Werner Ch. 3

Question 1

How many times should you take temperature of a sick person?

Answer 1

4 times

Question 1

How can you measure temperature if there is no thermometer?

Answer 1

Put the back of your hand

Question 1

What is considered a fever using a thermometer?

Answer 1

37-39 is fever and 39-42 is high fever

Question 2

How to take the temperature using a thermometer?

Answer 2

1. Clean the thermometer well with soap and water or alcohol. Shake it hard, with a snap of the wrist, until it reads less than 36 degrees.
2. put the thermometer in either under the tongue, under armpit, or in the anus of a child (wet or grease first)
3. leave for 3-4 minutes
4. read it
5. wash the thermometer

Question 3

What are some differences in temperature?

Answer 3

An armpit temperature will read a little lower than a mouth reading; in the anus it will read a little higher

Question 4

What does a high temperature mean in newborns?

Answer 4

Unusually high or low mean a serious infection (below 36)

Question 5

How many breathes are normal in a minute

Answer 5

12-20 for adults and up to 30 in younger children and 40 in babies

Question 6

What are some symptoms of pneumonia in adults?

Answer 6

more than 30 shallow breathes and 60 for newborn babies

Question 7

What are the normal pulses for people at rest?

Answer 7

60-80 in adults
80-100 in children
100-140 in babies

Question 8

When does pulse get faster?

Answer 8

exercise, nervousness, fightened, or fever

Question 9

How much does pulse increase by fever?

Answer 9

It increases 20 beats per minute for each degree rise in fever

Question 10

What does a very rapid and slow/irregular pulse mean?

Answer 10

heart trouble

Question 11

What does a weak rapid pulse mean?

Answer 11

shock

Question 12

What is a sign of poison or drugs?

Answer 12

very large/small pupils

Question 13

What does a slow pulse with a high fever mean?

Answer 13

sign of typhoid

Question 14

What is sign of brain damage?

Answer 14

jerking or uneven movement

Question 15

What is a sign of glaucoma?

Answer 15

If the eye with the larger pupil hurts so badly it causes vomiting

Question 16

What is a sign of iritis?

Answer 16

If the eye with the smaller pupil hurts a great deal

Question 17

What is a sign of a stroke or brain damage?

Answer 17

Difference in the size of the pupils of an unconscious person or a person who has had a recent head injury

Question 18

What are signs of polio?

Answer 18

If muscle loss and weakness is uneven or worse on one side in children.

Question 19

What are sign of tenatus?

Answer 19

stiff jaw that will not open or severe infection of the throat or of a tooth

Question 20

What is a sign of seizures?

Answer 20

If strange or jerky movements come suddenly, with loss of consciousness. If they happen often, then epilepsy.

Question 21

What is a sign of leprosy?

Answer 21

Loss of feeling in or near spots or patches
on the body

Question 22

What is a sign of back problem or injury?

Answer 22

Loss of feeling on one side only

Question 22

What is a sign of diabetes and maybe leprosy?

Answer 22

loss of feeling in both hands or feet

Question 23

How can you test loss of nerve feeling?

Answer 23

Have the person cover their eyes and prick their skin and ask if they feel it