Week 4

Question 1

Why measure BP?

Answer 1

Determine vascular resistance to blood flow.
Ex: Garden hose

Question 2

Systolic Pressure

Answer 2

-Top number
-pressure in the arteries when blood is pumped in
First audible beat

Question 3

Diastolic Pressure

Answer 3

-bottom number
Pressure remaining in arteries when blood is pumped out

Question 4

BP norms

Answer 4

<120 mmHg systolic
<80 mmHg diastolic

Question 5

Prehypertension

Answer 5

120-139/80-89
-increased risk for cardiac arrest

Question 6

Hypertension

Answer 6

140/90 or above
-at risk for cardiac arrest

Question 7

Hypotension

Answer 7

100/60
-at risk for fainting, injury, or brain damage

Question 8

How to take BP

Answer 8

1.Inspect all equipment
2.place cuff on left upper arm of patient
3.close valve on bulb
4.place diaphragm on cubital fossa
5.inflate to 200mmHg
6.Slowly open valve
7.listen for first beat (systolic reading)
8.listen for last beat (diastolic) reading
9.record as #7/#8

Question 9

To hot =

Answer 9

sweat

Question 10

To cold =

Answer 10

shiver

Question 11

Core temp can diagnose…

Answer 11

-dehydration
-heat exhaustion
-heat stroke
-fever
-infection

Question 12

Temperature controlled by…

Answer 12

Hypothalamus (in brain)

Question 13

Normal body temperature =

Answer 13

98.6 degrees

Question 14

Temp is over 108

Answer 14

deadly

Question 15

Temp can be taken…

Answer 15

-in ear
-forehead
-mouth
-rectum
-armpit

Question 16

Assessing temperature…

Answer 16

1. Apply plastic sheath
2. Turn on thermometer
3. Place under tongue, let patient place in ear
4. Hold and take reading

Question 17

Respiration

Answer 17

-Also known as RR
-Transportation of oxygen to cells
-Asses with a stethoscope

Question 18

RR Norms

Answer 18

Adult:12-16
Child:12-20
(Note whether patient has difficulty breathing aka labored breathing)

Question 19

Bradypnea

Answer 19

<12 RR

Question 20

Tachypnea

Answer 20

> 20 RR for adult
16 RR for child

Question 21

Hyperventalation

Answer 21

> 20 RR but with deep breathing

Question 22

Auscultaion

Answer 22

-listening for sounds
-assess lobes of lungs

Question 23

Rales

Answer 23

-clicking, bubbling, rattling, sounds
-Fluid, disease

Question 24

Rhonci

Answer 24

-snoring/underwater sounds
-Airway obstruction/narrowing

Question 25

Strider

Answer 25

-whistling sound (seal)
-Airway obstruction, vocal cord dysfunction

Question 26

Wheezing

Answer 26

-High pitched sound from narrow airways or external breathing
-asthma, airway inflammation