🍞VITAL SIGNS🍞 Flashcards

1
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Measurments of the bodys basic functions and checking for medical problems

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Vital signs

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2
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Temp of a person

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body temp

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3
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Measures the heart rate

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Resperation Rate

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4
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Measures the number of breaths

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Resperation rate

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5
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Force of blood pushing agianst arterial walls when the heart beats

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blood preasure

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6
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Measure the amount of oxygen in the blood

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Pulse oximetry

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7
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Force of blood against artrial walls when the heart contracts

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Systolic pressure

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8
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Force of blood against arterial walls when the heart relaxes

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Diastolic Pressure

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9
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When body temp is to high

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Hyperthermia

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10
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When body temp is too low

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hypothermia

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11
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Blood pressuren is to 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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To recoginize a diease by looking at sgins and symptoms

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Diagonse

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14
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Spreading by contact

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Contagious

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15
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When virus or bacteria, fungi, or yeast invade your body the body tissues

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Infection

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16
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Harmless virus or bacteria is put into your body to activate immune system

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Vaccine

17
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A sudden rise of a disease (COVID)

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Outbreak

18
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Anything that can cause a disease

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Pathogen

19
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The throbbing of a blood vessel when the heart contracts

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Pulse

20
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Ant signs that the body is not woeking properly

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Symptom

21
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Spreading of a disease in a country

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Epidemic

22
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Spreading disease throughout tghe 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 temp: a sign of an infection or illness

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Fever