Vital Signs Flashcards
Name the 7 moments vital signs should be checked
- Admission
- According to facility rules
- condition changes
- unconscious
5/ Before and after surgery - Before and after risky activities
- Before medications for cardio/respiratory
Remittent fever is what?
Fluctuates by more than 2c but doesn’t reach normal in between
Relapsing fever is what?
normal temp for 24 hours before fever returns
crisis fever is what
Fever returns to normal suddenly
lysis fever is what
fever returns to normal gradually
A person with normal body temp is known as
afebrile
What is pyrexia caused by?
Increased body temp (pyrexia) is caused by bacterial/viral infections. tissue injury, pulmonary emboli, cancer, trauma and surgery
Oral temperature should not be used for
seizure prone unconscious young kids mouth disease throat and nose surgery
Must wait 30 mins after
eating
smoking
chewing gum
Rectal temperature not for
newborns rectal surgery diarrhoa after cardiac surgery spinal cord injuries low white blood cell counts
Axillary temperature is used when …
oral and rectal sites are contraindicated or inaccessible
Average normal temp for Oral Rectal Axillary Tympanic forehead
Oral - 37c Rectal - 37.5 Axillary - 36.5 Tympanic - 37.5 Forehead - 34.4
What factors affect temperature
circadian rhythm age gender stress environmental temperature
Factors affecting pulse rate
Activity medications emotions pain hot/cold disease processes
Range and average pulse rate for
0-1 month
1 month - 12 months
80-180, 140
80-140, 120
Range and average pulse rate for
12 months - 2 years
2 - 6 years
80-140, 110
75-120, 100
Range and average pulse rate for
6-12 years
teen to adult
75-110, 95
60-100
80
Name the peripheral arterial pulse sites
Temporal carotid brachial radial femoral popliteal posterior tibial dorsalis pedis
