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Vital Signs - Unit 1 (Pulse, Blood Pressure) Flashcards

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Pulse =

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a wave of blood created by contraction of the left ventricle of the heart.

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Compliance = the ability of the arteries to..

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the ability of the arteries to contract and expand.

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Peripheral Pulse - def

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pulse located in the periphery of the body, IE, foot, hand, neck, etc.

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Apical Pulse - def

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central pulse, located at the apex of the heart.

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What are some factors that affect pulse rate?

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Age, Gender, Exercise, Fever, etc.

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Pulse Sites - what are ones to know?

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Temporal, Carotid, Apical, Brachial, Radial, Femoral, Popliteal, Posterior Tibial, Dorsalis Pedis

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Assessing a pulse - includes…

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rate, rhythm (regular or irregular), volume or strength or amplitude, presence or absence of bilateral equality.

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8
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Scale for Measuring Pulse Volume -

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0-3+. 0 = Absent. 1+ - Thready or weak. 2+ - Normal, detected readily. 3 + - Bounding.

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We should initially asses a pulse for how long?

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60 seconds.

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10
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Use a doppler before saying the pulse is a 0. T/F?

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True!

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11
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What are some types of heart rates? (3 not so perfect ones.)

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Tachycardia, Bradycardia, Arrhythmia/dysrhythmia

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Pulse deficit =

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difference between the apical pulse + radial pulse. Indicates that not all heart beats are reaching the body!

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Respirations - what are 2 of the acts of breathing?

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Costal and Diaphragmatic.

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Inspiration = active or passive?

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Active.

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Exhalation = active or passive?

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Passive.

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Respiration - external and internal. T/F?

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True!

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Hyperventilation - greater than __ bpm.

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20.

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Hypoventilation - less than __ bpm.

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12.

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External respiration - def

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oxygen and C02 in the lungs - exchange between alveoli of the lungs + circulating blood.

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Internal Respiration - def

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throughout the body - exchange of O2 and CO2 between circulating blood and tissue cells.

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What controls respirations?

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Medulla oblongata, pons of the brain, chemoreceptors located centrally in the medulla and peripherally, etc.

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What are some factors that influence the respiratory rate?

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Exercise, stress, increased temp, decreased temp, increased altitude, certain meds, etc.

23
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Assessing respirations - why?

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Client’s health problems, medications, assess normal breathing, etc.

24
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Tachypnea - def

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fast breathing.

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Bradypnea - def

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slow breathing.

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Apnea - def

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no breathing.

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Eupnea - def

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normal breathing.

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Hyperventilation - def

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too much ventilation.

29
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Hypoventilation - def

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not breathing enough.

30
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Cheyne-Stokes - def

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It is alternating periods of rapid/deep breathing followed by periods of apnea. Occurs in patients who are going to die soon. Occurs at a predictable/regular rate.

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Biot’s - def

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Depth + rate are quick and shallow, followed by periods of apnea - it’s an irregular rate - like in severely brain damaged folks.

32
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What is this?

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This is Eupnea (normal) and Eupnea with a .. sigh!

33
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What is this?

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Tachypnea/Bradypnea.

34
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What is this?

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Hyperventilation/Hypoventilation

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What is this?

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Cheyne-Stoke’s/Biot’s.

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What are some altered breathing patterns audbile without a stethoscope?

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Rhonchi (deep, like snoring), wheezes, stridor (high pitched), girgling.

37
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Breathing chest movements - what?

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Iintercostal rectraction, substernal retraction, suprasternal retraction (clavicles), flail chest (uneven chest expansion.)

38
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Breathing - Secretions & coughing

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Hemoptysis (coughing up blood), Productive cough vs. nonproductive cough.

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Arterial Blood Pressure - def

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measure of the pressure exerted by the blood as it flows through the arteries.

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Systolic - def

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pressure of the blood as a result of the contraction of the ventricles. Normal is <120.

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Diastolic - def

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pressure when the ventricles are at rest. Present at all times within the arteries. Normal is less than 80.

42
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Pulse Pressure = difference between diastolic and systolic pressures. T/F?

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True!

43
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If the pulse pressure is narrow, like 110/90 = 20, it could be because of… ____.

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Dehydration, heart problems, etc.

44
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If the pulse pressure is high, like 180/55 = 125, it could mean…

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HTn, bradycardia, heart problems, aging process, etc.

45
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Cardiac Output = __ x __, which is the volume of…

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SV X HR, which is the ovlume of blood pumped out of the left ventricle.

46
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Peripheral Vascular Resistance - def

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amount of pressure exerted in resistance to the blood flow form the walls of the arteries/arterioles. BP increases with PVR.

47
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What are some factors that effect BP?

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Age, exercise, stress, race, obesity, sex, etc.

48
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BP tends to be higer in the afternoon. T/F?

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True!

49
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Recommendations for Follow-up after screening -

<130-85 - recheck within __ year(s).

BP 130-139/85-89 - recheck within __ year(s).

BP 140-159/90-99 - Confirm within __ months.

BP 160-179/100-109 - Evaluate or refer to source of care within __ month(s).

BP = or > 180/100 - Evaluate or refer to source of care ____.

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2 years.

1 years.

2 months.

1 month.

Immediately!

50
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What are the 3 types of Sphygmomanometers?

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Mercury, Aneroid (like what we do manual ones on) and Electronic.

51
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What are the 5 phases of Korotkoff Sounds?

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Phase 1 - a sharp tapping.

Phase 2 - a swishing or whooshing sound.

Phase 3 - a thump softer than the tapping in phase 1.

Phase 4 - a softer blowing muffled sound that fades.

Phase 5 - Silence.

52
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Sites for taking B/P - 4

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Upper arm, lower arm, thigh, calf.

53
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We should NOT use limb that is/has been…

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Broke, cast, Axilla or hip nodes removed (mastectomy), AV fistula, arterial line, IV line.

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