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19 Cards in this Set
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The process of informed observation ?
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Inspection
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Using your sense of touch to gather information ?
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Palpations
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The production of sound waves by striking one object against another ?
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Percussion
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Listening with the stethoscope for sounds produced by the body ?
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Ausculation
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Number of pulses felt in 1 minute?
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Pulse rate
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Pattern and equality of intervals between beats?
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Pulse rythm
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Strength, which can be weak, thready , strong or bounding?
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Pulse quality
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Pulse rate lower than 60?
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Bradycardia
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Pulse rate higher than 100 ?
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Tachycardia
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Exchange of O2 and CO2 in the lungs at the cellular level?
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Respirations
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Rapid breathing ?
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Tachypnea
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Slow breathing ?
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Bradypnea
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How hard a pt works to breath?
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Respiratory effort
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Force of blood against the arteries when the ventricles contract?
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Systolic blood pressure
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For of blood against arteries when the ventricles relax?
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Diastolic blood pressure
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Sounds of blood hitting arterial walls?
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Korotkoff's sound
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Difference between systolic and diastolic pressure?
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Pulse pressure
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Top number of blood pressure?
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Systolic
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Bottom number of blood pressure?
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Diastolic
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