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Vital Signs Flashcards

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What are Vital Signs?

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

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What is Body Temperature?

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Temperature of a person (Average 98.6)

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What is Pulse Rate?

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Measures the heart rate

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What is Respiration Rate?

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Measures the number of breaths

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What is Blood Pressure?

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

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What is Pulse Oximetry?

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

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What is Systolic Pressure?

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Force of blood against arterial walls when the heart contracts.

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What is diastolic pressure?

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Force of blood against arterial walls when the heart relaxes

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what is hyperthermia

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when body temperature is too high: heat exhaustion 101-104 and heartstroke above 104

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what is hypothermia

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when body temperature is too low below 95

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what is hypertension

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blood pressure is too high

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what is hypotension

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blood pressure is too low

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what is contagious

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spreading by contact

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what is diagnose

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to recognize a disease by looking at signs and symptoms

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what is infection

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

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what is vaccine

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

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what is outbreak

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a sudden rise of disease

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what is pathogen

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

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what is pulse

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the throbbing of a blood vessel when the heart contracts

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what is symptom

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any signs that the body is not working properly

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what is epidemic

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spreading of a disease in a country

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what is pandemic

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spreading of a disease throughout the world

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what is palpate

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to examine by touch

24
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what is fever

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

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