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Vital Signs Flashcards

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Vital sings Measurements of the body’s basic functions and checking for medical problems

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Vital sings

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Body temperature 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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Pules rate

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4
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Respiration rate Measures the number of breaths

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Respiration rate

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5
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Measures the amount of oxygen in the blood { fifth vital sing}

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Pulse Oximerty

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6
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Force of the blood against arterial walls when they heart contracts

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Systolic Presure

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7
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Force of blood again ts arterial when the heart relaxes

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Diastolic Pressure

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8
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When body temperature is too high : heat exhaustion { 101 - 104} heatstroke { above 104 }

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Hypothermia

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9
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When body temperature is too low { below 95}

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Hypothermia

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10
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Blood pressure too high

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Hypertension

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11
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Blood pressure too low

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Hyportension

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12
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Spreading by contact

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Contagious

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13
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To recognize a disease ,by looking at sings and symptoms

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Diagnose

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14
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When virus bacteria , fungi, or yeast invade body tissue

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infection

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15
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Harmless virus or bacteria is put in your body to activate immune system

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Vaccine

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16
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a sudden rise of a disease {COVID }

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Outbreak

17
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Any sings that the body is not working properly

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Symptom

18
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Anything that can cause disease { Bactria , virus , fungi , yeast }

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Pathogen

19
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The throbbing of a blood vessel when 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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Spreading of a disease throughout the world

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Pandemic

22
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To examine by touch

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Palpate

23
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A temporary increase in body temperature ; a sing of an infection or illness.

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Fever

24
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Force of blood pushing against arterial walls when heart beats

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Blood pressure

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