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Identify the measurement that constitute vital signs. State why they are called vital signs. Describe the relationship among the vital signs
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Vital signs are TRP (temperature, pulse and respiration) are the the signs that indicate a person's condition; they are vital functions that must remain within the normal limit to sustain life. TEMP normal range is different depending on where taken (oral, rectal 'most accurate', axillary, tympanic and temporal artery) orally the norm is 96 to 99.5. Pulse is every heartbeat that produces a wave of blood that causes pulsation through the arteris. PULSE rate will vary depending on age, size and weight. The normal adult pulse is 60 to 80 bpm. Women have a slightly higher rate than men. The pulse of a newborn rages from 120 to 140 bpm. RESPIRATION is the process by which lungs bring oxygen into the body and remove CO; the brain's respiratory center and the proportion of carbon dixiode in the blood control and regulate respiration; too little or too much carbon dixode in the blood affects breathing. Average rate for adults is 12-20 respiration rate and newborns is 30-80. BLOOD PRESSURE is one of the most import
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Give examples of reasons for changed in body temperature. Describe the related physiology.
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Changes in temperature are due to ovulation, childbirth and individual metabolism affect temp. Illness or the body's attempt to fight infection with increase temp. Hyperthermia (high temp) or Hypothermia (low temp) can be fatal. Overexposure to the elements can be fatal and effect temp
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State normal adult body temperature as measured in four different body areas
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Adult temp in the normally 98.6.
ORAL 95.9 -99.5 RECTAL 97.9-100.4 AXILLARY 94.5-99.1 TYMPANIC 96.4-100.4 TEMPRAL ARTERY 96.4-100.4 |
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Differentiate among the terms febrile, afebrile, intermittent and remittent fevers, crisis and lysis
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FEBRILE means the temperature is elevated. AFEBRILE is without fever. INTERMITTENT is a temp the elevates between a fever normal and subnormal reading. A REMITTENT fever is temp that rises several degrees above normal and returns to normal or near normal. A sudden drop from fever to normal temp is called CRISIS and an elevated temp that gradually returns to normal is called LYSIS.
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In the skills lab, demonstrate the ability to measure body temperature by the various methods and with various equipment discussed in this chapter
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You check TEMP with a thermometer which can be digital or glass thermometer and taken in several different body locations: oral, rectal, axillary, tympanic and temporal.
PULSE is check with by placing two fingers over on of the large arteries and lie close to the skin and can be taken at sites: temporal, mandibular, carotid, femoral, radial. APICAL is taken with a stethoscope. RESPIRATION is taken by watching a person breath and counting the rise and fall of the chest cavity. Normal is >20 breaths per minute. Normally the proportion of respiration to heartbeats is 1:5 in adults. BLOOD PRESSURE is taken with a blood pressure cuff a/k/a sphygmomanometer. |
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State the normal adult pulse rate, respiration rate and the blood pressure ranges
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Adult pulse rate is 60 to 80 bpm
RESPIRATION is 12-20 per minute BLOOD PRESSURE is 120/80 |
