Vital Signs Flashcards
Normal range of pulse for an adult
60-100
What’s a Fast pulse called
Tracycarida
What’s a slow pulse called
Bracycarida
What’s high blood pressure called
Hypertensive
What’s low blood pressure called
Hypotensive
Adults normal range for blood pressure
120/80
If someone has an increased pulse and a drop in blood pressure-what is it?
Bleeding
Dyspnoea mean
Shortness of breath
If someone has an increased pulse and their blood pressure remains the same-what is it?
Anxiety
Adults normal range of temperature
36.5-37.2
Low temperature in an adult
35
What is the medical term for low temperature
Hypothermia
Temperature above normal range
Pyrexia
Shortness of breath
Dyspnoea
Breathing to fast
Tracypnoae
Breathing to slow
Bradypnoea
What is the Normal range for respiratory rate
12-18 breaths per minute
Oxygen saturation in an adult, normal range
96-100%
What effects O2 readings
False nails/ patient being too cold/ dirt/ fast irregular pulse
What complications can arise if you don’t rotate the pulse oximeter
Pressure damage/ burns
News chart why is it used
Early warning signs
All scores are added
Why is blood pressure important on a News chart
The systolic reading is only used to measure to score
Peak flow what does it measure
Lung function
Maximal expiratory flow rate
On a peak flow what is the woman’s average flow rate
355-510
On a peak flow the average range for a man on a peak flow
550-720
On a urinalysis haematuria means what
Blood in the urine
Glucose in a urine sample what does it mean
Glucose in the urine (sugar)
Protein in a urine sample, what does it mean?
Protein in the urine
What does anurine mean
No urine
What does a fluid balance measure
Measures fluid over a 24h period and records what a patient takes in as well as what they put out.
BMI stands for what?
Body Mass Index
Both height and weight need to be recorded accurately.
Normal BMI range
18.5-24.9
The 4 main stages of pharmacokinetics
Absorption
Distribution
Metabolism
Excretion
Pharmacokinetics Is what?
The study of ways drugs move through the body
Hypoxic
Low oxygen saturation
Blood in urine
haematuria
What is the medical term for low oxygen saturation
Hypoxia
Why must you rotate the finger that the pulse oximeter is on
To prevent burns and pressure damage
What is the medical term for low respiratory rate
Bradypnoea
What could it mean if your patients blood pressure is dropping and their heart rate is rising
Bleeding/ shock
What could it mean if your patients blood pressure is stable but their heart rate is rising
Pain
What are the 4 phases of pharmacokinetics
Absorption
Distribution
Metabolism
Excretion
What is absorption
It is the movement of the drug from where it is administered into the blood stream
Name the different routes of absorption
Oral
Intravenous, subcutaneous, infra muscular
PR/PV
Transdermal/ inhalation/ eyes
What is distribution
When the drug moves from the site of absorption to tissues around the body
What is metabolism
The breakdown of the drug by the body to allow it to be eliminated more easily. This principally happens in the liver
What is excretion
The way the drug is removed from the body.This is usually in urine via the kidneys
