🍞VITAL SIGNS🍞 Flashcards
Measurments of the bodys basic functions and checking for medical problems
Vital signs
Temp of a person
body temp
Measures the heart rate
Resperation Rate
Measures the number of breaths
Resperation rate
Force of blood pushing agianst arterial walls when the heart beats
blood preasure
Measure the amount of oxygen in the blood
Pulse oximetry
Force of blood against artrial walls when the heart contracts
Systolic pressure
Force of blood against arterial walls when the heart relaxes
Diastolic Pressure
When body temp is to high
Hyperthermia
When body temp is too low
hypothermia
Blood pressuren is to high
Hypertension
Blood pressure is too low
Hypotension
To recoginize a diease by looking at sgins and symptoms
Diagonse
Spreading by contact
Contagious
When virus or bacteria, fungi, or yeast invade your body the body tissues
Infection
Harmless virus or bacteria is put into your body to activate immune system
Vaccine
A sudden rise of a disease (COVID)
Outbreak
Anything that can cause a disease
Pathogen
The throbbing of a blood vessel when the heart contracts
Pulse
Ant signs that the body is not woeking properly
Symptom
Spreading of a disease in a country
Epidemic
Spreading disease throughout tghe world
Pandemic
To examine by touch
Palpate
A temporary increase in body temp: a sign of an infection or illness
Fever
