Vocab

Question 1

Hypothermia

Answer 1

low body temperature below 95

Question 2

Pyrexia

Answer 2

high temperature aka fever above 101

Question 3

Tachypnea (>25/min)

Answer 3

Rapid respiration rate abnormaly rapic

Question 4

Bradypnea

Answer 4

slow respiratory rate(<10/min)

Question 5

Hyperventilation

Answer 5

Caused by stress, lack of o2, increase in body temp, (rapid breathes & deep breathes)

Question 6

Hypoventilation

Answer 6

caused by certain medications, alchohol, decrease in body temp

Question 7

Apnea

Answer 7

a period of no breathing

Question 8

Dyspnea

Answer 8

difficulty or labored breathing

Question 9

sphygmomanometer

Answer 9

blood pressure cuff

Question 10

High Blood Pressure-Hypertension

Answer 10

Disease that results in elevated blood pressure above the normal range (120/80)

Question 11

Systolic

Answer 11

The force of the blood flow when it is being pumped out of the heart

Question 12

diastolic

Answer 12

The pressure in the arteries when the heart rests between beats

Question 13

tachycardia

Answer 13

a heart rate faster than a hundred beats per minute

Question 14

bradycardia

Answer 14

a slower than normal heart rate

Question 15

arrhythmia

Answer 15

a problem with the rate of rhythm of your heartbeat