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Vital signs Flashcards

1
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Measurements of the body basic functions and checking for medical problems

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Vital signs

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2
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Temperature of a person(normal average 98.6)

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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.

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4
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Measures the number of breath

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Respiration rate.

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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 rate.

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6
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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 wall when the heart contracts

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Systolic pressure.

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8
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Force of blood against arterial wall when the heart relaxes

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Diastoic pressure.

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9
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When body temperature is too high Heat exhaustion ( 101-104) and heatstroke above 104

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hyperthermia

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10
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When body temperature is too low (below 95)

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Hypothermia

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11
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blood pressure is too 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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spreading by contact

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Contagious

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14
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Diagnose To recognize a disease by looking at the sighs and symptoms

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Diagnose

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15
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When virus bacteria fungi or yeast invade 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

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Outbreak

18
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Anything that can cause a disease( bacteria, virus, fungi, yeast)

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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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spreading of a disease in a country

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epidemic

21
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any sign that the body is not working properly

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symptom

22
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spreading of a disease throughout the 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 the body temperature a sigh of an infection or illness.

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fever

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