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What is pulse? |
The rythim of the blood being pumped through the arteries . A pressure wave transmitted through the arteries with each heart beat. |
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What do you call a fast heart rate and a slow heart rate? |
Fast heart rate is tachycardia and slow is bradycardia. (Can b caused by high temperature, stress, some druggs and heart disease)( low temp, drugs, parasympathetic nervous system activation) bradycardia often a warning of brain odema after head trauma. |
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What is blood pressure? |
The force of blood exerted to the blood vessels agsints the walls of the arteries (vessels). Systolic is the highest pressure of the left ventricle contracting and blood entering the aorta (causing it to stretch) and diastolic is when the heart is relaxing and refilling. When the aortic valve closes, nd blood flows from aorta to smaller vessels and aorta recoils back. |
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What do we call high blood pressure & low blood pressure? |
High is hypertension Low is hypotension |
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What is temperature? |
The balance between heat produced and heat lost |
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What is respiration |
The exchange between oxygen and carbon dioxide. (In the cells) The process of inhaling and exhaling.
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What is low temperature and high temperature? |
Low is hypothermia High is hyperthermia. |
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Fast respiratory rate and slow? |
Fast is tachypnea Slow is bradypnea |
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Normal rate for respiration |
12-20 |
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Normal BP? |
Systolic: 110-220 Dystolic: 20-80 |
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Normal rate of pulse? |
50-90 |
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Range of temperature? |
36-38 |
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What do you look for when checking pulse? |
The rate, rythim and amplitude. |
