Vital signs Flashcards
Measurements of the body basic functions and checking for medical problems
Vital signs
Temperature of a person(normal average 98.6)
Body temperature
Measures the heart rate
Pulse Rate.
Measures the number of breath
Respiration rate.
Force of blood pushing against arterial walls when the heart beats
Blood rate.
Measure the amount of oxygen in the blood (fifth vital sign)
Pulse Oximetry.
Force of blood against arterial wall when the heart contracts
Systolic pressure.
Force of blood against arterial wall when the heart relaxes
Diastoic pressure.
When body temperature is too high Heat exhaustion ( 101-104) and heatstroke above 104
hyperthermia
When body temperature is too low (below 95)
Hypothermia
blood pressure is too high.
Hypertension
Blood pressure is too low
Hypotension
spreading by contact
Contagious
Diagnose To recognize a disease by looking at the sighs and symptoms
Diagnose
When virus bacteria fungi or yeast invade the body tissues
infection
Harmless virus or bacteria is put into your body to activate immune system
vaccine
A sudden rise of a disease
Outbreak
Anything that can cause a disease( bacteria, virus, fungi, yeast)
Pathogen
The throbbing of a blood vessel when the heart contracts.
pulse
spreading of a disease in a country
epidemic
any sign that the body is not working properly
symptom
spreading of a disease throughout the world
pandemic
To examine by touch
Palpate
A temporary increase in the body temperature a sigh of an infection or illness.
fever
