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Vital signs Flashcards

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Tachycardia

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Fast heart rate

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Bradycardia

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slow heart rate

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Dyspnea

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painful breath

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Tachypnea

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fast breathing

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Bradypnea

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slow breading

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Hypertension

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above normal (blood pressure)

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Hypotension

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below normal (blood pressure)

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Hyperthermia

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high temperature

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Hypothermia

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low temperature

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Febrile

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fever, high temperature

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Vital signs

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show first sign of illness or disease in the patient

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Temp: normal range

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36 degrees celsius - 37.5

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Temp: abnormal range

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Above 37.5
Below 35

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Ways to measure temperature

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oral, tympanic, foreheard, buthole, armpit

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Respirations

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the process of taking in oxygen (inspiration) and expelling carbon dioxide

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16
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Respirations normal range

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16-20 respirations/min

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Abnormal range for respirations

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Below 10: sleep? fit? drugs/alc?
Above 25? excersing? blood loss?

18
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How to measure respirations

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watch their chest rise and fall for 1 minute or look at it for 30 seconds and multiply by 2

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Pulse

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the rhythmic dilation of an artery that results from beating of the heart

20
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Normal pulse range

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60 to 100 (the lower, the better, more efficient)

21
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Factors that affect pulse

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Increase: caffeine, emotions, anxiety, dehydration
decrease: prescription drugs, depressant drugs (heroine, morphine), being asleep

22
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Oxygen Saturation Level

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Your blood oxygen level is a measure of how much oxygen your red blood cells are carrying.

23
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What measures oxygen sat level

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A pulse oximeter

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How does a pulse oximeter work

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It works by sending infrared light into capillaries in your finger, toe, or earlobe and it is measured by how much light is reflected off the gasses

25
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the normal range for oxygen sat level

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95 to 100 percent

26
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Blood pressure

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the force the blood exerts on the artery walls as blood circulates the body

27
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Systole

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represents the blood pressure when your heart beats

28
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Diastole

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represents your blood pressure when your heart relaxes and refills with blood

29
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Normal range for blood pressure

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90/60, 120/80

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