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vital signs Flashcards

1
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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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3
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Measures the heart rate

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Pulse Rate (heart rate)

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Measures the number of breaths

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Respiration rate (breathing)

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5
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Force of blood pushing against 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 Oximetry

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7
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Force of blood against arterial 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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8
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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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8
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When the body temperature is too low (below 95)

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Hypothermia

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8
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Blood pressure is to high

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Hypertension

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8
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Blood pressure is too low

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Hypotension

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9
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Spreading by contact

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Contagious

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10
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To recognize a disease by looking at signs and symptoms

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Diagnose

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11
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When virus, bacteria, fungi, or yeast invade the body tissues

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Infection

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11
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Harmless virus of bacteria is put into the body to activate immune system

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Vaccine

12
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A sudden rise of a disease (COVID)

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Outbreak

13
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Anything that can cause a disease (bacteria, virus, fungi, yeast)

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Pathogen

14
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The throbbing of a blood vessel when the heart contracts

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Pulse

15
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Any signs that the body is not working properly

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Symptom

16
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Spreading of a disease in the country

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Epidemic

17
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Spreading of a disease throughout the world

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Pandemic

18
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To examine by touch

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Palpate

19
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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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