hypothermia

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11
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Blood pressure is too high

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Hypertension

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12
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Blood pressure is too low

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Hypotension

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13
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Spreading by contact

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Contagious

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To recognize a disease by looking at signs and symptoms

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Diagnose

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When virus, bacteria, fungi, or yeast invade the body tissues

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Infection

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Harmless virus or bacteria is put into the body to activate the immune system.

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Vaccine

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A sudden rise in diseases

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Outbreak

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Anything that can cause a disease (bacteria, virus, fungi, yeast)

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Pathogen

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The throbbing of a blood vessel when the heart contracts

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Pulse

20
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Any signs that the body is not working properly

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Symptom

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Spreading of a disease in a country

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Epidemic

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Spreading of a disease throughout the world

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Pandemic

23
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To examine by touch

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Palpate

24
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A temporary increase in body temperature; a sign of an infection or illness

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Fever

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