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Vital Signs Flashcards

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What are Vital Signs?

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Vital signs are measurements of the body’s functions and checking for medical problems.

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What is Body Temperature?

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the temperature of a person.

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What is Pulse Rate (heart rate)

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measures the heart rate.

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What is Respiration Rate (Breathing)

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measures the number of breaths.

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What is Blood Pressure?

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the force of blood pushing against walls when heart beats.

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

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Pulse Oximetry

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Force of blood against arterial wall when the heart relaxes?

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Systolic Pressure

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Force of blood against arterial walls when the heart relaxes

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Diastolic Pressure

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

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Hyperthermia

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Hypotension

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blood pressure is too low

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When body temperature is too low ( below 95)

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Hypothermia

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Diagnose

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to recognize a by looking at signs and symptoms

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Hypertension

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blood pressure is too high

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Contagious

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spreading by contact

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Infection

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

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Harmless virus, bacteria, fungi, or yeast invade the body to activate immune system

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Vaccine

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A sudden rise of a disease (COVID)

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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 a blood vessel when the heart contracts

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Pluse

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Any sign that the body is not working properly

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Symptom

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Epidimic

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spreading of a disease in a country

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Pandemic

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spreading of a disease through out the world

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Palpate

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to examine by touch

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Fever

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

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